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Francis William Aston

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Francis William Aston

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Also known as Francis Aston

British chemist (1877-1945)

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Francis William Aston was a British chemist who lived from 1877 to 1945 and made important contributions to understanding the structure of atoms and molecules. His work helped advance our knowledge of how matter is composed at its most fundamental level.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1922

    “for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule”

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Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Birmingham
Place of death
Cambridge
Occupation
chemist
Educated at
University of London
Employer
University of Birmingham
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
mass spectrometry
Academic degree
Doctor of Science
Doctoral advisor
J. J. Thomson
Student of
J. J. Thomson
Field of work
physics
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Francis William Aston
member of
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Commons category
Francis William Aston
date of birth
1877-09-01
date of death
1945-11-20
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
name in native language
Francis William Aston
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Francis William Aston FRS (1 September 1877 – 20 November 1945) was a British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements and for his enunciation of the whole number rule. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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