Edward Teller

Historical marker location:

725 21st Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 21st Street Northwest south of H Street Northwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2002

Professor of Physics, 1935 to 1945

The District was a major center of the slave trade in the 19th century: Prior to the Civil War, Washington, D.C. was home to one of the largest slave markets in the country. Slaves were bought and sold in public auctions held in the city, and many prominent politicians and businessmen owned slaves.