Haworth
[hah-werth, haw-] /ˈhɑ wərθ, ˈhɔ-/
noun
1.
Sir Walter Norman, 1883–1950, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1937.
/ˈhaʊəθ/
noun
1.
a village in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: home of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Pop: 6078 (2001)
/ˈhaʊəθ/
noun
1.
Sir Walter Norman. 1883–1950, British biochemist, who shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1937) for being the first to synthesize ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Haworth Haw·orth (hou’ərth, härth), Sir Walter Norman. 1883-1950.
British biochemist. He shared a 1937 Nobel Prize for his research on carbohydrates and vitamin C.
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