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Famous Chemists - Last Names Starting with T

Scientists who Made Important Chemistry Discoveries

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

J.J. Thomson

J.J. Thomson

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This is an alphabetical list of famous chemists and other scientists who made important contributions to the field of chemistry.

Index of Famous Chemists

Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922) Japanese-American biochemist

Koichi Tanaka (1958- ) Japanese chemical engineer, winner of 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Edward Lawrie Tatum (1909-1975) American biochemist, winner of 1958 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Henry Taube, (1915-2005), Canadian-American chemist, winner of 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Louis-Jacques Thénard (1777-1857) French chemist

Axel Hugo Teodor Theorell (1903–1982) Swedish biochemist, winner of 1955 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Thomson, J.J., (1856-1940), discovered the electron, 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics

Arne W. K. Tiselius (1902-1971) Swedish biochemist, winner of 1948 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Sir Alexander R. Todd (1907-1997) Scottish biochemist, winner of 1957 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Roger Y. Tsien (1952- ) Chinese-American biochemist, winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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