Glenn Seaborg Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Glenn Seaborg, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

3 records1941–19412 events0 places

Chronological biography

1941

Discovery of Plutonium26 February 1941

Science / Physics

Glenn Seaborg and colleagues conclusively identify plutonium during laboratory work at Berkeley.

Discovery of Plutonium26 February 1941

Warfare / Nuclear

Glenn Seaborg leads work that conclusively identifies plutonium, later important to wartime nuclear research.

Manhattan Project26 February 1941

Warfare / Nuclear

Conclusive discovery of plutonium by Glenn Seaborg and Arthur Wahl

Record provenance

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