Derek Harold Richard Barton was a British chemist born on September 8, 1918. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1969 and received the prestigious Priestley Medal in 1995. Barton began his studies at Imperial College and the University of London in 1938, obtaining his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1942. He served as a visiting lecturer at Harvard University from 1949 to 1950 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1954, later becoming a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1956.
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Meaning of the name - Derek
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Place of Birth: Gravesend
Place of Death: College Station
Educated At: Tonbridge School | King's School, Rochester | Gravesend Grammar School | Imperial College London | University of London
Occupation: university teacher | chemist
Employers: Birkbeck, University of London | National Center for Scientific Research, France | University of Glasgow | Texas A&M University | Imperial College London | Harvard University
Awards Received: honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca | Tilden Prize | Robert Robinson Award | Longstaff Prize | Oesper Award | honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | honorary doctor of the University of Valencia | Royal Society Bakerian Medal | Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry | American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | Fellow of the Royal Society | Lavoisier Medal | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Edward Harrison Memorial Prize | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Ernest Guenther Award | Bakerian Lecture | Chemical Pioneer Award | Knight Bachelor | Priestley Medal | Corday-Morgan Prize | Royal medal | Davy Medal | Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Copley Medal
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on September 8, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for September 8, 2025 |
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| Sun | 14 Virgo 58 | 16 Virgo 3 | 1 Capricorn 50 |
| Moon | 18 Libra 5 | 25 Pisces 20 | 22 Virgo 56 |
| Mercury | 3 Virgo 55 | 11 Virgo 24 | 19 Sagittarius 11 |
| Venus | 25 Leo 21 | 16 Leo 33 | 9 Capricorn 12 |
| Mars | 14 Scorpio 21 | 20 Libra 47 | 3 Aquarius 11 |
| Jupiter | 10 Cancer 55 | 19 Cancer 11 | 11 Cancer 40 |
| Saturn | 22 Leo 14 | 29 Pisces 22 | 28 Leo 48 |
| Uranus | 24 Aquarius 54 | 1 Gemini 28 | 24 Aquarius 48 |
| Neptune | 8 Leo 13 | 1 Aries 9 | 8 Leo 51 |
| Pluto | 6 Cancer 29 | 1 Aquarius 38 | 5 Cancer 40 |
| Rahu | 17 Sagittarius 46 | 18 Pisces 13 | 12 Sagittarius 6 |
| Ketu | 17 Gemini 46 | 18 Virgo 13 | 12 Gemini 6 |
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