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Born October 2, 1746 • Småland • Sweden
Died October 7, 1813 (aged 67) • Stockholm • Sweden
Subjects Of Study molybdenum • pig iron • process metallurgy • steel
German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish chemist
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August Thyssen
German industrialist
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Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
British scientist
A photo of Jamsetji Tata.
Jamsetji Tata
Indian industrialist
Schwab, Charles M.
Charles M. Schwab
American manufacturer
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Henry J. Kaiser
American industrialist
Hewitt, Abram Stevens
Abram Stevens Hewitt
mayor of New York City
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Frank Harold Spedding
American chemist
Thyssen, Fritz
Fritz Thyssen
German industrialist
Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
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John Roebuck
British physician, chemist, and inventor
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John Chipman
American chemist and metallurgist
Hall, Charles Martin
Charles Martin Hall
American chemist
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Hans Goldschmidt
German chemist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Swedish chemist
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist
Svante Arrhenius, 1918.
Svante Arrhenius
Swedish chemist
Tomas Lindahl, 2015
Tomas Lindahl
Swedish biochemist

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