Glenn T. Seaborg

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American scientist Nobel laureate chemist human nuclear chemist

Glenn T. Seaborg was an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the discovery of numerous transuranium elements and his leadership in the development of the actinide concept.

Aliases (3)

Glenn Theodore Seaborg ×1
Seaborg ×1
fermium ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist → Nobel laureate → chemist → human → nuclear chemist →
academicDegree	PhD in chemistry →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Chemistry →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1912-04-19 →
dateOfDeath	1999-02-25 →
discovered	americium → berkelium → californium → curium → einsteinium → fermium → mendelevium → nobelium → plutonium → seaborgium →
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley → University of California, Los Angeles →
employer	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory → United States Atomic Energy Commission → University of California, Berkeley →
familyName	Seaborg →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → nuclear chemistry →
fullName	Glenn Theodore Seaborg →
gender	male →
givenName	Glenn →
hasEponym	seaborgium →
knownFor	actinide concept → discovery of transuranium elements → work on the Manhattan Project →
memberOf	American Chemical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
NobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
NobelPrizeSharedWith	Edwin McMillan →
NobelPrizeYear	1951 →
notableIdea	actinide concept of the periodic table →
placeOfBirth	Ishpeming, Michigan, United States →
placeOfDeath	Lafayette, California, United States →
politicalAffiliation	Democratic Party (United States) →
positionHeld	Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission → Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley → Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley →
workedOn	Manhattan Project →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry → Enrico Fermi Award →	notableRecipient
Gilman Hall →	associatedWith
Franck Report →	author
United States Atomic Energy Commission →	chairperson
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ("fermium") →	discovered
mendelevium →	discoverer
Met Lab →	employed
Radiation Laboratory →	employerOf
Glenn T. Seaborg ("Seaborg") →	familyName
Glenn T. Seaborg ("Glenn Theodore Seaborg") →	fullName
Ishpeming, Michigan →	hasNotablePerson
Priestley Medal →	hasRecipient
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory →	keyPerson
AEC →	notableChair
Franck Report →	signatory