
| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
| Year: | 1974 | 
| Number: | 12 - 1 | 
| Nominee: |  
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| Name: | John Warcup Cornforth Jr | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1917 | 
| Year, Death: | 2013 | 
| City: | Sittingbourne | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 | |
| Motivation: | For his studies on the stereochemistry of enzymatic reactions, especially concerning the biosynthesis of steroids. | 
| Nominator: |  
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| Name: | Gerald Allan Kerkut | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1927 | 
| Year, Death: | 2004 | 
| City: | Southampton | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |