Friedrich Paneth

Friedrich Adolf Paneth FRS
Friedrich Adolf Paneth FRS
Born	31 August 1887; Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 September 1958 (aged 71); Mainz, West Germany
Education	University of Vienna (PhD 1910)
Known for	Hydride expertise; Stratosphere studies; Isotope dilution analysis; Lead-mirror experiment; Fajans–Paneth–Hahn Law;
Awards	Lieben Prize (1916); Liversidge Award (1936); Liebig Medal (1957)
	Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry
Institutions	University of Hamburg; Berlin University; Königsberg University; University of Durham;
Doctoral advisor	Zdenko Hans Skraup

Friedrich Adolf Paneth FRS (31 August 1887 – 17 September 1958) was an Austrian-born British chemist. Fleeing the Nazis, he escaped to Britain. He became a naturalized British citizen in 1939. After the war, Paneth returned to Germany to become director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in 1953. He was considered the greatest authority of his time on volatile hydrides and also made important contributions to the study of the stratosphere.

Paneth's conception of ″chemical element″ functions as the official definition adopted by the IUPAC.

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