Background
Paneth, F. A. was born on August 31, 1887 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Doctor Joseph and Sophie (Schwab) Paneth.
Paneth, F. A. was born on August 31, 1887 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Doctor Joseph and Sophie (Schwab) Paneth.
Student of University Munich, U. Glasgow. Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna, 1910.
Assistant, Institute for Radium Research, Vienna, 1912-1918. Professor Prague Institute Technology, 1918, Hamburg University, 1919-1922, U. Berlin, 1922-1929. George Fisher Baker lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1926-1927.
Professor, director chemical laboratories
U. Koenigsberg, 1929-1933. Guest Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1933-1938.
Reader in atomic chemistry U. London, 1938. Professor of chemistry Durham University, 1939-1953.
Head chemistry division Joint British-Canadian Atomic Energy Team, Montreal, 1943-1945.
Director Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, since 1953. President Joint Commision on Radioactivity, International Council of Science Unions, 1949-1955.
Fellow Royal Society London. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary), Society Austrian Chemists (honorary), Austrian Academy Sciences (correspondent).
Married Else Hartmann, December 6, 1913. Children: Eva, Heinrich Rudolph.