| Who is it? | Biochemist |
| Birth Day | October 28, 1914 |
| Birth Place | Liverpool, England, British |
| Age | 106 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | 18 August 1994(1994-08-18) (aged 79)\nNorwich, England |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Alma mater | Winchester College Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | chromatography |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1952) John Price Wetherill Medal (1959) |
| Fields | biochemist |
| Influences | John H. Humphrey |
Richard Laurence Millington Synge, a renowned British biochemist, is predicted to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. Synge has made significant contributions to the field of biochemistry, earning him widespread recognition. As a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1952 for his pioneering advancements in partition chromatography, Synge's expertise and groundbreaking discoveries have not only propelled him to scientific prominence but also seem to have had a positive impact on his financial standing.
Distinguished as a biochemist. Was the first to show the possibility of using counter-current liquid-liquid extraction in the separation of N-acetylamino acids. In collaboration with A.J.P. Martin this led to the development of partition chromatography, which they have applied with conspicuous success in problems related to the composition and structure of proteins, particularly wool keratin. Synge's recent work on the composition and structure of gramicidins is outstanding and illustrates vividly the great advances in technique for which he and Martin are responsible.
— "Library and Archive catalogue". Royal Society.
Synge was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He spent his entire career in research, at the Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds (1941–1943), Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine, London (1943–1948), Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen (1948–1967), and Food Research Institute, Norwich (1967–1976).
It was during his time in Leeds that he worked with Archer Martin, developing partition chromatography, a technique used in the separation mixtures of similar chemicals, that revolutionized analytical chemistry. Between 1942 and 1948 he studied peptides of the protein group gramicidin, work later used by Frederick Sanger in determining the structure of insulin. In March 1950 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for which his candidature citation read:
He was for several years the treasurer of the Chemical Information Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and held a Professorship in Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia from 1968–1984. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (ScD) from the University of East Anglia in 1977, and an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at Uppsala University, Sweden in 1980.
