Ferdinand Graft Brickwedde was an American physicist born on March 26, 1903, in Baltimore. He is known for collaborating with Harold Urey and George M. Murphy to discover Deuterium in 1931. Brickwedde studied at Johns Hopkins University, earning a B.A. in 1922, M.A. in 1924, and Ph.D. in 1925. He worked at the National Bureau of Standards, where he led the cryogenic laboratory and later the Heat and Power Division. From 1956 to 1963, he was the Dean of the College of Chemistry and Physics at Pennsylvania State University, retiring in 1968.
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Meaning of the name - Ferdinand
brave traveler, peace journey
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Place of Birth: Baltimore
Place of Death: Bellefonte
Educated At: Johns Hopkins University
Occupation: university teacher | physicist
Spouses: Marion Langhorne Howard Brickwedde
Employers: Pennsylvania State University | National Institute of Standards and Technology
Awards Received: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (awarded to Harold Urey for the discovery of Deuterium)
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on March 26, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for March 26, 2026 |
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| Sun | 4 Aries 52 | 6 Aries 3 | 3 Leo 27 |
| Moon | 7 Pisces 1 | 17 Cancer 54 | 18 Virgo 0 |
| Mercury | 18 Pisces 43 | 10 Pisces 4 | 4 Leo 38 |
| Venus | 2 Taurus 42 | 25 Aries 7 | 17 Virgo 33 |
| Mars | 8 Libra 25 | 18 Pisces 58 | 24 Libra 19 |
| Jupiter | 7 Pisces 52 | 15 Cancer 29 | 22 Pisces 39 |
| Saturn | 7 Aquarius 26 | 4 Aries 47 | 6 Aquarius 42 |
| Uranus | 25 Sagittarius 34 | 28 Taurus 33 | 22 Sagittarius 4 |
| Neptune | 0 Cancer 58 | 2 Aries 0 | 4 Cancer 34 |
| Pluto | 17 Gemini 47 | 5 Aquarius 7 | 20 Gemini 11 |
| Rahu | 16 Libra 41 | 7 Pisces 40 | 10 Libra 10 |
| Ketu | 16 Aries 41 | 7 Virgo 40 | 10 Aries 10 |
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