Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was a German chemist who is known best for work that was suggestive of the periodic law for the chemical elements, and for inventing the first lighter, which was known as the Döbereiner's lamp. He became a professor of chemistry and pharmacy for the University of Jena.

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Who was born first?

• Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner and Mary Somerville were born the same year
• Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner and Thomas Chalmers were born the same year
• Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner and Heinrich Christian Schumacher were born the same year
• Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was born 1 year after Jöns Jacob Berzelius
• Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was born 1 year before Siméon Denis Poisson

Timeline

1. Jöns Jacob BerzeliusAugust 20, 1779 – August 7, 1848
2. Heinrich Christian SchumacherSeptember 3, 1780 – December 28, 1850
3. Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (this page)December 13, 1780 – March 24, 1849
4. Mary SomervilleDecember 26, 1780 – November 1872
5. Thomas ChalmersMarch 17, 1780 – May 31, 1847
6. Siméon Denis PoissonJune 21, 1781 – April 25, 1840

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