Berzelius, Jöns Jacob, Baron
- Berzelius, Jöns Jacob, Baron
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born Aug. 20, 1779, near Linköping, Swed.
died Aug. 7, 1848, Stockholm
Swedish chemist.
As a professor in Stockholm (1807–32) he achieved an immensely important series of innovations and discoveries. He is especially noted for his introduction of basic laboratory equipment that remains in use today; his determination of
atomic weights; his creation of the modern system of
chemical symbols; his theory of
electrochemistry; his discovery of the elements
cerium,
selenium, and thorium and his isolation of
silicon,
zirconium, and
titanium; his contribution to the classical techniques of
analysis; and his investigations of
isomerism and
catalysis, both of which he named. He published more than 250 original research papers. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry.
Jöns Jacob Berzelius, detail of an oil painting by Olof Johan Södermark, 1843; in the ...
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Jöns Jacob Berzelius, detail of an oil painting by Olof Johan Södermark, 1843; in the ...By courtesy of Svenska Portrattarkivet, Stockholm