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Theodore William Richards
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United States chemist (1868–1928)
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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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1914
“in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theodore
- Family name
- Richards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Germantown
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Father
- William Trost Richards
- Sibling
- Anna Richards Brewster
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Haverford College
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Josiah P. Cooke
- Doctoral student
- Charles Phelps Smyth
- Field of work
- physical chemistry
- Image
- Theodore william richards.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Theodore William Richards
- date of birth
- 1868-01-31
- date of death
- 1928-04-02
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- student
- Gilbert N. Lewis
- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- interested in
- chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
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."
Biography
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