Adapted from an image by Harold Augustus Iddles (1896-1976) (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
1880–1928
Charles James
Discovered lutetium in 1907.
Element
71LuLutetium
1907
In 1907 Georges Urbain, in Paris, split ytterbium into two elements and reported it first, naming the new one lutetium, after Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris. Charles James, in New Hampshire, had separated a good deal of it already but delayed publishing.
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Where the dates and stories on this page come from; each event on the timeline links to its own source.
- The life and work of Charles JamesUNH Magazine
- LutetiumRoyal Society of Chemistry
- Charles JamesWikipedia