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Tributes paid to First World Wars lost scientist
He was to chemistry and physics what Wilfred Owen was to poetry: a phenomenal talent cut down in his prime. But while most people know of Wilfred Owen, few have heard of the brilliant British physicist Henry GJ Moseley (1887-1915), part of a generation of young men lost in World War I.
On 24 September 2007 a plaque celebrating Henry Moseleys life and achievements was unveiled at Oxford Universitys Department of Physics by the Vice-Chancellor Dr John Hood. The plaque, which is mounted on the building where Moseley completed his pioneering work, was donated by the Royal Society of Chemistry as part of its Chemical Landmarks scheme.
Henry Moseley, a graduate of Trinity College Oxford, was killed fighting in Gallipoli in 1915 aged just 27. Despite his youth he had already made many important contributions to science, including demonstrating that atomic numbers were not arbitrary but had a physical basis that could be measured. This discovery (Moseleys Law) would provide a natural explanation for the way the elements are organised in the periodic table and led Moseley to predict the existence of several then-unknown elements. Moseleys work also provided one of the first experimental tests of quantum theory, supporting new ideas about the structure of the atom. Many believe that, had he lived, Moseley would have been awarded the Nobel Prize.

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