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Per Teodor Cleve

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Also known as Per Theodor Cleve, Per Cleve, Cleve, Per T. Cleve

Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840-1905)

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Per Teodor Cleve was a person who authored seven works, including *Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms*, *Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms; Volume 1*, *Beiträge Zur Kenntniss der Arctischen Diatomeen*, *On Some New and Little Known Diatoms*, and *Plankton from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago*. Crossref records five of his works.

He was born on 1840-02-10 and died on 1905-06-18. Cleve had three children. His name is referenced by 48 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms
  • Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms; Volume 1
  • Beiträge Zur Kenntniss der Arctischen Diatomeen
  • On Some New and Little Known Diatoms
  • Plankton from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GR
Active from
1972-02-24

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,397x

  2. The ERA5 global reanalysis

    · 2020 · cited 24,129x

  3. <b>lmerTest</b> Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

    · 2017 · cited 20,739x

  4. Tissue-based map of the human proteome

    · 2015 · cited 14,085x

  5. Molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    · 2000 · cited 12,717x

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Key facts

Born
10 February 1840, Stockholm , Sweden
Died
18 June 1905 (1905-06-18) (aged 65), Uppsala , Sweden
Alma mater
Stockholms Lyceum (1858), Uppsala University (1863)
Known for
discovery of holmium and thulium
Spouse
Carolina Alma Öhbom ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1874 ) ​
Children
Astrid Cleve , Agnes Cleve-Jonand , Célie Brunius
Awards
Davy Medal (1894)
Fields
Chemistry , geology

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Per
Family name
Cleve
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Stockholm
Place of death
Uppsala
Languages spoken
French
Doctoral student
Svante August Arrhenius
Field of work
oceanography
Image
Per Teodor Cleve c1885.jpg
Number of children
3
Work location
Stockholm
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Commons category
Per Teodor Cleve
date of birth
1840-01-01
date of death
1905-01-01
place of burial
Uppsala Old Cemetery
collection items at
Natural History Museum
interested in
rare earth element
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Encyclopedic overview

Per Teodor Cleve (10 February 1840 – 18 June 1905) was a Swedish chemist, biologist, mineralogist and oceanographer. He is best known for his discovery of the chemical elements holmium and thulium.

Born in Stockholm in 1840, Cleve earned his BSc and PhD from Uppsala University in 1863 and 1868, respectively. After receiving his PhD, he became an assistant professor of chemistry at the university. He later became professor of general and agricultural chemistry. In 1874 he theorised that didymium was in fact two elements; this theory was confirmed in 1885 when Carl Auer von Welsbach discovered neodymium and praseodymium.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Per Teodor Cleve” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.