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  Oral history interview with William S. Knowles

  • 2008-Jan-30

  William S. Knowles begins his oral history by discussing his early life during the Great Depression and his education, including time at Harvard University and Columbia University. Knowles spent the majority of his…

  • Interviewee Knowles, William S.
  • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
  • Subject Elderfield, Robert Cooley, 1904-, Chirality, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Chemists, Noyori, Ryoji, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Monsanto Company, Knowles, William S.
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  9 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Some Calabash Alkaloids"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Alkaloids, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  3 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Sesquiterpenes"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry, Sesquiterpenes
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  11 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Oxidations in Basic Medium"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  This folder contains notes written by Robert E. Kohler concerning chemical syntheses from R. B. Woodward's seminar lectures, specifically his Thursday Evening Seminars predating the formulation of the Woodward-Hoffmann…

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Oxidation, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  Professor R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward’s Harvard lecture entitled "Towards the Synthesis of Chlorophyll"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chlorophyll--Synthesis, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Claude Seminar"

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  10 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Amino Esters (Ethers)"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry, Local anesthetics
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar mentioning camphor

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Camphor, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  5 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Some recent advances in Natural Products"

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  11 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "[Chemistry] of Azoxylic Acid [Derivatives]"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Benzynes"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  14 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Aldosterone & C-18, C-19 [Final] Steroids"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Aldosterone, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  41 items
  Manuscripts

  Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  This folder contains notes written by Robert E. Kohler concerning chemical syntheses from R. B. Woodward's seminar lectures, specifically his Thursday Evening Seminars predating the formulation of the Woodward-Hoffmann…

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  8 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "A Stereospecific Cope Rearrangement"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  11 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "N-Et Benzisoxazolium Salts"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's colloquium entitled "The Total Synthesis of Chlorophyll"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chlorophyll--Synthesis, Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  8 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Steroidal Sapogenins"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Sapogenins, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  8 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Aconide Alkaloids Lycoctoninine"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Alkaloids, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar mentioning Dr. T. Fukunaga

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Fukunaga, T, Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "[Stereochemistry] of Patchouli Alcohol"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Stereochemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  5 items
  Ephemera

  Notes on R. B. W.'s [Robert Burns Woodward] Cope Award Speech

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  5 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Franz Sondheimer"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Sondheimer, Franz, Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  9 items
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  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Rosenblum - Von Richter [Reaction]"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Richter, Victor von, 1841-1891, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Radiolysis of Aryl Alkyl Ketones"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Ketones, Chemical industry
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  4 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "McMurray"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry