Glenn Seaborg
19 April 1912 – 25 February 1999
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American chemist known for his contributions to the discovery and isolation of ten transuranium elements, including plutonium. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and served as chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
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Life events
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was born in Ishpeming, Michigan.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith colleagues at Berkeley he identified the element plutonium.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe led plutonium chemistry research at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe shared the prize with Edwin McMillan for discoveries in the chemistry of transuranium elements.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe served as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under multiple presidents.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgElement 106 was named seaborgium, one of the few elements named after a living person at the time.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died in Lafayette, California.
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