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Ellen Gleditsch

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Ellen Gleditsch

Birth
Mandal, Mandal kommune, Vest-Agder fylke, Norway
Death
5 Jun 1968 (aged 88)
Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway
Burial
Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway Add to Map
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She was a Norwegian radio chemist and Norway's second female professor. Starting her career as an assistant to Marie Curie, she became a pioneer in radio chemistry, establishing the half-life of radium and helping demonstrate the existence of isotopes.
She was a Norwegian radio chemist and Norway's second female professor. Starting her career as an assistant to Marie Curie, she became a pioneer in radio chemistry, establishing the half-life of radium and helping demonstrate the existence of isotopes.

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