Carl Axel Arrhenius
Carl Axel Arrhenius (born March 29, 1757 in Stockholm ; † November 20, 1824 ) was a Swedish artillery officer as well as an amateur geologist and chemist .
Life
As the son of Professor Jakob Arrhenius , he turned to the military at an early age and became an artilleryman at the Vaxholm location . Between 1788 and 1790 he took part in the Russo-Swedish War . After getting to know Peter Jacob Hjelm from the Royal Swedish Coin Laboratory, he became interested in mineralogy and chemistry.
Arrhenius found a hitherto unknown black mineral in the Ytterby pit in 1787/88 . This later led to the discovery of the element yttrium . In 1817 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Biography of Carl Axel Arrhenius (Swedish)
- Carl Axel Arrhenius . 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. 48 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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| SURNAME | Arrhenius, Carl Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish artillery officer and amateur geologist and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1824 |