| George de Hevesy  AKA Georg Charles von Hevesy
Born: 1-Aug-1885
Birthplace: Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died: 5-Jul-1966
Location of death: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Radioisotope researcher Military service: Austro-Hungarian Army (drafted 1915, WWI) Co-discoverer of the element Halfnium, with Dirk Coster in 1923. Father: Louis de Hevesy (Court Counsellor)
Mother: Eugénie, Baroness Schosberger
Wife: Pia Riis (m. 1924, one son, three daughters)
High School: Gymnasium of the Piarist Order (1903)
University: University of Budapest
University: Technische Hochschule, Berlin
University: PhD, University of Freiburg (1908)
Scholar: University of Manchester (1911-)
Professor: University of Freiburg (1926-43)
Professor: Organic Chemistry, University of Stockholm (1943-)
Professor: University of Ghent (1949-)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1943
Copley Medal 1949
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
Author of books:
Adventures in Radioisotope Research (1962, chemistry, 2 vols.)
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