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Johan August Arfwedson

1792 - 1841

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan August Arfwedson is the 253rd most popular chemist (down from 237th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 182nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Chemist.

Johan August Arfwedson was a Swedish explorer who was most famous for the discovery of the Arfwedson Glacier in Greenland.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Johan August Arfwedson ranks 253 out of 602. Before him are Luis Federico Leloir, Mario J. Molina, Kary Mullis, Emil Abderhalden, Jacques Dubochet, and Ryōji Noyori. After him are Richard Smalley, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Mária Telkes, Ida Noddack, Alfred G. Gilman, and Vladimir Markovnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Johan August Arfwedson ranks 15. Before him are Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Johann Peter Eckermann, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, and Gulab Singh. After him are William, Duke of Nassau, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Victor Cousin, Joseph Mohr, Lady Byron, and Carlos Antonio López. Among people deceased in 1841, Johan August Arfwedson ranks 11. Before him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Caroline of Baden, George Green, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, and Friedrich Sertürner. After him are Félix Savart, John Forsyth, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Ferdinando Carulli, and Tokugawa Ienari.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan August Arfwedson ranks 161 out of 1,879. Before him are Victor Sjöström (1879), Magnus III of Sweden (1240), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), Claes Oldenburg (1929), Markus Persson (1979), and Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916). After him are Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Adam Afzelius (1750), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), Harriet Andersson (1932), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), and Loreen (1983).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Johan August Arfwedson ranks 9. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), and Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745). After him are Georg Brandt (1694), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), and Torbern Bergman (1735).

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