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Friedrich Adolf Paneth

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Austrian-born British chemist

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Friedrich Adolf Paneth was an Austrian-born British chemist. Fleeing the Nazis, he escaped to Britain. He became a naturalized British citizen in 1939. After the war, Paneth returned to Germany to become director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in 1953.

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1957Liebig Medal
1947Fellow of the Royal Society
1936Liversidge Award
1916Lieben Prize

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Friedrich Adolf Paneth was an Austrian-born British chemist. Fleeing the Nazis, he escaped to Britain. He became a naturalized British citizen in 1939. After the war, Paneth returned to Germany to become director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in 1953. He was considered the greatest authority of his time on volatile hydrides; he also made important contributions to the study of the stratosphere. He was an enthusiastic amateur photographer all his life.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1887 to 1958 · aged 71
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