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Frederick Soddy

Frederick Soddy

September 2, 1877 –September 22, 1956

Pharmacist, Physicist, Professor, Chemist, Researcher, Naturalist

Lived 79 years

Born in
Eastbourne
Passed away in
Brighton

Frederick Soddy FRS (2 September 1877 – 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also proved the existence of isotopes of certain radioactive elements. In 1921, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes". Soddy was a polymath who mastered chemistry, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, finance, and economics.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Fellow of the Royal Society Education: Aberystwyth University, Merton College, Eastbourne College

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Soddy