Robert R. Williams

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Robert R. Williams (February 16, 1886–October 2, 1965) was an American telephone company researcher who carried out vitamin research in his spare time and established the structure of thiamine (vitamin B1). He first isolated thiamine in 1933, and synthesized vitamin B in 1935. Among his awards were the Perkin Medal in 1947.

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