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NAMES OF SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATED WITH DISCOVERIES OF
ELEMENTS OF PERIODIC TABLE
© Dr. John Andraos 2002 - 2005
Department of Chemistry, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ONTARIO M3J 1P3, CANADA
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Z, Element

Symbol

Discoverer

Dates

Nationality

Place and Date of
Discovery

1. Hydrogen

H

Cavendish,
Henry

1731 - 1810

British (b. Nice, France)

1766
London, England

2. Helium

He

Janssen, Pierre
Jules Cesar

1824 - 1907

French
(b. Paris, France)

1868

Ramsay, Sir
William

1852 - 1916

Scottish
(b. Glasgow, Scotland)

1895
London, England

Arfvedson,
Johann August

1792 - 1841

Swedish (b. SkagerholmsBruk, Skaraborgs-Ln,
Sweden)

1817/1818
Stockholm, Sweden

3. Lithium

Li

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4. Beryllium

Be

Vauquelin, Louis
Nicolas

1763 - 1829

French (b. Saint-Andr
d'Hbert, Calvados,
France)

1797
Paris, France

5. Boron

B

Gay-Lussac,
Joseph Louis

1778 - 1850

French (b. St.
Lonard, Haute
Vienne, France)

1808
Paris, France
London, England

Thnard, Louis
Jacques

1777 - 1857

French (b. Louptire,
France)

Davy, Sir
Humphry

1778 - 1829

British
(b. Penzance, Cornwall,
England)

N/A
1749 - 1819

N/A
Scottish
(b. Edinburgh, Scotland)

pre-narration
1772
Edinburgh, Scotland

British
(b. Fieldhead, within a little of Leeds,
England)
Swedish
(b. Stralsund, Pomerania,
after this in Germany)

1774
Leeds, England

French (b. Paris, France)

1886
Paris, France

6. Carbon
7. Nitrogen

C
N

N/A
Rutherford,
Daniel

8. Oxygen

O

Priestley, Joseph 1733 - 1804

Scheele, Carl
Wilhelm
9. Fluorine

F

1742 - 1786...

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