Gerhard Carl Schmidt
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Gerhard Carl Schmidt was a German chemist. Schmidt was born in London
London
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 to German parents. Schmidt studied chemistry and received his PhD for work with Georg Wilhelm August Kahlbaum in 1890. In 1898, two months before Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

, Schmidt discovered that thorium
Thorium
Thorium is a natural radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder....

 is radioactive. Schmidt died of a stroke in Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

16. October 1949.
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