Friedrich Adolf Paneth was an Austrian-born British chemist.
11 Facts About Friedrich Paneth
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Friedrich Paneth was considered the greatest authority of his time on volatile hydrides; he made important contributions to the study of the stratosphere.
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Friedrich Paneth was an enthusiastic amateur photographer all his life.
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Friedrich Paneth was born as son of the physiologist Joseph Paneth.
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Friedrich Paneth was educated at the Schottengymnasium a renowned school in Vienna.
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Friedrich Paneth studied chemistry at the University of Vienna and after working with Adolf von Baeyer at the University of Munich he received his PhD with Zdenko Hans Skraup at the organic chemistry department of the University of Vienna in 1910.
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Friedrich Paneth abandoned organic chemistry and in 1912 joined the Institute for Radium Research, Vienna radiochemistry group of Stefan Meyer.
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Friedrich Paneth founded the Department of Cosmochemistry there and initiated research on meteorites.
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Friedrich Paneth worked in the Institute until his death in 1958.
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Friedrich Paneth received the Lieben Prize, the Liversidge Award, and the Liebig Medal.
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Friedrich Paneth was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1947.