1977, on the occasion of the centenary of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the British Post Office honoured him, and 5 other Nobel Prize-winning British chemists, with a series of four postage stamps featuring aspects of their discoveries. He moved to the United States in 1986 (specifically Texas) and became distinguished professor at Texas A&M University and held this position for 12 years until his death. In 1996, Barton published a comprehensive volume of his works, entitled Reason and Imagination: Reflections on Research in Organic Chemistry. As well as for his work on conformation, his name is remembered in a number of reactions in organic chemistry such as the Barton reaction, the Barton decarboxylation, and the Barton-McCombie deoxygenation. The newly built Barton Science Centre at Tonbridge School in Kent, where he was educated for 4 years, completed in 2019, is named after him. Honours and awards Barton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1954. In 1966 he was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1970 and the American Philosophical Society in 1978. - Knight Bachelor (1972) - Légion d'honneur (1972) Personal life Sir Derek married three times: Jeanne Kate Wilkins (on 20 December 1944); Christiane Cognet (in 1969); and Judith Von-Leuenberger Cobb (in 1993). He had a son by his first marriage. References External links including the Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1969 The Principles of Conformational Analysis 1918 births 1998 deaths People from Gravesend, Kent People educated at Gravesend Grammar School People educated at Tonbridge School People educated at King's School, Rochester Alumni of Imperial College London Academics of Birkbeck, University of London Academics of Imperial College London Harvard University staff Organic chemists British physical chemists Fellows of the Royal Society Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Knights Bachelor Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Nobel laureates in Chemistry Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Texas A&M University faculty Recipients of the Copley Medal Royal Medal winners Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts English Nobel laureates Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Regius Professors Members of the American Philosophical Society