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Glenn Theodore Seaborg
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Glenn Theodore Seaborg

Scientist · born April 19, 1912 · died 1999

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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.

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  1. ~39Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1951
  2. ~47Received the Enrico Fermi Award1959
  3. ~61Received the Legion of Honour1973
  4. ~67Received the Priestley Medal1979
  5. ~79Received the National Medal of Science1991
  6. ~80Received the Royal Order of the Polar Star1992

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