Williams, Robert, Jr.

Williams, Robert (Runnels), Jr.

(1886–1965) chemist, inventor; born in Nellore, India. The son of American Baptist missionaries, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1907. As a researcher in the Bureau of Science in Manila, the Philippines (1909–14), he sought a cure for beriberi. Returning to the U.S.A., he worked as chemical director for the Bell Telephone Co. for many years, doing vitamin research in his spare time. He isolated thiamine in 1933 and synthesized vitamin B₁ two years later. He channeled the profits from his vitamin patents to the Williams-Waterman Fund for the Combat of Dietary Disease.

单词	williams, robert, jr.
释义	Williams, Robert, Jr. Williams, Robert (Runnels), Jr. (1886–1965) chemist, inventor; born in Nellore, India. The son of American Baptist missionaries, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1907. As a researcher in the Bureau of Science in Manila, the Philippines (1909–14), he sought a cure for beriberi. Returning to the U.S.A., he worked as chemical director for the Bell Telephone Co. for many years, doing vitamin research in his spare time. He isolated thiamine in 1933 and synthesized vitamin B₁ two years later. He channeled the profits from his vitamin patents to the Williams-Waterman Fund for the Combat of Dietary Disease.
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