What is Frederick Soddy?
{{Infobox person |name = Frederick Soddy |image = Frederick Soddy.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1877|9|2}}<ref name= Nobelprize>{{cite web|title=Fredrick Soddy - Biography|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1921/soddy-bio.html|publisher=Nobelprize.org|accessdate=23 May 2013}}</ref> |birth_place = [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], [[England]] |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1956|9|22|1877|9|2}}<ref name= Nobelprize/> |death_place = [[Brighton]], [[England]] |occupation = [[Chemistry|chemist]] |nationality = British |other_names = |known_for = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1921 }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}} '''Frederick Soddy''' was a [[Nobel Prize]] winning [[English people|English]] [[chemistry|chemist]] and [[physics|physicist]]. He graduated from [[Merton College, Oxford]] with a degree in chemistry. He won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1921.<ref name= Nobelprize/> His work on the theory of how [[atom]]s worked was very important. He proved, amongst other things, the existence of [[isotopes]] and how [[radioactivity]] causes changes in atoms. Throughout his career he worked closely with another important [[atomic physicist]], [[Ernest Rutherford]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soddy, Frederick}} [[Category:1877 births]] [[Category:1956 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:British Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:English chemists]] [[Category:English physicists]] [[Category:People from Eastbourne]]