Not so Gustaf Ekeberg

Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (born January 15, 1767 in Karlskrona , † February 11, 1813 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish naturalist and chemist .

Life

Ekeberg studied at Uppsala University and received his doctorate in 1788 with a thesis on vegetable oils .

Ekeberg was interested in many things. From 1794 he taught chemistry in Uppsala, with a focus on the analysis of minerals. In 1801 he discovered the element tantalum as a component of yttrotantalite .

Individual evidence

↑ Origin of the element names. ( Memento from January 21, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Anders Gustaf Ekeberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 284 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Ekeberg, Anders Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish naturalist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlskrona
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1813
Place of death	Uppsala

[1] Origin of the element names. ( Memento from January 21, 2002 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Anders Gustaf Ekeberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 284 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).