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Stewart Adams
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| Born |
Stewart Sanders Adams
1923 Byfield, Northamptonshire, England
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| Died | (aged 95) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
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| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Known for | Development of Ibuprofen |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary
(m. 1950) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Boots Pure Drug Company |
Stewart Sanders Adams OBE (1923 – 30 January 2019) was a British chemist. He was known for creating ibuprofen in the early 1960s.
Adams died aged 95 at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham from pneumonia on 30 January 2019.
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