Person

Cornforth, Rita (1915 - 2012)

Lady

Born
16 November 1915
Bexley, New South Wales, Australia
Died
6 November 2012
Sussex, United Kingdom
Occupation
Chemist
Alternative Names
  • Harradence, Rita (Birth name)

Summary

Lady Rita Cornforth was a chemist and the wife of Nobel Prize recipient Sir John Warcup Cornforth. They collaborated on a total of 41 papers that focused on enzyme stereochemistry. The Rita and John Cornforth Medal has been awarded by the University of Sydney since 2011. In 2018 the Royal Australian Chemical Institute instituted the Rita Cornforth Lectureship to provide an outstanding female early career chemist with the opportunity to advance her career.

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Chronology

1936
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1937
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1939 - 1941
Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship, studied at Oxford, England
1941
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), Oxford, England

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Sir John Cornforth interviewed by Ann Turner for the Australians of the year oral history project [sound recording], 1995, ORAL TRC 3288; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Journal Articles

  • Purchase, R.; and Hanson, J. R., 'Sir John and Lady Cornforth: a distinguished chemical partnership', Science Progress, 98 (3) (2015), 212-8. Details

Resources

See also

Rebecca Rigby

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