Nikolay Semyonov
Nikolay Semyonov | |
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Николай Семёнов | |
Semyonov in 1956 | |
| Born | Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1896 Saratov, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 September 1986 (aged 90) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Known for | Chemical transformation |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1956) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, chemistry |
| Doctoral advisor | Abram Ioffe |
| Doctoral students | David A. Frank-Kamenetskii |
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov ForMemRS, sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов; 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1896 – 25 September 1986) was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.