WOODWARD, ROBERT BURNS

1917–80, American chemist and educator, b. Boston, grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1936; Ph.D., 1937). He taught at Harvard from 1938, becoming Donner professor of science there in 1960. He was one of the first to determine the structure of such organic chemical compounds as penicillin (1945), strychnine (1947), terramycin (1952), and aureomycin (1952). Woodward is best known for his chemical synthesis of the organic substances quinine (1944), patulin (1950), cholesterol (1951), cortisone (1951), strychnine, lysergic acid, lanosterol (1954), reserpine (1956), chlorophyll (1960), and tetracycline (1962). For this work in organic synthesis he was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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books on: Woodward Robert Burns  - 102 results

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The New Competitors: How Foreign Investors Are Changing the U.S. Economy
Book by Norman J. Glickman, Douglas P. Woodward; Basic Books, 1990
Subjects: Investments, Foreign--United States, United States--Economic Conditions--1981-2001
...the seeds of multinational expansion are planted overseas, a rigorous test of survival begins. As the Scottish poet Robert Burns said of mice and men, the best-laid schemes of multinationals often go awry. Foreign firms break new ground, but...
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Central America: Historical Perspectives on the Contemporary Crises
Book by Ralph Lee Woodward Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1988
Subjects: Central America--Foreign Relations, Central America--History--1821-1951, Central America--History--1951-, Geopolitics--Central America, Social Conflict--Central America
...diss., Tulane Univ., New Orleans. Burns E. Bradford. 1980. The Poverty of Progress...Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. Burr Robert N. 1967. Our Troubled Hemisphere: Perspectives...Marilyn Monroe and Other Poems . Trans. Robert Pring-Mill. London: Search Press...
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Ploughs and Politicks: Charles Read of New Jersey and His Notes on Agriculture, 1715-1774
Book by Carl Raymond Woodward; Rutgers University Press, 1941
Subjects: Agriculture--United States, Read, Charles--1715-1774
...too much Heat to the Meat, and often burns up your Smoak house as the Fat and sometimes...pork will Stow much Closer than thick. Robert Hopkins 88 putts ye Pickle Scalding hott...88 Robert Hopkins d. 1780 had a 100-acre estate...
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The Comparative Approach to American History
Book by C. Vann Woodward; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: United States--History
...Bonaparte, Napoleon, 137 , 152 Bonner, Robert, 102 Bonnet, George, 309 Boorstin...43 , 44 , 348 Burlingame, Roger, 298 Burns, James M., 212 , 213 Businessmen and...see also Big Business Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 342 Castro, Fidel...
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Persuasive Encounters: Case Studies in Constructive Confrontation
Book by Gary C. Woodward; Praeger, 1990
Subjects: Interpersonal Confrontation, Interpersonal Confrontation--Case Studies, Persuasion (Psychology), Persuasion (Psychology)--Case Studies
...D.C.: Brookings, 1986 , p. 136. 17 James MacGregor Burns, Edward Kennedy and the Camelot Legacy New York: W. W. Norton...Majority Head", New York Times , November 4, 1987, p. A14. 22 Robert C. Liebman, "Mobilizing the Moral Majority", in The New...
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journal articles on: Woodward Robert Burns  - 89 results

