Williams, Robert R.

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Williams, Robert R. (1886–1965) American chemist; crystallized thiamin (vitamin B1) 1933 and synthesized it in 1935. The vitamin research was conducted in his spare time; he was employed as a chemist by the Bell Telephone Company.

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