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|birth_place = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
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|death_place = [[Münster]] [[Germany]]
|field = chemistry
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|alma_mater = University of Basel
|doctoral_advisor = [[Georg Wilhelm August Kahlbaum]]
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}}'''Gerhard Carl Schmidt''' (5 July 1865 – 16 October 1949) was a German chemist.
}}'''Gerhard Carl Schmidt''' (5. july 1865 – 16. october 1949) was a German chemist. Schmidt was born in [[London]] to German parents. Schmidt studied chemistry and received his PhD for work with [[Georg Wilhelm August Kahlbaum]] in 1890. In 1898, two months before [[Marie Curie]], Schmidt discovered that [[thorium]] is [[radioactive]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=G. C. Schmidt|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k153068.image.r=Annalen+der+Physic.f149.langFR |title=Über die von den Thorverbindungen und einigen anderen Substanzen ausgehende Strahlung (On the radiation emitted by thorium compounds and some other substances) |journal=Annalen der Physik und Chemie |volume= 65| pages =141–151|year= 1898}}</ref> Schmidt died of a stroke in [[Münster ]] 16. Oktober 1949.<ref>{{cite journal | journal = Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau | volume = 1 | year = 1951 | page = 41 | url = http://books.google.de/books?lr=&client=firefox-a&id=gOQSAAAAIAAJ& | title = Gerhard Carl Schmidt}}</ref>▼
==Life==
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==See also==
* [[List of multiple discoveries#19th century|List of multiple discoveries]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/schmidt-gerhard-carl-nathaniel ''Schmidt, Gerhard, Carl, Nathaniel: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Retrieved September 03, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com'']
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 6 October 2023
Gerhard Carl Schmidt | |
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Born | |
Died | 16 October 1949 | (aged 84)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Basel |
Known for | discovery of radioactivity in Thorium |
Scientific career | |
Fields | chemistry |
Doctoral advisor | Georg Wilhelm August Kahlbaum |
Other academic advisors | Eilhard Wiedemann |
Gerhard Carl Schmidt (5 July 1865 – 16 October 1949) was a German chemist.
Life[edit]
Schmidt was born in London to German parents. He studied chemistry and in 1890 received his PhD for work with Georg Wilhelm August Kahlbaum. In 1898, two months before Marie Curie, Schmidt discovered that thorium is radioactive.[1] Schmidt died of a stroke in Münster 16 October 1949.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ G. C. Schmidt (1898). "Über die von den Thorverbindungen und einigen anderen Substanzen ausgehende Strahlung (On the radiation emitted by thorium compounds and some other substances)". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 65: 141–151.
- ^ "Gerhard Carl Schmidt". Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau. 4: 41. 1951.
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