About Stanley Gerald Thompson
Lived 1912 – 1976 (aged 64). Stanley Gerald Thompson was an American chemist and nuclear physicist.
Stanley Gerald Thompson (1912–1976) was an American chemist. He discovered together with Glenn T. Seaborg several of the transuranium elements. One of the elements is Californium, which he and several others made. Thompson was also a leader of the research teams that discovered the next three transuranium elements: einsteinium, fermium and mendelevium (atomic numbers 99, 100 and 101). He received Guggenheim Fellowships (Natural Sciences - Chemistry) in 1954 and 1965.
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Who was Stanley Gerald Thompson?
American chemist
When was Stanley Gerald Thompson born?
Stanley Gerald Thompson was born on 9 March 1912 in Los Angeles.
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Stanley Gerald Thompson died on 16 July 1976.
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Stanley Gerald Thompson was a chemist and nuclear physicist.
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Stanley Gerald Thompson was American.
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