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Torbern Bergman
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Swedish chemist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1735
- Died
- 1784
- Works
- 58
Top works
- The chemical pocket-book, or, Memoranda chemica
- Åminnelse-tal öfver Nils Wallerius på Kongl.academiens befallning hållet den 2.februarii, 1765
- Åminnelse-tal öfver framledne bergs-rådet och medicinæ doctoren ... herr Georg Brandt
- Briefe, welche eine von herrn dr. Uno von Troil im jahr 1772 nach Island angestellte reise betreffen
- Abhandlung vom Gebrauche des Loethrohres bey Untersuchung der Mineralien
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A Quality-of-Life Instrument for Use in International Clinical Trials in Oncology
· 1993 · cited 13,318x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,706x
- Canu: scalable and accurate long-read assembly via adaptive
<i>k</i>
-mer weighting and repeat separation
· 2017 · cited 7,109x
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
· 2015 · cited 4,268x
- Rhodium-Catalyzed C−C Bond Formation via Heteroatom-Directed C−H Bond Activation
· 2009 · cited 3,631x
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Key facts
- Born
- Torbern Olof Bergman , ( 1735-03-20 ) 20 March 1735, Katrineberg, Låstad parish, Sweden
- Died
- 8 July 1784 (1784-07-08) (aged 49), Medevi , Sweden
- Alma mater
- University of Uppsala
- Known for
- Chemical affinity tables
- Spouse
- Margareta Catharina Trast
- Fields
- Chemist and mineralogist
- Institutions
- University of Uppsala
- Doctoral advisor
- Bengt Ferrner
- Doctoral students
- Johann Afzelius
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olof
- Family name
- Bergman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Occupation
- mineralogist
- Employer
- Uppsala University
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Academic degree
- professor
- Doctoral student
- Johan Gadolin
- Field of work
- analytical chemistry
- Image
- Torbern Olof Bergman.jpg
- Residence
- Sweden
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- Commons category
- Torbern Olof Bergman
- date of birth
- 1735-03-20
- date of death
- 1784-07-08
- student
- Johan Afzelius
- cause of death
- stroke
- influenced by
- Carl Linnaeus
- P8168
- Fritz Tarnow
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Torbern Olof Bergman (KVO) (20 March 1735 – 8 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the first chemist to use the A, B, C, etc., system of notation for chemical species.
Early life and education
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