Anthony John Kirby

British professor of bioorganic chemistry
Person human Q112389377

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
August 18, 1935
Place of birth
Welwyn Garden City
Occupation
chemist
Award received
Tilden Prize[8]
Doctoral advisor
Malcom Clark[7]
Doctoral student
Florian Hollfelder[11]
Family name
Kirby[12]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Member of
Royal Society (1987–present)[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Anthony J Kirby en Anthony John Kirby en Tony Kirby cs A. J. Kirby cs E. Kerbi fr Anthony-John Kirby
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
113084866
Library of Congress authority ID
n82062569
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12298812s
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
11754
IdRef ID
082052190
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2005266538
NUKAT ID
n97063781
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007337928905171
National Library of Latvia ID
000045251
Prabook ID
643128
SHARE Catalogue author ID
66199
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Summary

Anthony John Kirby's place of birth was Welwyn Garden City[1]. He was born on August 18, 1935[2]. He worked as a chemist[3].

Body

Education

Educated at University of Turku[5], a public university[15], in Finland[16], founded in 1920[17] and University of Cambridge[6], a collegiate university[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1209[20], headquartered in Cambridge[21].

FAQs

Where was Anthony John Kirby born?

Born in Welwyn Garden City[1].

What did Anthony John Kirby do for work?

Anthony John Kirby worked as chemist[3].

Where did Anthony John Kirby go to school?

Anthony John Kirby was educated at University of Turku[5] and University of Cambridge[6].

What awards did Anthony John Kirby receive?

Honors received include Tilden Prize[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . cai.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved . cai.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . cai.cam.ac.uk. cai.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . cai.cam.ac.uk. cai.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . rsc.org. rsc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . royalsociety.org. royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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