Glenn T. Seaborg

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Glenn T. Seaborg
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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Institute_of_Chemists_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Commission_Distinguished_Service_Award
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:Lomonosov_Gold_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Priestley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1912-04-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ishpeming,_Michigan,_USA
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Seaborg
gptkb:Peter_Seaborg
gptkbp:deathDate 1999-02-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lafayette,_California,_USA
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:americium
gptkb:berkelium
gptkb:californium
gptkb:curium
gptkb:einsteinium
gptkb:mendelevium
gptkb:nobelium
gptkb:seaborgium
fermium
plutonium
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Gilbert_N._Lewis
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Albert_Ghiorso
gptkb:Carolyn_R._Bertozzi
gptkb:Darleane_C._Hoffman
gptkbp:field chemistry
nuclear chemistry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Glenn T. Seaborg
gptkbp:knownFor actinide concept
co-discovery of plutonium
co-discovery of several transuranium elements
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:seaborgium
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Edwin_McMillan
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1951
gptkbp:occupation chemist
nuclear chemist
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Chemical_Society
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mountain_View_Cemetery,_Oakland,_California
gptkbp:signature Glenn T. Seaborg signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Helen_L._Seaborg
gptkbp:termAsChairmanEnd 1971
gptkbp:termAsChairmanStart 1961
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gptkb:E._O._Lawrence
gptkb:Ernest_Lawrence
gptkb:Ernest_O._Lawrence
gptkb:Gordon_Moore
gptkb:University_of_Chicago_Metallurgical_Laboratory
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