-Frederick Soddy





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Frederick Soddy (1877 - 1956)

Frederick Soddy was born on September 2nd, 1877, in Sussex, England. Soddy was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and in 1895 was awarded a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford from which he graduated in 1898 with first class honours in chemistry.

During 1900 - 1902 Soddy worked in the Chemistry Department of McGill University, Montreal, Canada where he collaborated with Sir Ernest Rutherford to produce the theory of disintegration. From 1904 - 1914 Soddy was a lecturer in physical chemistry and radioactivity at the University of Glasgow and in 1914 was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen. During this time Soddy's research was prevented due to the First World War and in 1919 he became Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University until the death of his wife in 1937.

After his retirement, Soddy turned his attentions towards economic, social and political theories, none of which were widely accepted, as well as unusual mathematical and mechanical problems. He died September 22nd 1956 at Brighton.