Frederick Soddy
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Frederick Soddy was an English radiochemist who made important discoveries about radioactive elements and their transformations in the early 1900s. His work helped explain how atoms change and decay, which was fundamental to understanding atomic structure and earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1921.
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- 1877-09-02
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- 1956-09-22
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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.
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1877 births1956 deathsAcademics of the University of AberdeenAcademic staff of McGill UniversityAlumni of Aberystwyth UniversityAlumni of Merton College, OxfordBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyChemists of the University of AberdeenChemists of the University of GlasgowChemists of the University of OxfordCorresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)