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Within Vinony's link graph, Johan August Arfwedson is referenced by 21 other articles, and connects out to Sweden, chemistry and chemical element.
It is catalogued under topics including 1792 births, 1841 deaths and 19th-century Swedish chemists.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- 12 January 1792 ( 1792-01-12 ) , Sweden
- Died
- 28 October 1841 (1841-10-28) (aged 49)
- Alma mater
- University of Uppsala
- Known for
- Discovered lithium
- Fields
- Chemistry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Bilbao
- Occupation
- notary
- Educated at
- Uppsala University
- Doctoral advisor
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Berzelius Reseanteckningar Johan Arfwedson.png
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1792-01-04
- date of death
- 1841-10-28
- member of
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
- P8168
- Concots
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Johan August Arfwedson (12 January 1792 – 28 October 1841) was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt.
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johan August Arfwedson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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