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Ryōji Noyori
Japanese chemist (1938 - ).
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Ryōji Noyori is a Japanese chemist. Born on 3 September 1938 in Ashiya, Noyori is 88.
Noyori has played for Kyoto University Rugby Football Club. Noyori studied at Nagoya University and Harvard University. Honours include Centenary Prize, Asahi Prize and Tetrahedron Prize, among 16 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 65 languages, Ryōji Noyori is No. 24,934 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 3 September 1938, Ashiya (age 88)
- Country
- Japan
- Known as
- Chemist, professor
- Field
- Science
- Education
- Nagoya University, Harvard University
- Languages
- Japanese
- Wikipedia editions
- 65
Did you know
3 Sep
Shares a birthday with Mario Draghi and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
5
One of 5 people in the Index born in Ashiya, with Yuriko Koike.
65
Has a Wikipedia article in 65 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Career
Teams
- —Kyoto University Rugby Football Club
Honours and works
Awards
- Centenary Prize1988
- Asahi Prize1992
- Tetrahedron Prize1993
- Arthur C. Cope Award1997
- Person of Cultural Merit1998
- King Faisal Prize in Science1999
- Order of Culture2000
- Honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I2000
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry2001
- Wolf Prize in Chemistry2001
- Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry2001
- Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa2003
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society2005
- Honorary doctor of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology2006
- Lomonosov Gold Medal2009
- Sir Derek Barton Gold medal2010
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