F. W. Aston

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/F._W._Aston
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1877-09-01
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-11-20
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:fieldOfWork chemistry
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Francis_William_Aston
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label F. W. Aston
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Aston_mass_spectrometer
mass spectrometry
isotopes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation 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
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1922
gptkbp:notableWork Development of the mass spectrograph
Discovery of isotopes in non-radioactive elements
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
chemist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Harborne,_Birmingham,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cr-53
gptkb:Kr-83
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6