Robert Elderfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert Elderfield
American chemist
Date of Birth: 30-May-1904
Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, New York, United States
Date of Death: 10-Dec-1979
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Robert Elderfield
- Robert Cooley Elderfield (May 30, 1904 – December 10, 1979) was an American chemist.
- He was born in Niagara Falls, New York, United States. He studied at the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, later at the University of Michigan receiving his Ph.D.
- from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1920.
- He worked at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research from 1930 till 1936 when he changed to Columbia University.
- He was moved to University of Michigan in 1952. He started his research with cardiac glycosides and cardiac aglycones shifting to the synthesis of primaquine and other antimalarials; at the end he did some research in new anticancer agents
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