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Edwin McMillan

Edwin McMillan
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Edwin Mattison McMillan was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg.

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Who was born first?

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  1. Daniel BovetMarch 23, 1907 – April 8, 1992
  2. Đuro KurepaAugust 16, 1907 – November 2, 1993
  3. Edwin McMillan (this page)September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991
  4. Harold Scott MacDonald CoxeterFebruary 9, 1907 – March 31, 2003
  5. Seth NeddermeyerSeptember 16, 1907 – January 29, 1988
  6. Vladimir VekslerFebruary 19, 1907 – September 22, 1966

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