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}}'''Gerhard Carl Schmidt''' (5 July 1865 – 16 October 1949) was a German chemist.
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}}'''Gerhard Carl Schmidt''' (5. july 1865 &ndash; 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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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#New elements|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 October 1949.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOQSAAAAIAAJ | title=Gerhard Carl Schmidt | journal=Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau | year=1951 | volume=4 | page=41}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of multiple discoveries#19th century|List of multiple discoveries]]


==References==
==References==
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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
Born(1865-07-05)5 July 1865
London, United Kingdom
Died16 October 1949(1949-10-16) (aged 84)
Münster Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Basel
Known fordiscovery of radioactivity in Thorium
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry
Doctoral advisorGeorg Wilhelm August Kahlbaum
Other academic advisorsEilhard 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Gerhard Carl Schmidt". Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau. 4: 41. 1951.

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