Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen (1742–1786) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele (German: [ˈʃeːlə], Swedish: [ˈɧêːlɛ]; 9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786[2]) was a Swedish German[3] pharmaceutical chemist.
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele | |
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Born | (1742-12-09)9 December 1742 |
Died | 21 May 1786(1786-05-21) (aged 43) Köping, Sweden |
Nationality | German-Swedish |
Known for | Discovered oxygen (independently), molybdenum, manganese, barium, chlorine, tungsten and more |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
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Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, among others. Scheele discovered organic acids tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and citric, as well as hydrofluoric, hydrocyanic, and arsenic acids.[4] He preferred speaking German to Swedish his whole life, as German was commonly spoken among Swedish pharmacists.[5]