Lars Fredrik Nilson

Lars Fredrik Nilson ( born May 27, 1840 in Skönberga, † May 14, 1899 in Stockholm) was a Swedish chemist.

Life and work

Nilson studied chemistry at the University of Uppsala. He became famous for the discovery of the element scandium, which he 1871 ( according to other sources he has discovered scandium in 1879 ) published. He isolated the first pure thorium and determined the atomic mass of beryllium.

Nilson was a professor at Uppsala University and the Royal Agricultural Academy in Stockholm.

Swell

Obituary in: Svensk Kemisk Tidskrift 11 (1899 ), pp. 143-146

  • Chemists ( 19th century)
  • Swede
  • Born in 1840
  • Died in 1899
  • Man
  • Honorary member of the Physical Society
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