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Theodore William Richards

United States chemist (1868–1928)

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Theodore William Richards 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."

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Born
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Place of birth
Germantown wd
Died
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Place of death
Cambridge wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
chemist wd
Education
Harvard University, Haverford College wd

Awards wd

  • Faraday Lectureship Prize (1911)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1914)
  • Willard Gibbs Award (1912)
  • Lavoisier Medal (1922)
  • Davy Medal (1910)
  • Franklin Medal (1916)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1919)

Questions

When was Theodore William Richards born?
Theodore William Richards was born on 31 January 1868 in Germantown.
Where did Theodore William Richards study?
Theodore William Richards was educated at Harvard University, Haverford College.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Theodore William Richards · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q189465 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Theodore william richards.jpg by Nobel Foundation (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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