About Edwin Roberts Russell
Lived 1913 – 1996 (aged 82). Edwin Roberts Russell was a chemist.
Edwin Roberts Russell (1913 – 1996) was an American chemist. He was one of the few African American to work on the Manhattan Project, researching the isolation and extraction of plutonium-239 from uranium at Chicago's Met Lab.
Early life and education Russell was born June 19, 1913 in Columbia, South Carolina. and in 1937 earned his M.S. Degree in Chemistry from Howard University. Russell decided to further his career at the University of Chicago earning a PhD in surface chemistry in 1942. In honor of Edwin R. Russell, the South Carolina Legislature declared Russell “One of South Carolina's ablest and distinguished leaders".
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chemist (1913-1996)
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Edwin Roberts Russell was born on 19 June 1913 in Columbia.
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Edwin Roberts Russell died on 7 April 1996.
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Edwin Roberts Russell was a chemist.
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