Biography & contributions
Walter Norman Haworth was born on March 19, 1883
Haworth was a British chemist and Nobel laureate
In 1922 He synthesized sylvestrene
In 1925 Haworth determined the correct cyclic model for glucose
He also determined structures of the monosaccharides and disaccharides
Haworth developed Haworth formula or Haworth projection to translate three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form
In 1937 He received Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C
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