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Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Also known as Karl Wilhelm Scheele, Carl Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

AI overview

Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a Swedish-German chemist who made groundbreaking discoveries in chemistry during the 18th century, most notably identifying oxygen as a distinct element. His work laid important foundations for modern chemistry and our understanding of how air and combustion work.

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Born: 1742
Died: 1786
Works: 35

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Traité chimique de l'air et du feu
Supplement au Traité chimique de l'air et du feu de M. Scheele
Handschriften, 1756-1777
The early history of chlorine

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Encyclopedic overview

Carl Wilhelm Scheele ( German: [ˈʃeːlə], Swedish: [ˈɧêːlɛ]; 9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist.

Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified the elements molybdenum, tungsten, barium, nitrogen, and chlorine, among others. Scheele discovered organic acids tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and citric, as well as hydrofluoric, hydrocyanic, and arsenic acids. He preferred speaking German to Swedish his whole life, as German was commonly spoken among Swedish pharmacists.

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