Theodore William Richards Scientist

Theodore William Richards (January 31, 1868 – April 2, 1928) was 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."

Personal facts

Birth date	January 31, 1868
Birth place	Pennsylvania , Germantown Philadelphia
Nationality	United States
Date of death	April 02, 1928
Place of death	Cambridge Massachusetts , Massachusetts
Education	Harvard University Haverford College
Known for	Electrochemistry Thermochemistry Relative atomic mass

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Scientist

awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry
doctoral advisor	Josiah Parsons Cooke
doctoral student	Gilbert N. Lewis Malcolm Dole Farrington Daniels Charles Phelps Smyth
Field of study	Physical chemistry