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Born October 11, 1755 • Logroño • Spain
Died February 6, 1833 (aged 77) • Madrid • Spain
Subjects Of Study tungsten
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Johan Gottlieb Gahn
Swedish mineralogist
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Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Swedish mineralogist and chemist
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Peter Armbruster
German physicist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Swedish chemist
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
English chemist
Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
American 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
German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish chemist
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
German chemist
Portrait of Dr. Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD, wearing a collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looking directly at the camera.
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist
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Norman L. Bowen
Canadian petrologist
Roger Y. Tsien speaks at a podium with a microphone during a press conference with an American flag in the background.
Roger Y. Tsien
American chemist
Daniel Shechtman
Daniel Shechtman
Israeli chemist
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Martin Chalfie
American chemist
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
German chemist

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