Alexander R. Todd

The Right Honourable The Lord Todd OM FRS FRSE
Alexander Todd in 1957
Born	Alexander Robertus Todd (1907-10-02)2 October 1907 Cathcart, Scotland
Died	10 January 1997(1997-01-10) (aged 89) Oakington, England
Alma mater	University of Glasgow University of Frankfurt am Main Oriel College, Oxford
Awards	Tilden Prize (1940) Davy Medal (1949) Royal Medal (1955) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1957) Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1963) Copley Medal (1970) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1978)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, Biochemistry
Institutions	Lister Institute University of Edinburgh University of London University of Manchester University of Cambridge University of Strathclyde Hatfield Polytechnic
Doctoral advisor	Prof. Dr. Walther Borsche, Sir Robert Robinson
Doctoral students	J. Rodney Quayle

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd OM FRS FRSE^[1] (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997), was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.