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C. Vann Woodward: November 13, 1908-December 17, 1999
Journal article by J. Mills Iii Thornton; Civil War History, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: African American authors--Biography, Authors, American--Biography, Historians--Biography, Woodward, C. Vann--Biography
...warm friendship with Robert Penn Warren. The friendship...his conversations with Woodward, I suspect, Warren...the thought that the Woodward of the books will always...velleity, that poor book burns Like fox-fire in the...former student of C. Vann Woodward.
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The Limitations of Classroom Media: Ken Burns' Civil War Series as a Test Case
Journal article by Michael A. Morrison, Robert E. May; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 19, 1996
Subjects: American Civil War, Burns, Ken, Criticism, Documentary films, Educational materials, Television programs
...Classroom Media: Ken Burns Civil War Series...A. Morrison , Robert E. May Americans...and C. Vann Woodward, served as Burns...episode in which Burns and his consulting...what C. Vann Woodward has called the...incredible that Burns ignores southern...of Virginia, Robert Barnwell Rhett...
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Being There: Why Leaders Should Not "Fiddle" While Rome Burns
Journal article by Joanne B. Ciulla; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 40, 2010
Subjects: Emperors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Nero, Emperor of Rome--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Role expectation--Social aspects, Role expectations--Social aspects, Situational leadership--Influence, Situational leadership--Management, Sympathy--Management
...fiddle while Rome burns," stay on vacation...fiddle while Rome burns." AUTHORS NOTE...Cianciolo, and Robert J. Sternberg. Thousand...Waterman, Richard W., Robert Wright, and Gilbert...University Press. Woodward, Bob. 2002. Bush...fiddles while Rome burns. It is excused by...
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Gender and Origins of the New South
Journal article by Glenda E. Gilmore; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 67, 2001
Subjects: Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Historians--Criticism and interpretation, History--Political aspects, Literature, Politics, Race relations, Sex role--Political aspects, Sex roles--Political aspects, Southern States--History, United States history, Woodward, C. Vann--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation
...John, but not Lugenia Burns, Hope; William, but...Felton. We know that when Woodward lived in Atlanta, he...Lugenia Burns Hope? Woodward arrived at Emory as a...9; Roper, C. Vann Woodward, Southerner (Athens...Anne Rouse, Lugenia Burns Hope: Black Southern...
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Esoteric Buddhism in Southeast Asia in the Light of Recent Scholarship
Journal article by Hiram Woodward; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 35, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Indian esoteric Buddhism: A social history of the Tantric movement (Book)--Book reviews
...aquified the enormous crackling fire which burns in the avici hell!--a reference to...JSS, 78, 2 (1990): 11-14. (69) Woodward, Art and architecture of Thailand, p...vol. V, p. 280. (72) Hiram W. Woodward, Jr., Tantric Buddhism at Angkor Thom...
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magazine articles on: Woodward Robert Burns  - 42 results

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Building a DVD Library-The Warner Way: The Warner Home Video Backlist, with More Than a Dozen of the American Film Institute's 100 Best American Films, Is a Treasure Trove for Collectors
Magazine article by Robert S. Rothenberg; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 131, March 2003
Subjects: DVDs (Digital videodisks)--Collections and collecting, DVDs (Digital videodisks)--Marketing, Digital video disk--Collections and collecting, Digital video disk--Marketing, Motion pictures--Evaluation, Movie ratings--Evaluation, Movies, Video recording industry--Marketing, Video recording industry--Product information, Warner Home Video--Marketing, Warner Home Video--Product information
...how it will end up. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman...Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein following...decades later, star Robert Redford is developing...minutes, $14.98) casts Robert De Niro somewhat against...supporting actor by George Burns ("The Sunshine Boys...
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The Great Enabler
Magazine article by Robert Kuttner; The American Prospect, Vol. 18, December 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World (Book)--Book reviews
The Great Enabler. by Robert Kuttner THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES...his old mentor, Fed Chairman Arthur Burns, urged him to accept for the good of...own acknowledgements page even thanks Woodward for sharing his transcripts of the extensive...
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Professional I
Magazine article; Corrections Today, Vol. 70, June 2008
Subjects: Corrections--Membership, Professional associations--Membership, Trade and professional associations--Membership
...Judy Taylor CALIFORNIA--Robert Babasa, Zelda Bettman, Robert Burns, Laura Goad. Cindy Greer...Jones, Lucille E. Odom, Robert Scarborough, David Sleeth...Williams, Jeff Winsco, Michael Woodward MISSISSIPPI--Ron King MISSOURI...
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Murphy's Boston Market
Magazine article by Janet Reilley Hewitt; Mortgage Banking, Vol. 62, October 2001
Subjects: Associations, Business networking, Chairman of the board, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Mortgage banks, Murphy, Jim, Personal profiles, Real estate financing, United States
...Hewitt IN THE LEAFY SQUARE OUTSIDE, A BRONZE STATUE OF ROBERT BURNS gazes at the classical architecture in this small corner...embraces the agenda of his predecessor, Andrew D. Woodward, outgoing MBA president. On the GSE issue, Murphy...
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Donors
Magazine article; California History, Vol. 87, Winter 2009
Subjects: California Historical Society--Finance, Philanthropists
...Cartwright, Los Angeles Mr. Robert Chattel, Sherman Oaks Mr. Fredric...Hadley Roff, San Francisco Mr. Robert E. Ronus, Los Angeles Corinna...Shasta Lake Ms. Nancy C. Woodward, Carmichael Mr. Robert A. Young, Los Angeles CORPORATE...
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newspaper articles on: Woodward Robert Burns  - 73 results

