Derek Barton

Sir

Derek Barton

FRS FRSE
Sir; Derek Barton; FRS FRSE
	Barton in 1954
Born	Derek Harold Richard Barton; 8 September 1918; Gravesend, Kent, England
Died	16 March 1998 (aged 79); College Station, Texas, USA
Resting place	La Grange Cemetery, Texas
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Imperial College London
Known for	Barton reaction; Barton's base; Barton decarboxylation; Barton–Kellogg reaction; Barton–McCombie deoxygenation; Barton–Zard synthesis; Barton vinyl iodine procedure;
Awards	Corday-Morgan Prize (1949); FRS (1954); Ernest Guenther Award (1957); Davy Medal (1961); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1969); Royal Medal (1972); Knight Bachelor (1972); Copley Medal (1980); Priestley Medal (1995);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Imperial College London; Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; Texas A&M University; Birkbeck College London;
Doctoral advisor	Ian Heilbron
Doctoral students	Jack Baldwin; Anthony Barrett;

Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton FRS FRSE (8 September 1918 – 16 March 1998) was an English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate for 1969.

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