Johann Arfvedson
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Johann August Arfvedson (
January 12,
1792 -
October 28,
1841),
Swedish chemist and the discoverer of
lithium (
1817). Arfvedson was a student of notable Swedish chemist
J?s Jacob Berzelius, and the rare
mineral arvedsonite was named after him.
See also: List of Swedes, List of Swedish scientists, List of chemists