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John Cornforth blue plaque

Sittingbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom

John Cornforth blue plaque

Sir John Cornforth (1917-2013) Shell Research Ltd Millstead Laboratory of Chemical Enzymology. In recognition of the pioneering work carried out here when he was co-director of the laboratory. Cornforth led a team that revealed the detailed chemistry of how enzymes work, and explained how cholestero

l builds up in the body. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1975.

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