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Georg Brandt

1694 - 1768

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Georg Brandt (26 June 1694 – 29 April 1768) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt c. 1735. He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. He is also known for exposing fraudulent alchemists operating during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Brandt is the 271st most popular chemist (up from 280th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 224th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Georg Brandt ranks 271 out of 602. Before him are Dudley R. Herschbach, Edwin G. Krebs, Emil Erlenmeyer, Fraser Stoddart, Franz Karl Achard, and Elias James Corey. After him are Rudolph A. Marcus, Joachim Sauer, Joseph L. Goldstein, Ben Feringa, Akira Yoshino, and Paul Ulrich Villard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Georg Brandt ranks 6. Before him are Voltaire, François Quesnay, Yeongjo of Joseon, Francis Hutcheson, and Louis-Claude Daquin. After him are Paul of the Cross, Leonardo Leo, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Henry Pelham, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, and Theodore of Corsica. Among people deceased in 1768, Georg Brandt ranks 6. Before him are Canaletto, Marie Leszczyńska, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Nicola Porpora, and Laurence Sterne. After him are Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Georg Brandt ranks 179 out of 1,879. Before him are Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Roy Andersson (1943), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), John Bauer (1882), and Emund the Old (1030). After him are Thomas Bartholin (1616), Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), Carl Bildt (1949), Britt Ekland (1942), Oscar Montelius (1843), and Inger Nilsson (1959).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Georg Brandt ranks 10. Before him are Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), and Johan August Arfwedson (1792). After him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), Torbern Bergman (1735), and Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787).

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