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.

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(Johan August Arfwedson)

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