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Glenn T. Seaborg takes over McMillan's work creating new atomic nuclei. Pioneers method of neutron capture and later through other nuclear reactions. Would become the principal or co-discoverer of nine new chemical elements, and dozens of new isotopes of existing elements.
18 March 1941 discovery of 2640 Hällström
19 April 1941 discovery of 4163 Saaremaa
15 October 1941 discovery of 1882 Rauma
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4 January 1941, Death of Philipp Johann Heinrich in Gruenwald, Bavaria, Germany
7 January 1941 Birth of John Ernest Walker
28 April 1941 Birth of Karl Barry Sharpless
1941 Death of Walther Nernst
1941 Death of John Stanley Plaskett
1941 Death of Anie Jump Cannon
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