In 1922, Francis William Aston won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 1 September 1877 Harborne, Birmingham, England.
Died: 20 November 1945 (aged 68) Cambridge, England.
Nationality: British.
Education: Mason College, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Known as: Mass spectrograph, Whole Number Rule, Aston Dark Space.
Awards: Mackenzie Davidson Medal (1920), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1922), Hughes Medal (1922), John Scott Medal (1923), Paterno Medal (1923), Royal Medal (1938), Duddell Medal and Prize (1944).
Fields: Chemistry, physics.
