The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951
Awarded on: 1951-11-15
"for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliations:
- University of California – Berkeley, CA, USA
Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Born: 1912-04-19 in Ishpeming, MI, USA
Gender: male
Field: American chemist (1912–1999)
Biography
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in this area also led to his development of the actinide concept and the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements.