Anton Burg
Academic
1904 – 2003
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Who was Anton Burg?
Anton Behme Burg was the founder of the University of Southern California chemistry department and an expert on boron.
Burg joined USC in 1939 as an assistant professor. He built up USC's chemistry department, making it one of the best chemistry departments in the United States by the 1950s. Burg retired in 1974.
During his time with Morris S. Kharasch at the University of Chicago, he worked with Herbert C. Brown, who won a Nobel Prize for his work following up on Burg's research.
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- Born
- Oct 18, 1904
Dallas City - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Died
- Nov 18, 2003
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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