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Cyril N. Hinshelwood

Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)

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Born
June 19, 1897
Died
October 9, 1967
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1897

About Cyril N. Hinshelwood

Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry. During the First World War, Hinshelwood was a chemist in an explosives factory. With Nikolay Semenov of the USSR, Hinshelwood was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956 for his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions. He was elected on 1 January 1960 to honorary membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society who awarded him its Dalton medal in 1966.

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Cyril N. Hinshelwood timeline

  1. With Nikolay Semenov of the USSR, Hinshelwood was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956 for his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions.
  2. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
  3. He was elected on 1 January 1960 to honorary membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society who awarded him its Dalton medal in 1966.

The world when Cyril N. Hinshelwood was born

Cyril N. Hinshelwood was born in 1897. 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

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

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Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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