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Nationality
  
USA

Name
  
Anton Burg

Alma mater
  
University of Chicago

Education
  
University of Chicago

Known for
  
Organoboranes

Fields
  
Chemistry


Anton Burg FileAnton Burg Lithojpg Wikimedia Commons

Born
  
October 18, 1904 Dallas City USA (
1904-10-18
)

Institutions
  
University of Southern California

Died
  
November 18, 2003, Los Angeles, California, United States

Notable awards
  
Tolman Award (1961)

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Anton Behme Burg (October 18, 1904 – November 18, 2003) was an early Chairman of the University of Southern California chemistry department and an expert on boron.

Burg joined USC in 1939 as an assistant professor. He built up USC's chemistry department, making it one of the best chemistry departments in the United States by the 1950s. Burg retired in 1974.

During his time with Morris S. Kharasch at the University of Chicago, he worked with Herbert C. Brown, who won a Nobel Prize for his work following up on Burg's research.

References

Anton Burg Wikipedia