One of the main tasks of organic chemistry is to investigate and reproduce artificially the carbon-containing chemicals that help drive the vital processes in animals and plants. This is important not only for broadening knowledge of chemical and biological phenomena, but also for seeking ways of applying chemistry to everyday life. Uncovering and replicating Nature’s…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Jan-Erling Bäckvall, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2010 Professor Jan-Erling Bäckvall delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Laureates in…

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Archer John Porter Martin was born on March 1st, 1910, in London where his father was a general medical practitioner. He attended Bedford School from 1921 to 1929 when he entered Cambridge University to graduate in 1932. After a year in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory he obtained a post at the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, where…

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Presentation Speech by Professor Hj. Théel, President of on December 10, 1902 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Royal Academy of Sciences has resolved to award the 1902 Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Dr. Emil Fischer, Professor at Berlin University and Geheimrat, for “the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work…