Dame Kathleen Lonsdale

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
chemist
crystallographer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1903-01-28
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Kathleen_Yardley
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Newbridge,_County_Kildare,_Ireland
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Kathleen_Anne_Lonsdale
gptkb:Nancy_Lonsdale
gptkb:Stephen_Lonsdale
gptkbp:deathDate 1971-04-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Bedford_College,_University_of_London
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Birkbeck_College
gptkb:Royal_Institution
gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:fieldOfWork chemistry
crystallography
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Dame
DBE FRS
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dame Kathleen Lonsdale
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg
gptkbp:knownFor X-ray crystallography
structure of benzene
Lonsdaleite (hexagonal diamond)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:International_Union_of_Crystallography
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Lonsdaleite
demonstration of the planar structure of benzene
gptkbp:positionHeld President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
President of the International Union of Crystallography
first female professor at University College London
first female Fellow of the Royal Society
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Nature
gptkb:Acta_Crystallographica
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Quaker
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Thomas_Lonsdale
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Kathleen_Lonsdale_Building_at_UCL
gptkb:Lonsdale_Medal_(named_in_her_honor)
gptkb:Lonsdaleite
biographies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bedford_College,_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5