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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1993 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1943 (16) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Derby (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Richard (15) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 51 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 38. Worked for Corporation 38. Worked for Corporation North America (23) United States (23) Northeastern states (9) Massachusetts (1) Beverly (1) New England Biolabs (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Sheffield (8) University of Sheffield (8) Alumni (2) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Short-term academic staff (75) Western states (262) California (253) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Short-term academic staff (51) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) E (61) European Molecular Biology Organization (51) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) E (135) EMBO Membership (17) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) Q-Z (398) S (125) Sir Hans Krebs Medal (16) complete name: Richard John Roberts nobel prize: medicine award year: 1993 together with: Phillip Sharp prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993 was awarded jointly to Richard J. Roberts and Phillip A. Sharp "for their discoveries of split genes." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Richard John Roberts given name: Richard family name: Roberts occupation: biologist occupation: biochemist work location: New England Biolabs, Ipswich, United States of America description: Richard John Roberts is an English biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. He currently works at New England Biolabs. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1993/summary/> date birth: 1943 usual name: Richard Roberts