Charles Baskerville - Columbus Born Discoverer of Carolinium and Berzelium
Manage episode 426335166 series 3510125
Charles Baskerville, chemist and college professor, was born (1870) at Deerbrook, Noxubee County, Mississippi, the son of Charles Baskerville, a physician and former CSA captain, and his wife, Augusta Johnson. He was educated in Columbus, MS. and raised by his paternal grandparents. Charles would lay claim to the discovery of two chemical elements.
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