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Born September 10, 1797 • Kalmar • Sweden
Died October 15, 1858 (aged 61) • Sweden
Subjects Of Study erbium • lanthanum • rare-earth element • terbium
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German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
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Swedish mineralogist and chemist
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Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
English chemist
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
American chemist
Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
British scientist
William Ramsay
Sir William Ramsay
British chemist
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
German chemist
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Albert Hofmann
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Roger Y. Tsien
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Daniel Shechtman
Israeli chemist
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American chemist

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