Human Accomplishment: Johan August Arfwedson

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a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt.

Born

12 January 1792 Sweden

Died

28 October 1841 (aged 49)

Nationality

Swedish

Known for

Discovered lithium

Fields

Chemistry

Alma mater

University of Uppsala

adultbasic

Sweden

era

1800+

Influenced

Jöns Jakob Berzelius

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(Johan August Arfwedson)