Talk:George de Hevesy

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Nobel prize citation not for Hafnium

The article suggests that de Hevesy received his Nobel prize for the discovery of Hafnium. However the citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Chemistry reads: "for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes". NL Derek (talk) 16:55, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Jewish?

De Hevesy is listed as a Jewish Nobel Prize laureate. Yes, he was of Jewish descent but his parents were Catholics. Hat religion was he? I don't see any cross on his grave stone, but then he was buried in a still Communist country, so that doesn't have to mean anything. Bobbythemazarin (talk) 19:56, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Multiple refs indicate he was Jewish. Just check the list of Jewish Nobel Prize winners.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:54, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

His parents converted from Jewish to Catholic religion. He did go to a Catholic secondary school. But I could not find explicit information on his religion. Szaszicska (talk) 22:18, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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Nationality

So he was born in Hungary, studied initially at Budapest University, is said in the main body to be Hungarian (as does Atomic Heritage Foundation) but the infobox says Nationality is German. He worked in Germany but fled in 1934 to escape the Nazis, being based in Stockholm when he won the Nobel. Is there a source anywhere for his being German? The List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry even shows his country as Nazi Germany, which seems a bit much for an exile. Is there a source?

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I corrected these. However, I found a source whoch states he had German passport as well, so likely he was also a German citien, so in the end I did not remove this.(KIENGIR (talk) 13:18, 9 October 2020 (UTC))

Detecting leftovers

Per https://tech.snmjournals.org/content/jnmt/24/4/291.full.pdf It sounds like he put his skills to practical use to detect when his landlady was using leftovers without admitting it. Worthy of inclusion in the article? --Hooperbloob (talk) 19:32, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Alfred Hitchcock was fond of telling the story and apparently found it inspiring. AFAIK he never mentioned de Hevesy's name, and it got embellished along the way so that the 'lodger' in the story turned into an acquaintance of Hitchcock's. == Peter NYC (talk) 05:11, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Just saw it featured on Ripleys BION. Many features on BION are too easy to believe. What I find hard to believe is how his father-in-law could be Danish, and a shippingmagnate. Do both these things, and you are as good as minted. His father-in-law does not have his own wikipage.

Just saw a spelling error

The maiden name of his wife is not Rijs, as she did not come from the Dutch speaking world. It is Riis. Her father was Danish, and allegedly he was a shippingmagate. I believe his wife also had a sister who married a fish company executive from the south west of Norway. If she or her family had an own wikipage, the spelling error would have been spotted ages ago. 2A02:2121:60C:FA6E:24D6:EAFC:FDD6:6F (talk) 22:28, 19 November 2022 (UTC)