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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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Robert R. Williams, Jr.

Robert R. Williams, Jr. 1886-1965, American chemist, b. India, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., 1907); brother of Roger John Williams . Research undertaken in 1910, while he was chemist (1908-15) at the Manila Bureau of Science, the Philippines, culminated, during his association (1925-45) with the Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York City, in his isolation (1933) of vitamin B ₁ (thiamine) from a syrup of rice polishings. In 1936 he synthesized the vitamin. He was director of grants of the Research Corp., New York City (1945-51). Williams is noted also for his work in alipathic chemistry and in rubber chemistry.

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