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Key facts
- Born
- 12 January 1792 ( 1792-01-12 ) , Sweden
- Died
- 28 October 1841 (1841-10-28) (aged 49)
- Alma mater
- University of Uppsala
- Known for
- Discovered lithium
- Fields
- Chemistry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Bilbao
- Occupation
- notary
- Educated at
- Uppsala University
- Doctoral advisor
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Berzelius Reseanteckningar Johan Arfwedson.png
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- date of birth
- 1792-01-04
- date of death
- 1841-10-28
- member of
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
- P8168
- Concots
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johan August Arfwedson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.