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Moddie Taylor

Contributions and Innovations

Contributions and Innovation

He was apart of an elite group of scientists tasked with developing the atomic bomb, helping to end the deadliest war in world history. Taylor was a chemist who specialized in rare earth metals and worked at the University of Chicago's Met Lab. He was apart of The Manhattan Project which was a secert project created by the United States. His research focused on analyzing the chemical properties of rare earth metals. Taylor was later awarded a Certificate of Merit for his work on the Manhattan Project. In 1960, he published a textbook entitled First Principles of Chemistry, which went on to become a core textbook used in colleges throughout the United States. He was selected as one of the top six chemistry college professors in the nation in 1960.

Influencing The Future

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Moddie had studied Chemistry his entire adult life as a student and a teacher which led to his ultimate creation of the atomic bobin WWII. His teaching inspired many young students who went off to make there own discoveries. His research gave us critical information in building weapons that help develop our world today. Not only did he contribute to chemistry but he also, as a black man has broke racial barriers.

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Background,Interests and goals

Background interest and goals

Moddie Taylor was born in Nymph, Alabama on March 3, 1912. He graduated from Charles H. Sumner High in 1931, then later majored in chemistry at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He graduated in 1935 and his class valedictorian. He married Vivian Ellis in 1937, together they had one son, named Herbert Moddie Taylor. He was one of the first African American leaders in the scientific community. His research interest was in rare earth metals which are elements which are the products of oxidized metals with special properties

Bibliography

Bibliography

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/moddie-taylor

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/taylor-moddie-d-1912-1976/

https://aaregistry.org/story/moddie-taylor-worked-on-the-mahattan-project/

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