About Anthony L. Turkevich
Lived 1916 – 2002 (aged 86). Anthony L. Turkevich was an American chemist, physicist and university teacher.
Anthony Leonid Turkevich (July 23, 1916 – September 7, 2002) was an American radiochemist who was the first to determine the composition of the Moon's surface using an alpha scattering spectrometer on the Surveyor 5 mission in 1967.
Early life and education Turkevich was born on July 23, 1916, in Manhattan, New York, at the bishop's house attached to Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral. He had two brothers.
Career Turkevich moved to the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago as a research assistant with Robert Mulliken where he studied molecular spectroscopy and nuclear fission products.
Personal life Turkevich married Ireene ("Renee") in September 1948. and his younger brother, Nicholas L. Turkevich (1918 – 2007), was an international advertising executive. Anthony Turkevich died on September 7, 2002, in Lexington, Virginia, aged 86.
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American chemist (1916–2002)
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Anthony L. Turkevich was born on 23 July 1916 in Manhattan.
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Anthony L. Turkevich died on 7 September 2002 in Lexington.
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Anthony L. Turkevich was a chemist, physicist and university teacher.
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Anthony L. Turkevich was American.
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