Derek Harold Richard Barton

Background

Barton, Derek Harold Richard Son of William Thomas and Maude Henrietta (Lukes) Barton.

Education

Bachelor of Science with 1st class honours, Imperial College, London, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry (Hofmann prize), Imperial College, London, 1942; Doctor of Science, University London, 1949; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Montpelier, France, 1962; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Dublin, Ireland, 1963; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. St. Andrews, Scotland, 1970; Honorary Doctor of Science, Columbia University, 1970; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Coimbra, Portugal, 1971; Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Oxford, 1972; Honorary Doctor of Science, Manchester U., 1972; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. South Africa, 1973; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 1974; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Western Virginia, 1975; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Sydney, Australia, 1976; D (honorary), U. Valencia, 1979; D (honorary), U. Sheffield, 1979; D (honorary), U. Western Ontario, 1979; D (honorary), U. Metz, 1981; D (honorary), Weizmann Institute Science, 1979.

Career

Government research chemist, 1942-1944; research chemist, Messrs. Albright & Wilson, Birmingham, 1944-1945; assistant lecturer, then ICI research fellow, Imperial College, 1945-1949; visiting lecturer, Harvard University, 1949-1950; reader organic chemistry, Birkbeck College, London, 1950-1953; professor organic chemistry, Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1955; fellow, Birkbeck College, London, 1970-1985; emeritus professor, Birkbeck College, London, 1978-1998. Regius professor of chemistry Glasgow U., 1955.

Max Tishler lecturer Harvard University, 1956. Aub lecturer Harvard Medical School, 1962. Professor organic chemistry Imperial College, 1957-1978.

Director Institute of Chemistry and Natural Substances, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1977-1985. Distinguished professor of chemistry Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1985-1998. Arthur D. Little professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958.

Karl Folkers visiting professor universities Illinois and Wisconsin, 1959. Falk-Plaut lecturer Columbia University, 1961. Renaud lecturer Michigan State University, 1962.

Inaugural 3M's lecturer U. Western Ontario (Canada), 1962. 3m's lecturer University of Minnesota, 1963. Sandin lecturer U. Alberta, 1969.

Graham Young lecturer, Glasgow, 1970. Bose Endowment lecturer Bose Institute, Calcutta, 1972. Stieglitz lecturer University of Chicago, 1974.

Bachman lecturer University of Michigan, 1974. Woodward lecturer Yale University, 1974. 1st Smissman lecturer U. Kansas, 1976.

Andrews lecturer U. New South Wales, 1976. Priestley lecturer Pennsylvania State University, 1977. Cecil H. and Ida Green visiting professor U. B.C., 1977.

Benjamin Rush lecturer University of Pennsylvania, 1977. Firth visiting professor U.Sheffield, 1978-1979. Romanes lecturer, Edinburgh, 1979.

1st Hirst lecturer U. St. Andrews, 1980. Ritchie memorial lecturer, Sydney, 1980. Powell memorial lecturer, Townsville, 1980.

Marion lecturer N.R.C., Ottawa, 1981. Gilman lecturer U. Iowa, 1981. Amyot lecturer U. Laval, Quebec, 1981.

Merck lecturer Rutgers University, 1982. Hassel lecturer Oslo U., 1982. 1st Kenner lecturer U. Manchester, 1982.

Benedum lecturer U. West Virginia, 1987. Gooch-Stephen lecturer Baylor University, 1987. Michelson-Morley lecturer Case Western U., Cleveland.

Kharasch lecturer University of Chicago, 1987. C.L. Emerson Distinguished lecturer Emory University, Atlanta, 1987. Nelson Leonard lecturer University of Illinois, 1988.

Mary Aldrich lecturer American U., Washington, 1988. Ida Bean visiting lecturer U. Iowa, 1989. Janôt lecturer, France, 1989.

Syntex lecturer, Colorado State University, 1990. 1st Max Tishler lecturer Kitasato Institute, Japan, 1990. Blatt lectr.Fla. Institute Technology, 1991.

1st Goto memorial lecturer Nagoya U., Japan, 1992. Nobel lecturer Pohang Institute Science and Technology, Korea, 1992. 1st Fred Pattison Senior lecturer U. Western.

Ontario, 1993; 9th Archer lecturer RensselaerPoly. Institute, Troy, New York, 1993. Rayson Huang lecturer U. Hong Kong, 1994.

Patrick lecturer Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1994. Warner-Lambert lecturer Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1994. Stork lecturer Columbia University, New York City, 1995.

Morris S. Minton Honor Series lecturer and awardee Baylor College Dentistry, Dallas, 1996. Henri Moissan lecturer Institute Universitairede France, ENSCP, Paris, 1996. Andrew J. Moyer lecturer unites states department Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, 1997.

Kolb lecturer Bradley U., Peoria, 1997. Member Council of Scientific Policy United Kingdom, 1965-1968.

Achievements

• Derek Harold Richard Barton has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Chemical Society (1st Corday-Morgan medal 1951, Tilden lecturer 1952, 1st Simonsen memorial lecturer 1958, Hugo Muller lecturer 1963, Pedler lecturer 1967, Robert Robinson lecturer 1970, 1st award natural product chemistry, 1971, Longstaff medal 1972. President Perkin division 1971, president 1973), Royal Society (Davy medal 1961, Bakerian lecturer 1970), Royal Society Edinburgh. Foreign fellow American Chemical Society (Fritzsche medal 1956, 1st Roger Adams medal 1959, 2d Centennial Priestley Chemistry award 1974, Priestley medal, 1995), Indian National Science Academy.

Foreign associate National Academy Sciences;foreign honorary member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Pharmaceutical Society Japan, Royal Academy Sciences Spain. Honorary fellow Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Indian Chemical Society. Honorary member Society Quimica de Mexico, Belgium Chemical Society, Chilean Chemical Society, Academy Pharmaceutical Sciences United States, Danish Academy Sciences and Letters, Nacional Academy Exact, Physicians and Natural Sciences Argentina, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Society Italiana per il Progresso delle Scienze, Academy Sciences France.

Corresponding member Argentinian Chemical Society. Foreign member Academy des Ciencias da Lisboa, Academy Nazionale dei Lincei. Member British Association Advancement of Science (president Section B, 1969), International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (president 1969).

Connections

Married Jeanne Wilkins, December 20, 1944. 1 son, William Godfrey Lukes. Married Christiane Cognet, November 5, 1969.

Married Judith Von-Leuenberger Cobb, August 15, 1993.

Father:

William Thomas Barton

Mother:

Maude Henrietta (Lukes) Barton

Spouse:

Jeanne Wilkins

Spouse:

Judith Von-Leuenberger Cobb

Spouse:

Christiane Cognet