Joseph W. Kennedy
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| Born | May 30, 1916 Nacogdoches, Texas |
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| Died | May 5, 1957 |
| Nationality | American |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | plutonium |
Joseph William Kennedy (May 30, 1916 – May 5, 1957) was an American scientist credited with being a co-discoverer of plutonium along with Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, and Arthur Wahl.
Born in Nacogdoches, Texas, Kennedy attended Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College, the University of Kansas, and received his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1943, he arrived at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and aided in the discovery, purification, and handling of plutonium. Shortly afterward he became a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He died after a battle with cancer, only two years after Seaborg, McMillan, Wahl, and he received a prize of 400,000 dollars for their scientific work.
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