e/Alice Leigh-Smith

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has glosseng: Alice Leigh-Smith (née Prebil) was 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 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 Leigh-Smith was also involved in the use of radioactive substances as treat for cancer.
lexicalizationeng: Alice Leigh-Smith
instance of(noun) a scientist trained in physics
physicist

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