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Theodore W. Richards

Theodore W. RichardsAKA Theodore William Richards

Born: 31-Jan-1868
Birthplace: Germantown, PA
Died: 2-Apr-1928
Location of death: Cambridge, MA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Proved existence of isotopes

Father: William Trost Richards (landscape painter)
Mother: Anna Matlack
Wife: Miriam Stuart Thayer (m. 1896, one daughter, two sons)

    University: Haverford College (1885)
    University: BA, Harvard University (1886)
    University: MA and PhD, Harvard University (1888)
    Professor: Harvard University (1891-)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1914
    Davy Medal 1910
    American Chemical Society President, 1914
    American Association for the Advancement of Science President, 1917
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences President, 1919-21


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