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Historical, Histrionic Essays on TV Series
Newspaper article by Ken Burns; The Washington Times, July 20, 1996
Subjects: Burns, Ken
...TV series by Ken Burns "Popular history...the books editor, Robert Brent Toplin, puts...essay by C. Vann Woodward, the duke of Southern...initially, Mr. Woodward asserts that as time...educative value. Mr. Burns reliance on emotion...Times. Edited by Robert Brent Toplin Oxford...
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Phoenix Architect Gets an Honorary Degree; COVENTRY University Results 2005
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 16, 2005
Subjects: Craft, Robert
...of Higher Education: Dominik Robert Potocki, Stephen Tsang, Benny...Culture and Media: Mathew Burns, Sophia Weston. Diploma in...Dhami, Ashley James Duncan, Robert Ellis, Sheleen Estridge, Amrik...Paul Stephen Roughan, James Robert Russell, Karl Sanders, Robert...
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Intellectuals vs. Creators; Profiling Those Who Forge New Visions
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 26, 2006
...he considers the creative component of such scientific explorers as physicist Michael Faraday or organic chemist Robert Burns Woodward. Speaking of the amount of imagination needed, he quotes Albert Einstein, "A scientist tells himself a story...
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Wicker Man Will Blaze a Trail in the West End; CULT STATUS: Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle in the Wicker Man, Now Set to Become a Musical
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 9, 2008
Subjects: The Wicker Man (Motion picture)
...West of Scotland in1971. Edward Woodward played an uptight police sergeant...Paul Giovanni, whoborrowed from Robert Burns, folk songs and even nursery rhymes...Music andDrama. Mackie also sang Burns The Highland Widows Lament over the...
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Answers to Bookworm's Christmas Quiz
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 14, 2005
...AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Graham Norton. Clive Woodward. 3. Joanna Lumley. 4Greg Dyke...Marlowe. 4. Hugh Lofting. 5. Robert Louis Stevenson. 6. A. J. Cronin...Midsummer Night"s Dream. 5. Robert Burns. 6.Ian McEwan, Frederick Forsyth...
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encyclopedia articles on: Woodward Robert Burns  - 2 results

 
 
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Woodward, Robert Burns
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WOODWARD, ROBERT BURNS 1917 80, American chemist and educator, b. Boston, grad. Massachusetts...strychnine (1947), terramycin (1952), and aureomycin (1952). Woodward is best known for his chemical synthesis of the organic substances...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Dag Hammarskjold Melvin Calvin Robert Hofstadter R. L. Moessbauer Georg...International Childrens Emergency Fund Robert Burns Woodward Richard Phillips Feynman Shinichiro...Jacques Monod M. A. Sholokhov 1966 Robert S. Mulliken Alfred Kastler Francis...


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