Joseph William Kennedy
Joseph William Kennedy (born May 30, 1916 in Nacogdoches , † May 5, 1957 in St. Louis ) was an American physicist .
He received his bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (now Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas ) in 1935, his master’s degree from the University of Kansas, and his Ph.D. in 1939. at the University of California, Berkeley . At the age of 27 he came to Los Alamos National Laboratory during the Second World War in 1943 , where he headed the chemistry and metallurgy department . After the war he was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis .
He was a co-discoverer of the element plutonium with the Americans Glenn T. Seaborg , Edwin Mattison McMillan , Michael Cefola and Arthur Wahl .
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| SURNAME | Kennedy, Joseph William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nacogdoches |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1957 |
| Place of death | St. Louis |