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Element Etymologies: People

Name the people with elements of the Periodic Table named after them.
From Wikipedia's "List of chemical elements named after people"
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Nationality and Specialty
Person
Element
Italian Explorer (indirect)
Amerigo Vespucci
Americium
Irish Philosopher (indirect)
George Berkeley
Berkelium
Danish Scientist
Niels Bohr
Bohrium
Polish-German Scientist
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicium
Polish-French Scientist
Marie Curie
Curium
French Scientist
Pierre Curie
Curium
German-Swiss Scientist
Albert Einstein
Einsteinium
Italian-American Scientist
Enrico Fermi
Fermium
Russian Scientist (indirect)
Georgy Flyorov
Flerovium
Finnish Scientist (indirect)
Johan Gadolin
Gadolinium
Nationality and Specialty
Person
Element
American Scientist
Ernest Lawrence
Lawrencium
English-Mexican Landowner (indirect)
Robert Livermore
Livermorium
Austrian-Swedish Scientist
Lise Meitner
Meitnerium
Russian Scientist
Dmitri Mendeleev
Mendelevium
Swedish Scientist
Alfred Nobel
Nobelium
Russian-Armenian Scientist
Yuri Oganessian
Oganesson
German Scientist
Wilhelm Röntgen
Roentgenium
New Zealand Scientist
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherfordium
Russian Mining Engineer (indirect)
Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
Samarium
American Scientist
Glenn T. Seaborg
Seaborgium
1 Comments
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Level 72
Oct 25, 2024
Like the other etymologies of elements, nominated this one too. Perhaps some leeway on spelling though? I tried berkley berekly berkely ..