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Transmutation of elements, Rutherford, Soddy Walter Sutton hypothesizes that chromosomes, which segregate in a Mendelian fashion, are hereditary units --------- 16 January 1903 discovery of 500 Selinur 18 January 1903 discovery of 501 Urhixidur 19 January 1903 discovery of 502 Sigune and 503 Evelyn 17 February 1903 discovery of 506 Marion 19 February 1903 discovery of 507 Laodica 20 April 1903 discovery of 508 Princetonia 28 April 1903 discovery of 509 Iolanda 20 May 1903 discovery of 510 Mabella 30 May 1903 discovery of 511 Davida 23 June 1903 discovery of 512 Taurinensis 30 June 1903 discovery of 504 Cora 21 August 1903 discovery of 505 Cava 24 August 1903 discovery of 513 Centesima and 514 Armida 20 September 1903 discovery of 515 Athalia and 516 Amherstia 22 September 1903 discovery of 517 Edith 20 October 1903 discovery of 518 Halawe and 519 Sylvania 27 October 1903 discovery of 520 Franziska ---- 8 January 1903 Birth of Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov 22 January 1903 Birth of Friedrich Georg Houtermans near Danzig /Gdańsk, Poland 26 February 1903 Birth of Giulio Natta 24 March 1903 Birth of Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt 25 April 1903 Birth of Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov in Tambov, Russia, 10 June 1903 Death of Luigi Cremona 17 June 1903 Birth of William Vallance Douglas Hodge 7 September 1903 Birth of Dudley Ernest Littlewood 6 October 1903 Birth of Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton 11 October 1903 Birth of Kazimierz Kordylewski in Poznan, Poland 31 October 1903 Birth of Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas 27 November 1903 Birth of Lars Onsager 28 December 1903 Birth of John von Neumann 1903 Birth of Harry Julius Emeléus 1903 Birth of Gregory Goodwin Pincus 1903 Birth of Arthur Robert Hogg 1903 Death of William Harkness Nobel Prize Physics divided, one half being awarded to: Antoine Henri Becquerel in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity the other half jointly to: Pierre Curie and Marie Curie Sklodowska in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel.
Chemistry to Svante August Arrhenius "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation" Physiology or Medicine to Niels Ryberg Finsen "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science"
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