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“To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.”

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William Standish Knowles

William Standish Knowles, born on June 1, 1917 and died on June 13, 2012, was an outstanding chemist from the United States. He made significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry, particularly in the research and application of chiral catalysts. Knowles was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985 for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis. more

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