Martin Lowry
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English chemist (1874–1936)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1874-10-26 ) 26 October 1874, Low Moor, Bradford , UK
- Died
- 2 November 1936 (1936-11-02) (aged 62), Cambridge , UK
- Known for
- Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
- Fields
- Physical chemistry
- Doctoral advisor
- Henry Edward Armstrong
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bradford
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Imperial College London
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Henry Edward Armstrong
- Doctoral student
- Gordon Sutherland
- Field of work
- physical chemistry
- Image
- Thomas Martin Lowry2.jpg
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- Thomas Martin Lowry
- date of birth
- 1874-10-26
- date of death
- 1936-11-02
- member of
- Royal Society
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Martin Lowry (/ˈlaʊri/; 26 October 1874 – 2 November 1936) was an English physical chemist who developed the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory simultaneously with and independently of Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and was a founder-member and president (1928–1930) of the Faraday Society.
Biography
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