Glenn Theodore Seaborg
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Education, Science
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Chemistry, Chemists, Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Codiscoverer of ten transuranium elements and numerous radioisotopes with wide applications in research, medicine, and industry, Seaborg served under five United States presidents in establishing policy regarding the role of science and uses of atomic energy.
Early Life
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, a small iron-mining town on the Upper Peninsula, in April, 1912. His mother, Selma O. Erickson, came through Ellis Island from Sweden in 1904 to join family members in a predominantly Swedish immigrant section of...
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