George Karl von Hevesy (1885 - 1966)

Name: George Karl von Hevesy
DOB: 1885

Died: 1966.
Discoveries: Hafnium in 1922.

Hevesy was born in Budapest,Hungary and naturalized himself to become a Swedish. He died in Friburgh in 1966.
He was privileged to study in Budapest,Berlin and Friburgh and was teacher in Budapest,Copenhangen,Friburgh and Stockholm. With Dutch D. Coster, he began the research work that lead him to the discovery of Hafnium in 1922.

He also studied its compounds as well as the elements usually called rare-earths. He also devoted some time to biochemistry and above all, to radioactivity.

Hevesy was granted the Nobel Prize of Chemistry in 1943 for his work on Isotopes and the chemical properties of substances.