Robert Burns Woodward was an American chemist born on April 10, 1917, and passed away on July 8, 1979. He was born in Boston and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Between 1941 and 1963, he taught chemistry at Harvard University. In 1963, he became the director of the Woodward Research Institute in Basel, Switzerland. He, along with American chemist William Doering, synthesized quinine in 1944 and cholesterol and cortisone in 1951. He directed research on strychnine in 1954 and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965 for his work on antibiotics.
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Meaning of the name - Robert
bright fame, shining glory
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Place of Birth: Boston
Place of Death: Cambridge
Cause of Death: myocardial infarction
Educated At: Quincy High School | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: university teacher | chemist
Spouses: Eudoxia Woodward
Employers: Harvard University
Awards Received: honorary doctorate of Technion | William H. Nichols Medal | Robert Robinson Award | Centenary Prize | American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Lavoisier Medal | Arthur C. Cope Award | Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry | Remsen Award | AMA Scientific Achievement Award | Willard Gibbs Award | National Medal of Science | 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 April 10, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for April 10, 2025 |
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| Sun | 20 Aries 15 | 21 Aries 4 | 4 Leo 3 |
| Moon | 27 Scorpio 55 | 25 Virgo 48 | 8 Scorpio 58 |
| Mercury | 2 Taurus 54 | 27 Pisces 17 | 19 Leo 36 |
| Venus | 16 Aries 10 | 24 Pisces 45 | 28 Leo 44 |
| Mars | 11 Aries 35 | 27 Cancer 2 | 29 Gemini 41 |
| Jupiter | 11 Taurus 16 | 17 Gemini 34 | 5 Gemini 7 |
| Saturn | 24 Cancer 37 | 25 Pisces 33 | 4 Leo 50 |
| Uranus | 22 Aquarius 44 | 25 Taurus 14 | 22 Aquarius 24 |
| Neptune | 2 Leo 5 | 0 Aries 24 | 4 Leo 36 |
| Pluto | 2 Cancer 26 | 3 Aquarius 40 | 4 Cancer 40 |
| Rahu | 15 Capricorn 5 | 26 Pisces 12 | 9 Capricorn 21 |
| Ketu | 15 Cancer 5 | 26 Virgo 12 | 9 Cancer 21 |
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