CHEMIST

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

1779 - 1848

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Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (Swedish: [jœns ˈjɑ̌ːkɔb bæˈʂěːlɪɵs]; 20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1808 and served from 1818 as its principal functionary. He is known in Sweden as the "Father of Swedish Chemistry". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jöns Jacob Berzelius is the 16th most popular chemist (down from 10th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Chemist.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist who is most famous for his work with chemical elements and the development of the periodic table.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 16 out of 602. Before him are Robert Boyle, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, Svante Arrhenius, John Stith Pemberton, and Edwin McMillan. After him are Raymond Davis Jr., August Kekulé, William Ramsay, Adolf Windaus, Ernst Chain, and Eduard Buchner.

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Among people born in 1779, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 1. After him are Mustafa IV, Carl Ritter, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Adam Oehlenschläger, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Thomas Moore. Among people deceased in 1848, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 2. Before him is Gaetano Donizetti. After him are Emily Brontë, Christian VIII of Denmark, François-René de Chateaubriand, George Stephenson, John Quincy Adams, Caroline Herschel, Bernard Bolzano, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Vissarion Belinsky, and María Isabella of Spain.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 15 out of 1,879. Before him are Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), August Strindberg (1849), and Olof Palme (1927). After him are Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Ingrid Bergman (1915), Bridget of Sweden (1303), and Tomas Tranströmer (1931).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 3. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), and Svante Arrhenius (1859). After him are Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Georg Brandt (1694), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Per Teodor Cleve (1840).

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