Human Accomplishment: Charles Hatchett

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a British mineralogist and analytical chemist who discovered the element niobium

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(Charles Hatchett)

Born

2 January 1765

Died

10 March 1847 (aged 82) Chelsea, London, UK

Known for

Discovery of niobium

Institutions

British Museum

adultbasic

Britain

Citizenship

British

era

1800+