John Cornforth Research Paper

John Cornforth was born September 7, 1917 in Sydney, Australia. When he was 10 he was diagnosed with ostoclerosis a disease inside his ear that would have him deaf by age 20. His chemistry teacher at the Sydney Boys high school got him interested in chemistry. He graduated from high school in 1933.
At the age of 16 he enrolled at the University of Sydney where he studied organic chemistry. He graduated in 1937 with a bachelor’s degree in science with first class honors and the university medal. By this time, he was fully, completely deaf. After his studies, he went on to get a scholarship to work at Oxford. During his time at Oxford he worked with Robert Robinson he earned two more scholarships. When Rita Harradence (Also from Sydney, Australia)