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Natural Product Chemistry Award Winners
- 2020 - Professor Chris Willis
- 2018 - Professor Bradley Moore
- 2016 - Professor Jieping Zhu
- 2014 - Professor Ian Paterson
- 2012 - Professor Richard Taylor
- 2010 - Margaret Brimble
- 2006 - Tom Simpson
- 2003 - G Mehta
- 2001 - A G M Barrett
- 1999 - A Fersht
- 1997 - G Pattenden
- 1995 - A I Scott
- 1993 - S V Ley
- 1991 - P D Magnus
- 1988 - J MacMillan
- 1986 - J Staunton
- 1984 - J E Baldwin
- 1982 - A J Birch
- 1980 - L Crombie
- 1979 - J W Cornforth
- 1978 - A R Battersby
- 1974 - Sir Ewart Jones
- 1972 - Lord Todd
- 1970 - D H R Barton
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