The American chemist Theodore William Richards (1868-1928) ushered in a new age of accuracy in chemistry by determining the atomic weights of many elements.Theodore W. Richards was born on Jan. 31, 18...
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Theodore William Richards, a professor of chemistry at Harvard University, was the first American chemist to receive a Nobel Prize. The prize was awarded to Richards in 1914 in chemistry for his accur...
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Richards was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on January 31, 1868. He was educated at home until the age of 14, when he entered Haverford College. He graduated from Haverford in 1885 and began gradua...
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