1877–1956
Frederick Soddy
English radiochemist
79years old at death
28,874days lived
68%of the people on this site died younger
Frederick Soddy was born on 2 September 1877 and died on 22 September 1956, aged 79 years and 20 days. That is 28,874 days in all.
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