1917–1979
Robert Burns Woodward
American chemist
62years old at death
22,734days lived
34%of the people on this site died younger
Robert Burns Woodward was born on 10 April 1917 and died on 8 July 1979, aged 62 years and 89 days. That is 22,734 days in all.
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