Background
SELIGMAN, Henry was born on February 25, 1909 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Son of Milton Chase Seligman and Marie Gans.
SELIGMAN, Henry was born on February 25, 1909 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Son of Milton Chase Seligman and Marie Gans.
Liebigschule, Frankfurt-am-Main, University of Lausanne, Paris and Zurich.
Joined Atomic Energy Team, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge 1941. Worked on atomic research with N.R.C., Canada 1943-1946. F. Isotope Division, Harwell 1947, Deputy Director-General of Research and Isotopes at the Institute Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna 1958-1969, Scientific Adviser since 1969.
President Joint Committee on Applied Radioactivity, Institute Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) 1957-1969. President, and Director EXEC AG, Basel 1974-1983.
Married Lesley Bradley in 1941.