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Ida Noddack

1896 - 1978

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Ida Noddack (25 February 1896 – 24 September 1978), née Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist. In 1934 she was the first to mention the idea later named nuclear fission. With her husband Walter Noddack, and Otto Berg, she discovered element 75, rhenium. She was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ida Noddack is the 257th most popular chemist (down from 247th in 2019), the 1,026th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 968th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ida Noddack ranks 257 out of 602. Before her are Jacques Dubochet, Ryōji Noyori, Johan August Arfwedson, Richard Smalley, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, and Mária Telkes. After her are Alfred G. Gilman, Vladimir Markovnikov, Stephanie Kwolek, John Polanyi, Fritz Strassmann, and Ignacy Łukasiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Ida Noddack ranks 53. Before her are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Herbert Backe, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Tina Modotti, Friedrich Hund, and Mamie Eisenhower. After her are David Wechsler, Gottlob Berger, Soghomon Tehlirian, André Masson, Boris Skossyreff, and Dimitri Mitropoulos. Among people deceased in 1978, Ida Noddack ranks 44. Before her are József Bozsik, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, Étienne Gilson, Claude François, and Norman Rockwell. After her are Charles Boyer, Musa al-Sadr, Keith Moon, Hannah Höch, Giovanni Gronchi, and Mark Robson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ida Noddack ranks 1,026 out of 8,785. Before her are John of Salisbury (1110), Freeman Dyson (1923), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Danny Boyle (1956), Len Deighton (1929), and Charles Lightoller (1874). After her are David Cameron (1966), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Thomas Mun (1571), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Alexander Bain (1818).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Ida Noddack ranks 35. Before her are Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), John Newlands (1837), John Vane (1927), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Frederic Daniell (1790), and John Pople (1925). After her are Fraser Stoddart (1942), Thomas Graham (1805), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Thomas Andrews (1813), William Henry (1774), and Smithson Tennant (1761).

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