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Sir Richard John Roberts (born September 6, 1943 in Derby
Derby

Derby is a city status in the United Kingdom in the East Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent, Derbyshire and is located in the south of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire....
) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 biochemist
Biochemist

Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms....
 and molecular biologist
Molecular biology

Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecule level. The field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry....
. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Physiology or Medic...
 with Phillip Allen Sharp
Phillip Allen Sharp

Phillip Allen Sharp is an United States of America geneticist and molecular biology who co-discovered gene splicing. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Richard J....
 for the discovery of intron
Intron

Introns, derived from the term "intragenic regions" and also called intervening sequence , are DNA regions in a gene that are not translated into proteins....
s in eukaryotic
Eukaryote

Animals, plants, fungus, and protists are eukaryotes , organisms whose Cell are organized into complex structures enclosed within Cell membrane....
 DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 and the mechanism of gene-splicing.

Roberts is the son of a motor mechanic and housewife. When he was 4, the family moved to Bath. In Bath, he attended Beechen Cliff School
Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School is a boys` secondary school in Bath, Somerset, in England. There are around 800 boys in years 7-11 and a co-educational sixth form of over 226 students....
. As a child he at first wanted to be a detective
Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators . Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records....
 and then, when given a chemistry set
Chemistry set

A chemistry set is an educational toy allowing the user to perform simple chemistry experiments. The best known such sets were produced by the A....
, a chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
. He failed his Physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
 A-level exam on his first attempt.

In 2005, a multi-million pound expansion to the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Ranked within the World's top 100 Universities, it is one of the original Red brick universities and a member of the Russell Group....
, where he had been a student, was named after him.






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Sir Richard John Roberts (born September 6, 1943 in Derby
Derby

Derby is a city status in the United Kingdom in the East Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent, Derbyshire and is located in the south of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire....
) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 biochemist
Biochemist

Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms....
 and molecular biologist
Molecular biology

Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecule level. The field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry....
. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Physiology or Medic...
 with Phillip Allen Sharp
Phillip Allen Sharp

Phillip Allen Sharp is an United States of America geneticist and molecular biology who co-discovered gene splicing. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Richard J....
 for the discovery of intron
Intron

Introns, derived from the term "intragenic regions" and also called intervening sequence , are DNA regions in a gene that are not translated into proteins....
s in eukaryotic
Eukaryote

Animals, plants, fungus, and protists are eukaryotes , organisms whose Cell are organized into complex structures enclosed within Cell membrane....
 DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 and the mechanism of gene-splicing.

Roberts is the son of a motor mechanic and housewife. When he was 4, the family moved to Bath. In Bath, he attended Beechen Cliff School
Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School is a boys` secondary school in Bath, Somerset, in England. There are around 800 boys in years 7-11 and a co-educational sixth form of over 226 students....
. As a child he at first wanted to be a detective
Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators . Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records....
 and then, when given a chemistry set
Chemistry set

A chemistry set is an educational toy allowing the user to perform simple chemistry experiments. The best known such sets were produced by the A....
, a chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
. He failed his Physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
 A-level exam on his first attempt.

In 2005, a multi-million pound expansion to the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Ranked within the World's top 100 Universities, it is one of the original Red brick universities and a member of the Russell Group....
, where he had been a student, was named after him. A refurbished science department at Beechen Cliff School
Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School is a boys` secondary school in Bath, Somerset, in England. There are around 800 boys in years 7-11 and a co-educational sixth form of over 226 students....
 was also named after Roberts, who had donated a substantial sum of his Nobel prize winnings to the school.

He was knighted
Knight Bachelor

The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Chivalric order....
 in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

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