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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-05 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004913b.htm person Cornforth Rita Lady AACR2 Harradence, Rita 16 November 1915 6 November 2012 Place of Birth Bexley, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sussex, United Kingdom Chemist Lady Rita Cornforth was a chemist and the wife of Nobel Prize recipient Sir John Warcup Cornforth. They collaborated on a total of 41 papers that focused on enzyme stereochemistry. The Rita and John Cornforth Medal has been awarded by the University of Sydney since 2011. In 2018 the Royal Australian Chemical Institute instituted the Rita Cornforth Lectureship to provide an outstanding female early career chemist with the opportunity to advance her career. 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1937 1937 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1939 1941 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship, studied at Oxford, England 1941 1941 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), Oxford, England Cornforth, John Warcup (1917 - 2013) 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1939-1941. [Studied at Oxford, England]

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 'Cornforth, Rita', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cornforth, Rita Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Sir John and Lady Cornforth: a distinguished chemical partnership Purchase, R.; and Hanson, J. R. Sir John and Lady Cornforth: a distinguished chemical partnership 2015 Science Progress 98 3 212-8 Newspaper Article: Australian chemist who won Nobel Prize Veitch, Harriet Australian chemist who won Nobel Prize 2013 The Age 20 Sir John Cornforth interviewed by Ann Turner for the Australians of the year oral history project [sound recording] National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Sir John Cornforth interviewed by Ann Turner for the Australians of the year oral history project [sound recording] ORAL TRC 3288 1995 1 digital audio tape