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Edwin McMillan was born on September 18, 1907, in Redondo Beach, California. He was a chemist and physicist. McMillan received his education from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena High School (California), and Princeton University.
McMillan held United States citizenship and was known for his discovery of neptunium, the first transuranium element, and his work on the synchrocyclotron. In the academic discipline of chemistry, he made significant contributions. McMillan died on September 7, 1991, in El Cerrito, California.
His birth name was Edwin Mattison McMillan, and his doctoral advisor was Edward Condon. McMillan had a doctoral student named A. Carl Helmholz. In 1951, Edwin McMillan received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work.
