Juan José Elhuyar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Elhuyar and the second or maternal family name is Lubize.

Juan José Elhuyar Lubize (15 June 1754 – 20 September 1796) was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who was best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.^[1][2]

Juan José Elhuyar
Born	15 June 1754 Logroño
Died	20 September 1796 (age 42) Santafé de Bogotá, New Granada
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Tungsten
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Mineralogy

He was born in Logroño, in northern Spain and died in Santafé de Bogotá, New Granada (present-day Colombia) at 42.

External links

• Juan José Delhuyar. Polymath Virtual Library, Fundación Ignacio Larramendi