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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 1960s (79) 1967 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1897 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Cambridge (2) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1978 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) Cambridge (26) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) N (23) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Ronald (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 71 (22) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) Cambridge (19) University of Cambridge (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Alumni (69) Long-term academic staff (44) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) United Kingdom (27) Cambridge (2) The Perse School (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Bakerian Lecture (30) C-D (404) D (194) Davy Medal (30) E-F (439) F (394) Faraday Lectureship Prize (22) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) K-L (297) L (183) Liversidge Award (5) M-N (333) M (172) Meldola Medal and Prize (3) complete name: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1967 together with: Manfred Eigen together with: George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham prize share: Prize share: 1/4 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 was divided, one half awarded to Manfred Eigen, the other half jointly to Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and George Porter "for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Ronald family name: Norrish occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: chemistry work location: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom description: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish was a British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1967/summary/> date birth: 1897 date death: 1978 usual name: Ronald Norrish