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Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
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Henri Moissan
French chemist and pharmacist (1852–1907)
Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Among his other contributions, Moissan discovered moissanite and contributed to the development of the electric…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fluorine
Chemical element with atomic number 9 (F)
Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as pale yellow diatomic gas. Fluorine is extremely reactive as it reacts with all other elements except for the light noble gases. It is highly toxic.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)