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- Ursula Franklin was born on September 16, 1921 in Munich, Germany. She was married to Fred. She died on July 22, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- SpouseFred(? - 2016) (her death, 2 children)
- Physicist and campaigner for women in science
- She moved to Canada in 1949 after surviving the Holocaust. She joined the University of Toronto's department of metallurgy and materials science in 1967. She was a specialist in the structure of metals and alloys. She pioneered the development of archaeometry, which applies techniques of materials analysis to archaeology.
- She discovered radioactive strontium-90 in Canadian children's baby teeth. Her research helped to change opinion about nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War.
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