age ~88
from Inverness, FL
William S. Knowles is an American chemist. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. Knowles was one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shared half the prize with Ryji Noyori for their work in asymmetric...
William Knowles is the name of: William Standish Knowles (born 1917), American chemist; William Erskine Knowles (18721951), Canadian Liberal MP (19061921)
03 September 1938 • Kobe
Nagoya University
Position:President
Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences • Professor
Studied at:Curtis Institute of Music
Area of science:Hydrogenation
Specialty:Chemist
Nobel laureate in Chemistry • Recipient of the Order of Culture • Prize
Achieved status:Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Preference:Associate