Who was the first living person to have an element named after them?
Marie Curie
Glenn T. Seaborg
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Answer
Glenn T. Seaborg was an American nuclear chemist who is credited with the discovery of ten chemical elements, nine of which are transuranium elements. He is also the only person to have an element named after him while he was still alive. Seaborgium, with atomic number 106, was named in his honor in 1997.
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