Stanley Gerald Thompson
American chemist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1912 to 1976 · aged 64
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.
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1976Died16 July 19761965Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryAwardGuggenheim FellowshipAward1954Guggenheim FellowshipAward1912Born9 March 1912
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Thompson was also a leader of the research teams that discovered the next three transuranium elements: einsteinium, fermium and mendelevium. He received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1954 and 1965.
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Lived 1912 to 1976 · aged 64
The same award as Stanley
Joanna S. FowlerBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
John R. HuizengaBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
Arthur WahlBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
Gregory R. ChoppinBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryPaul KurodaBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryRobert N. ClaytonBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
John R. HuizengaBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryArthur WahlBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryGregory R. ChoppinBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryPaul KurodaBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear ChemistryRobert N. ClaytonBoth received Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry