Frederick Soddy

Chemist, Academic

1877 – 1956

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Who was Frederick Soddy?

Frederick Soddy FRS 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.

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Born
Sep 2, 1877
Eastbourne
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Merton College, Oxford
  • Aberystwyth University
  • University of Oxford
  • Eastbourne College
Lived in
  • United Kingdom
Died
Sep 22, 1956
Brighton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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