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Stanley Gerald Thompson

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American chemist

United StatesScientistsLived 1912 to 1976 · aged 64
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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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1965Guggenheim Fellowship
1965Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
1954Guggenheim Fellowship

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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. He received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1954 and 1965.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1912 to 1976 · aged 64
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