Born in 1925, Dr. Battersby earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the University of Manchester and a doctorate from the University of St. Andrews. Following post-doctoral work in the U.S., he returned to England as a lecturer at the University of Bristol, and then held a chair at the University of Liverpool. In 1969, he accepted the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Since his university retirement in 1992, he first continued research with private funding and currently is writing detailed reports of his findings.
He has had numerous honors including the Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (U.S.), Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Israel), Antonio Feltrinelli International Prize for Chemistry (Italy), Paul Karrer Medal (Switzerland), August Wilhelm von Hofmann Memorial Medal (Germany), the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry, and the Davy Medal and Royal Medal, The Royal Medal (England), the Windaus and Inhoffen Medals (Germany) and the Longstaff and Corday-Morgan Medals. Dr. Battersby holds honorary degrees from six universities and received a Knighthood for his contributions to science in 1992. He is fellow or member of many academies and learned societies worldwide.
The Houston-based Welch Foundation is one of the oldest and largest sources of private funding for basic research in chemistry. Since its founding in 1954, it has provided more than $411 million in support for science. In addition to the Welch Award, first bestowed in 1972, the Foundation funds researchers at 27 Texas institutions, sponsors an annual chemical research conference, provides grants to chemistry departments at small and medium-sized
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