Friedrich Paneth

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1887 – 1958

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Who was Friedrich Paneth?

Friedrich Adolf Paneth was an Austrian-born British chemist. Fleeing the Nazis, he escaped to Britain and became a British citizen in 1939 but he later returned to Germany to become director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in 1953. He was considered the greatest authority of his time on volatile hydrides, and also made important contributions to the study of the stratosphere.

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Born
Aug 31, 1887
Vienna
Also known as
  • Fritz Paneth
Parents
Religion
  • Judaism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Austria
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • University of Vienna
Lived in
  • Vienna
Died
Sep 17, 1958
Mainz

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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