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Kathleen Lonsdale

1903 - 1971

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Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (née Yardley; 28 January 1903 – 1 April 1971) was an Irish crystallographer, pacifist, and prison reform activist. She proved, in 1929, that the benzene ring is flat by using X-ray diffraction methods to elucidate the structure of hexamethylbenzene. She was the first to use Fourier spectral methods while solving the structure of hexachlorobenzene in 1931. During her career she attained several firsts for female scientists, including being one of the first two women elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1945 (along with Marjory Stephenson), first female professor at University College London, first woman president of the International Union of Crystallography, and first woman president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kathleen Lonsdale is the 457th most popular chemist (down from 421st in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 135th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kathleen Lonsdale ranks 457 out of 602. Before her are John Tukey, Peter Atkins, Benjamin List, Johann Schweigger, Nikolay Zinin, and Peter Armbruster. After her are Nikolay Beketov, Walter Noddack, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Alfred Stock, Gerhard Schrader, and Antoine Bussy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kathleen Lonsdale ranks 188. Before her are Márton Bukovi, Nikolay Cherkasov, Kea Bouman, Jimmy Ball, Ward Bond, and Ella Maillart. After her are Julie Vlasto, Ivan Galamian, Georgy Beriev, Ary Barroso, Gerhard Schrader, and Anne Revere. Among people deceased in 1971, Kathleen Lonsdale ranks 132. Before her are Josef Košťálek, Étienne Gailly, Chester Conklin, Gaito Gazdanov, John Dall, and Anthony Berkeley Cox. After her are David Sarnoff, Heinz Hopf, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Erich Abraham, Jo Cals, and Jean-Pierre Monseré.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Kathleen Lonsdale ranks 166 out of 549. Before her are Aphex Twin (1971), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Sean Kelly (1956), Kathleen Antonelli (1921), Robert Mallet (1810), and George Abraham Grierson (1851). After her are Catald (700), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Patrick Hillery (1923), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Edward Bruce (1275), and Moya Brennan (1952).

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Among CHEMISTS In Ireland

Among chemists born in Ireland, Kathleen Lonsdale ranks 4. Before her are Robert Boyle (1627), J. D. Bernal (1901), and William C. Campbell (1930). After her are Peter Woulfe (1727).

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