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今日のGoogleのロゴはジョン・コーンフォース生誕100周年を記念したものになっていました。
このジョン・コーンフォースとは何者なのか?　調べてみました。





John Cornforth (1917-2013)

ジョン・コーンフォースはオーストラリア出身の化学者です。

Cornforth investigated enzymes that catalyse changes in organic compounds, the substrates, by taking the place of hydrogen atoms in a substrate's chains and rings. In his syntheses and descriptions of the structure of various terpenes, olefins, and steroids, Cornforth determined specifically which cluster of hydrogen atoms in a substrate were replaced by an enzyme to effect a given change in the substrate, allowing him to detail the biosynthesis of cholesterol. For this work, he won a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975, alongside co-recipient Vladimir Prelog, and was knighted in 1977
Wikiより https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cornforth
なんか難しいことが書いてありますが、酵素触媒反応の立体化学的研究をして1975年にノーベル化学賞を受賞したということです。非常に難しいのでもしかしたら英語圏の人でも何を言っているのかよくわからないかもしれないです。
またナイト(SIr)の称号を1977年に受けました。


At about 10 years old, Cornforth had noted signs of deafness, which led to a diagnosis of otosclerosis, a disease of the inner ear which causes progressive hearing loss. This would leave him completely deaf by the age of 20 but also fatefully influence his career direction towards chemistry.

10歳の頃に耳硬化症の診断を受け、20歳の頃には完全に耳が聞こえなくなったとあります。

Cornforth was educated at Sydney Boys' High School, where he academically excelled, passed tests in English, mathematics, science, French, Greek, and Latin,and was inspired by his chemistry teacher, Leonard ("Len") Basser, to change his career directions from the law to chemistry. Cornforth graduated as the dux of the class of 1933 at Sydney Boys' High School, at the age of 16.

初めは法律のキャリアに向いていましたが、高校の化学教師に影響され化学の道に進むことになりました。

While studying at the University of Sydney, Cornforth met his future wife, fellow chemist, and scientific collaborator, Rita Harradence. Harradence was a graduate of St George Girls High School and a distinguished academic achiever who had topped the state in Chemistry in the New South Wales Leaving Certificate Examination. Harradence graduated with a Bachelor of Science with First-Class Honours and the University Medal in Organic Chemistry in 1936, a year ahead of Cornforth. Harradence also graduated with a MSc in 1937, writing a master's thesis titled "Attempts to synthesise the pyridine analogue of vitamin B1".
妻とは大学時代に知り合っているようです。