Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameAlice PREBIL, 7204
Spouses
Birth1892
FatherBenjamin LEIGH-SMITH , 7121 (1828-1913)
MotherCharlotte SELLERS , 7205
Marriage1933
ChildrenChristopher , 7207
Notes for Alice PREBIL
From Wikipedia

An English nuclear physicist. She married Philip Leigh-Smith, the son of the Arctic explorer Benjamin Leigh-Smith, in 1933. She was a student of Marie Curie and was the first British woman to receive a PhD in nuclear physics. She, together with Walter Minder, announced the discovery of element 85 (now called astatine) in 1942. They proposed the name anglohelvetium for the new element. Later it was proven that in fact Walter Minder had not discovered element 85. Leigh-Smith was also involved in the use of radioactive substances as a treatment for cancer.
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