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Lars Fredrik Nilson

1840 - 1899

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Lars Fredrik Nilson (27 May 1840 – 14 May 1899) was a Swedish chemist, professor at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry in Stockholm. He discovered the element scandium in 1879, by separating out scandium(III) oxide, also known as scandia.: 550  In addition to his work concerning the analytic chemistry of elements and rare earths, he made substantial contributions to Swedish agriculture, including methods of fertilization and the introduction of sugar beets as a crop. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Fredrik Nilson is the 359th most popular chemist (up from 439th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 552nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Swedish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Lars Fredrik Nilson ranks 359 out of 602. Before him are Alexander Shulgin, Paul Héroult, Paul Walden, Henry Eyring, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, and Edward Frankland. After him are Charles Macintosh, Karl Ernst Claus, Victor Goldschmidt, Alice Ball, Édouard Herzen, and Otto Schott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Lars Fredrik Nilson ranks 37. Before him are Kuroda Kiyotaka, William, Prince of Orange, Friedrich Kohlrausch, Emin Pasha, Namık Kemal, and Shibusawa Eiichi. After him are Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, August Leskien, José Manuel Balmaceda, Marie Bracquemond, Charles Booth, and Akaki Tsereteli. Among people deceased in 1899, Lars Fredrik Nilson ranks 26. Before him are Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Othniel Charles Marsh, Katsu Kaishū, Guido Gezelle, and Edward Frankland. After him are Garret Hobart, Heinrich Kiepert, Teodolfo Mertel, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Mary Elizabeth Barber, and Mór Than.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Fredrik Nilson ranks 316 out of 1,879. Before him are Elsa Beskow (1874), Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), Gustav Trolle (1488), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870), and Eli Heckscher (1879). After him are Arvid Lindman (1862), Daniel Solander (1733), Eva Dahlbeck (1920), Bo Widerberg (1930), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), and Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Lars Fredrik Nilson ranks 17. Before 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). After him are Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Anna Sundström (1785), and Peter Jacob Hjelm (1746).

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