Nils Gabriel Sefström

Nils Gabriel Sefström was a Swedish chemist and metallurgist. A protégé of Jöns Jakob Berzelius, he rediscovered the element vanadium in 1830 while investigating the brittleness of steel.

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Who was born first?

• Nils Gabriel Sefström and Joseph von Fraunhofer were born the same year
• Nils Gabriel Sefström and Mathieu Orfila were born the same year
• Nils Gabriel Sefström was born 1 year before William Henry Smyth
• Nils Gabriel Sefström was born 1 year after François Arago
• Nils Gabriel Sefström was born 1 year before Jean-Victor Poncelet

Timeline

1. François AragoFebruary 26, 1786 – October 2, 1853
2. Joseph von FraunhoferMarch 6, 1787 – June 7, 1826
3. Mathieu OrfilaApril 24, 1787 – March 12, 1853
4. Nils Gabriel Sefström (this page)June 2, 1787 – November 30, 1845
5. Jean-Victor PonceletJuly 1, 1788 – December 22, 1867
6. William Henry SmythJanuary 21, 1788 – September 1865

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