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# Theodore William Richards

(1868–1928)   Chemist   United States

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Theodore William Richards was a chemist from the United States, best known for *The electromotive force of iron under varying conditions*.

## Quick Facts About Theodore William Richards

Born January 31, 1868

Died April 2, 1928

Nationality United States

Profession Chemist

Notable works The electromotive force of iron under varying conditions

## About Theodore William Richards

Theodore William Richards was an American physical chemist and the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements."

## Awards & Honors

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Davy Medal Willard Gibbs Award Faraday Lectureship Prize Franklin Medal Lavoisier Medal Foreign Member of the Royal Society

##  Quotes by Theodore William Richards

> [If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-william-richards/if-our-inconceivably-ancient-universe-even-had-any-beginning-the/)

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> [Every student of science, even if he cannot start his journey where his predecessors left off, can at least travel their beaten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-william-richards/every-student-of-science-even-if-he-cannot-start-his-journey-where/)

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> [Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. No relationships between them have yet been certainly found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-william-richards/experimental-work-of-great-refinement-is-necessary-in-order-to/)

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