a Swedish physicist and chemist who in 1807, working in coordination with Jöns Jakob Berzelius, noted that in electrolysis any given substance always went to the same pole
Born
23 December 1766 Västmanland, Sweden
Died
28 June 1852 (aged 85) Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden
Nationality
Swedish
Known for
Discovery of cerium
Fields
chemistry, physics, geology, mineralogy
adultbasic
Sweden
Author abbrev. (botany)
Hising.
era
1800+