Charles Baskerville

Charles Baskerville
Born(1870-07-18)July 18, 1870
DiedJanuary 28, 1922(1922-01-28) (aged 51)
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina
Known forclaimed discovery of carolinium and berzelium
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry
Doctoral advisorFrancis Preston Venable
College football career
North Carolina Tar Heels
PositionFullback
Personal information
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight145 lb (66 kg)
Career history
CollegeNorth Carolina (1892)
Career highlights and awards
  • Southern championship (1892)

Charles Baskerville (July 18, 1870 – January 28, 1922) was an American chemist. He announced the discovery of two new elements which claimed to have separated from thorium.[2] Carolinium and berzelium later were identified to be identical with thorium.[3]

  1. ^ Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.
  2. ^ Baskerville, Charles (1904). "Carolinium, Berzelium, Thorium". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 26: 922. doi:10.1021/ja01998a003.
  3. ^ Meyer, R.J.; Gumperz, A. (1905). "Zur Frage der Einheitlichkeit des Thoriums". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 38: 817–825. doi:10.1002/cber.190503801140.