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Nikolay Semyonov

Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

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Born
April 15, 1896
Died
September 25, 1986
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1896

About Nikolay Semyonov

Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation. Semyonov published his first research paper in 1916 and became a lecturer at the University of Tomsk in western Siberia. During that difficult time, Semyonov, together with Pyotr Kapitsa, discovered a way to measure the magnetic field of an atomic nucleus (1922). After graduating from Saint Petersburg State University, he worked as an assistant and lecturer at the Tomsk and Tomsk University Institute of Technology, where he published his first research paper in 1916.

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Nikolay Semyonov timeline

  1. Semyonov published his first research paper in 1916 and became a lecturer at the University of Tomsk in western Siberia.
  2. After graduating from Saint Petersburg State University, he worked as an assistant and lecturer at the Tomsk and Tomsk University Institute of Technology, where he published his first research paper in 1916.
  3. During that difficult time, Semyonov, together with Pyotr Kapitsa, discovered a way to measure the magnetic field of an atomic nucleus (1922).
  4. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.

The world when Nikolay Semyonov was born

Nikolay Semyonov was born in 1896. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst modern Olympic Games held in Athens
  • Top headlinePlessy v. Ferguson — "separate but equal" upheld
  • Technology milestoneGuglielmo Marconi patents wireless telegraph (radio)
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population69.0M

1896 versus 2026

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Measure18962026
Population69.0M341 million

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