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Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1779)

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Swedish chemist (1779–1848)

Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1808 and served from 1818…
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August 7

Day of the year

August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 146 days remain until the end of the year.
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