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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

1897 – 1967 · aged 70

English physical chemist (1897-1967)

Born
19 Jun 1897 · London
Died
9 Oct 1967 · London

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 81 years
  1. 19 Jun 1897BornBorn in London
  2. 1923AwardMeldola Medal and Prize
  3. 1929AwardFellow of the Royal Society
  4. 1935AwardLavoisier Medal
  5. 1939AwardLiversidge Award
  6. 1942AwardDavy Medal
  7. 1946AwardRoyal Society Bakerian Medal
  8. 1946AwardRoyal Society Bakerian Medal
  9. 1947AwardRoyal Medal
  10. 1948AwardLongstaff Prize
  11. 1953AwardFaraday Lectureship Prize
  12. 1955 – 1960RolePresident of the Royal Society
  13. 1956AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  14. 1960AwardLeverhulme Medal
  15. 9 Oct 1967DiedDied in London

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1897 – 1967).

  1. 1898Spanish–American War
  2. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  3. 1914 – 1918World War I
  4. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  5. 1917Balfour Declaration
  6. 1917February Revolution
  7. 1917October Revolution
  8. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  9. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  10. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  11. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  12. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  14. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  15. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1938Munich Agreement
  17. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  18. 1939 – 1945World War II
  19. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  20. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  21. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  22. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  23. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  24. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  25. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  26. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  28. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  29. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  31. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  32. 1956Suez Crisis
  33. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  35. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  37. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  38. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution

Biography

Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (19 June 1897 – 9 October 1967) was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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