Myrtle Bachelder | |
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Born | Myrtle Claire Bachelder March 13, 1908 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | May 22, 1997 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 89)
Education | Middlebury College (BS) |
Known for | Chemistry of uranium and rare-earth elements |
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Myrtle Claire Bachelder (March 13, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniques in the chemistry of metals.