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Also Known As George Charles deHevesy
Born August 1, 1885 • Budapest • Austria-Hungary
Died July 5, 1966 (aged 80) • Freiburg im Breisgau • Germany
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1949) • Nobel Prize (1943)
Notable Works “Adventures in Radioisotope Research”
Subjects Of Study hafnium • isotopic tracer

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