Wendell Mitchell Latimer

Wendell Mitchell Latimer (April 22, 1893 – July 6, 1955) was an American chemist known for the discovery of tritium and his description of oxidation states in the book ''The Oxidation States of the Elements and Their Potentials in Aqueous Solution''.

He received his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley for the work with George Ernest Gibson. Provided by Wikipedia