Archer John Porter Martin

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Profession: Nobel Prize Winning Chemist

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Biography: Shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Richard Synge.

He specialized in Biochemistry, in some aspects of Vitamins E and B2 and in techniques that laid the foundation for chromatography.

Born: March 1, 1910
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Sign: Pisces

Died: July 28, 2002 (aged 92)

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1941-06-07 Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead
1950-10-20 Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and James Lovelock give the first demonstration of gas chromatography at a meeting of the Biochemical Society. The technique is rapidly adopted by the petrochemical industry.

Archer John Porter Martin

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