English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1956)

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. In 1921, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes". Soddy was a polymath who mastered chemistry, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, finance, and economics.

Born

1877

September 2

Died

1956

Era

1870s

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Frederick, in brief

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1877 Born
1956 Died

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-44 Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
-44 Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
-31 Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1192 The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.

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The world in 1956

When Frederick departed

april 19 Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
april 26 SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
april 3 Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
april 30 Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

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Also born in 1877

Eddie Cochems 1877–1953 American football player and coach (born 1877) Edgar Cayce 1877–1945 American psychic and author (born 1877) Jakob Ehrlich 1877–1938 Czech-Austrian academic and politician (born 1877) James Agate 1877–1947 English author and critic (born 1877) Lewis Terman 1877– American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (died 1956) Pascual Ortiz Rubio 1877– Mexican diplomat and president (1930–1932) (died 1963) Paul Ladmirault 1877– French pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1944) Plutarco Elías Calles 1877–1945 Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877) Stanley Lord 1877– English captain (died 1962)

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