Ralph A. James
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 50 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 23,1920 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Salt Lake City |
| Utah | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 24,1973 |
| Died | Alamo |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Field | Chemistry |
| Discovered | Americium |
| Curium | |
| Academic advisor | Glenn T. Seaborg |
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| ID | 711978 |
Ralph A. James Life story
Ralph Arthur James was a chemist at the University of Chicago who co-discovered the elements curium and americium. Later he worked at UCLA and at the Lawrence Livermore laboratory in California. He also worked on niobium and nuclear spectroscopy.