Frederick Soddy

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Frederick Soddy was a British radiochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on radioactivity and the concept of isotopes.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
physicist
radiochemist
awardReceived Albert Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Royal Medal
causeOfDeath cerebral thrombosis
coDiscovered disintegration theory of radioactivity
transmutation of elements in radioactive decay
collaboratedWith Ernest Rutherford
William Ramsay
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1877-09-02
dateOfDeath 1956-09-22
described the concept of isotopes in 1913
educatedAt Eastbourne College
Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Oxford
employer University of Aberdeen
University of Glasgow
University of Oxford
ethnicGroup English
familyName Soddy
fatherInLaw Sir George Beilby
fieldOfWork economics
nuclear chemistry
physical chemistry
radioactivity
radiochemistry
givenName Frederick
hasSignature signature of Frederick Soddy
influenced development of nuclear chemistry
economic thought on money and debt
knownFor Soddy circle
Soddy–Fajans rule
concept of isotopes
popularization of nuclear energy concepts
work on radioactivity
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal Institute of Chemistry
surface form: Chemical Society

Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeMotivation for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes
NobelPrizeYear 1921
notableStudent John Masson Gulland
notableWork Matter and Energy
Radioactivity (1904)
The Interpretation of Radium
The Interpretation of the Atom
Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt
placeOfBirth Eastbourne
England
Sussex
placeOfDeath Brighton
England
Sussex
positionHeld Dr Lee’s Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford
professor of chemistry at the University of Glasgow
religion Unitarianism
residence Aberdeen
Glasgow
Oxford
sexOrGender male
spouse Winifred Beilby
workedAt McGill University

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Trinity College, Oxford hasNotableAlumni Frederick Soddy
nitrogen-14 discoveredAsIsotopeBy Frederick Soddy