Edwin McMillan

Physicist

Birthday September 18, 1907

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE Sep 7, 1991 (83)

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About

An American physicist and Nobel laureate who was the first scientist to produce a transuranium element.

Before Fame

He obtained both his bachelor's and master's degree from the California Institute of Technology.

Trivia

He co-created the element neptunium in 1940.

Family Life

He moved with his family from Redondo Beach to Pasadena when he was young.

Associated With

He did a research project with Linus Pauling as an undergraduate at the California Institute of Technology.