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Torbern Bergman

1735 - 1784

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Torbern Olaf (Olof) Bergman (KVO) (20 March 1735 – 8 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torbern Bergman has received more than 79,499 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Torbern Bergman is the 278th most popular chemist (down from 202nd in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 179th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Chemist.

Torbern Bergman was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who is most famous for his discovery of the element thorium in 1828.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Torbern Bergman ranks 278 out of 509. Before him are Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Edmond H. Fischer, Fraser Stoddart, Thomas A. Steitz, Alexander Shulgin, and William Henry. After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Bernard Courtois, Richard J. Roberts, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ryōji Noyori, and Hartmut Michel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Torbern Bergman ranks 7. Before him are John Adams, Johann Christian Bach, Crown Prince Sado, François Christophe de Kellermann, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne. After him are Paul Revere, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Johann Karl August Musäus, and Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Among people deceased in 1784, Torbern Bergman ranks 7. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, Phillis Wheatley, and Giovanni Battista Martini. After him are Junípero Serra, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, Abraham Trembley, and Otto Friedrich Müller.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Torbern Bergman ranks 231 out of 1,612. Before him are Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Håkan Nesser (1950), John Ericsson (1803), Henrik Larsson (1971), Gillis Grafström (1893), and Harry Nyquist (1889). After him are Jan Guillou (1944), Joey Tempest (1963), Göran Persson (1949), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Johann Patkul (1660), and Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Torbern Bergman ranks 12. Before him are Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Sune Bergström (1916), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797). After him are Georg Brandt (1694), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787), and Anna Sundström (1785).

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