Francis William Aston
British chemist and physicist (1877–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francis William Aston FRS[2] (1 September 1877 – 20 November 1945) was a British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements and for his enunciation of the whole number rule.[3][4] He was a fellow of the Royal Society[2] and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[5]
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Born | (1877-09-01)1 September 1877 Harborne, Birmingham, England |
Died | 20 November 1945(1945-11-20) (aged 68) Cambridge, England |
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Mason College (as issued by University of London) Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Mass spectrograph Whole Number Rule Aston Dark Space[1] |
Awards | Mackenzie Davidson Medal (1920) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1922) Hughes Medal (1922) John Scott Medal (1923) Paterno Medal (1923) Royal Medal (1938) Duddell Medal and Prize (1944) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry, physics |
Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Percy F. Frankland[citation needed] |
Other academic advisors | J. J. Thomson John Henry Poynting[1] William A. Tilden[1] |
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