Foundation Quote by John Cornforth

By combining chemical, biochemical and physical techniques, it has thus become possible to investigate the nature of enzymic catalysis in a novel manner, complementary…

— John Cornforth

Throughout my scientific career, my wife has been my most constant collaborator. Her experimental skill made major contributions to the work; she has eased…

— John Cornforth

After a year of post-graduate research, I won an 1851 Exhibition scholarship to work at Oxford with Robert Robinson. Two such scholarships were awarded…

— John Cornforth

In 1962, Popjak and I left the service of the Medical Research Council and became co-directors of the Milstead Laboratory of Chemical Enzymology set…

— John Cornforth

I started doing experiments - mostly in organic chemistry, because it was so much more interesting - in my mother's laundry at home.

— John Cornforth

In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, corrupt and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For…

— John Cornforth

In 1967, I had formed a collaboration with Hermann Eggerer, then of Muenchen, and together, we solved the problem of the 'asymmetric methyl group'…

— John Cornforth

The essential principles of the three-dimensional structure of organic molecules had been correctly formulated by the first Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Jacobus van't Hoff,…

— John Cornforth

At the National Institute for Medical Research, I came into contact with biological scientists and formed collaborative projects with several of them. In particular,…

— John Cornforth

Life does depend on accurate replication of molecules, and its complexity often requires that an enzyme shall accept one molecular species or type and…

— John Cornforth

Part of my childhood was spent in Sydney and part in rural New South Wales, at Armidale.

— John Cornforth

I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda…

— John Cornforth