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Georg Brandt

1694 - 1768

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Georg Brandt (26 June 1694 – 29 April 1768) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt c. 1735. He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Brandt has received more than 86,981 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Georg Brandt is the 280th most popular chemist (up from 285th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 239th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Georg Brandt ranks 280 out of 602. Before him are William Henry Perkin, Martin Rodbell, William Henry, Kamala Sohonie, Akira Yoshino, and Robert H. Grubbs. After him are Carl Auer von Welsbach, Henry Taube, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Thomas Midgley Jr., and Rasmus Bartholin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Georg Brandt ranks 8. Before him are François Quesnay, Yeongjo of Joseon, Francis Hutcheson, Louis-Claude Daquin, Leonardo Leo, and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Paul of the Cross, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Theodore of Corsica, Henry Pelham, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, and Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Among people deceased in 1768, Georg Brandt ranks 6. Before him are Marie Leszczyńska, Canaletto, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Laurence Sterne, and Nicola Porpora. After him are Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Georg Brandt ranks 224 out of 1,879. Before him are Jussi Björling (1911), Henrik Larsson (1971), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Karin Boye (1900), and Ingemar Johansson (1932). After him are Per Gessle (1959), Hans Rosling (1948), Lena Olin (1955), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), and Lars Vilks (1946).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Georg Brandt ranks 12. Before him are Per Teodor Cleve (1840), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), and Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722). After him are Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Torbern Bergman (1735), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), and Anna Sundström (1785).

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