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Are there any scientific elements that are named after famous people?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes there are many.
Gallium - Lecoq de Boisbaudran (Lecoq was French, 'Gallia' is Latin for France. Lecoq, meaning rooster, is 'Gallus' in Latin also),
Curium - Pierre and Marie Curie,
Einsteinium - Albert Einstein,
Fermium - Enrico Fermi,
Mendelevium - Dmitri Mendeleev,
Nobelium - Alfred Nobel,
Lawrencium - Ernest Lawrence,
Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford,
Dubnium (aka 'Hahnium') - Otto Hahn,
Seaborgium - Glenn T. Seaborg,
Bohrium - Niels Bohr,
Meitnerium - Lise Meitner,
Roentgenium - Wilhelm Roentgen.
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∙ 12y agoGeorge Washington= the Washington memorial service in New York City
Abraham Lincoln= the Lincoln statue in Washington D.C.
Samuel the great catcher= battle point U.S.A Vermont Massachusetts
Fredrick the Great= fishing point of America Hawaii
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