George de Hevesy

George de Hevesy was a Hungarian and Swedish chemist and university teacher. Born in Budapest in 1885, he worked as a professor at the University of Freiburg, Eötvös Loránd University, ETH Zurich, and the University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute. He was educated at the University of Freiburg, Eötvös Loránd University, and Technische Universität Berlin. His work location included Freiburg im Breisgau, where he died in 1966.

Hevesy received the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal, Copley Medal, Faraday Lectureship Prize, and Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was a member of the Royal Society, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He spoke Hungarian and Swedish and is buried at Fiume Road Graveyard.