Derek Barton blue plaque

Connection to This Location

# Derek Barton at Imperial College Road Standing before the Chemistry Building on Imperial College Road, you're looking at the crucible where Derek Barton's entire scientific trajectory was forged—first as an eager student between 1938 and 1942, absorbing the chemical principles that would later re...

Location

Chemistry Building, Imperial College Road

Inscription

Sir Derek Barton FRS (1918-1998) 1938-1942 student, 1957-1978 professor, Imperial College. 1969 Nobel Laureate for new concept of organic conformational analysis