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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1980s (97) 1984 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1921 (10) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Southwestern states (13) Texas (5) Fort Worth (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2006 (6) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Middle Atlantic states (25) New Jersey (7) Cresskill (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Robert (29) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 64 (34) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) New York (39) Rockefeller University (17) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) Rockefeller University (36) Long-term academic staff (26) Western states (262) California (253) University of California (159) Los Angeles (24) University of California, Los Angeles (24) Alumni (7) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (10) C-D (404) C (272) Centenary Prize (31) G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) complete name: Robert Bruce Merrifield nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1984 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984 was awarded to Robert Bruce Merrifield "for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Robert family name: Merrifield occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1405, United States of America description: Robert Bruce Merrifield was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase peptide synthesis. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1984/summary/> date birth: 1921 date death: 2006 usual name: Robert Merrifield
