Theodore William Richards
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Theodore William Richards was an American chemist who lived from 1868 to 1928 and made significant contributions to his field. He is notable as an important figure in the history of American chemistry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1928
- Works
- 16
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- The use of the transition temperatures of complex ys tems as fixed pointts in thermometry
- Some electrochemical and thermochemical relations of zinc and cadmium amalgams. By Theodore William Richards and Gilbert Newton Lewis
- A revision of the atomic weight of cobalt
- Ideals of chemical investigation
- A partial substitute for examinations
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Theodore William Richards (January 31, 1868 – April 2, 1928) was an American physical chemist and the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements."
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1868 births1928 deathsAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican physical chemistsAmerican QuakersForeign members of the Royal SocietyHarvard University alumniHarvard University facultyHaverford College alumniHistory of chemistryMembers of the American Philosophical Society