Francis William Aston

Francis William Aston
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a British chemist and physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in chemistry (1922)
"for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule"
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Born
1 September 1877 Harborne, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Died
20 November 1945 (aged 68) Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Nationality
English
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Known for
Mass spectrograph Whole Number Rule Aston Dark Space
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Fields
Chemistry, physics
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Alma mater
Mason College (as issued by University of London ) Trinity College, Cambridge
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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)
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Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Britain
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Citizenship
British
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Doctoral advisor
Percy F. Frankland
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era
1800+
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Other academic advisors
J. J. Thomson John Henry Poynting William A. Tilden

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