British chemist used spectroscopy to study the stars

200th Birthday: William Allen Miller

50th Anniversary: Death of Elmer McCollum
American biochemist discovered the first vitamins

100th Birthday: Rodney R. Porter
Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine discovered the structure of antibodies

100th Birthday: Sir John Cornforth
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry explained the biosynthesis of cholesterol

165th Anniversary: Death of Johan Gadolin
Finnish chemist discovered the first rare-earth compounds

50th Anniversary: Death of Richard Kuhn
Chemistry Nobel Laureate in 1938 for his work on carotenoids and vitamins

150th Birthday: Daniel Vorländer
German chemist and liquid crystal pioneer

125th Anniversary: Death of August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Eminent organic chemist and first President of the German Chemical Society

100th Birthday: Ines Mandl
Eminent female biochemist discovered collagenase

100th Birthday: John Kendrew
Nobel Laureate discovered the structure of myoglobin