Glenn Seaborg

GLENN T SEABORG d1999. American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in this area also led to his development of the actinide concept and the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements. He died in California aged 86 on February 25th 1999