Theodore William Richards

Also known as Theodore Richards

United States chemist (1868–1928)

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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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It is catalogued under topics including 1868 births, 1928 deaths and American fellows of the Royal Society.

Its subject is documented across 60 Wikipedia language editions.

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1914
“in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements”

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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
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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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