Torbern Bergman

Torbern Olof Bergman (KVO) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the first chemist to use the A, B, C, etc., system of notation for chemical species.

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Who was born first?

• Torbern Bergman and Claudine Picardet were born the same year
• Torbern Bergman and Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde were born the same year
• Torbern Bergman and August Ludwig von Schlözer were born the same year
• Torbern Bergman was born 1 year after Franz Anton Mesmer
• Torbern Bergman was born 1 year before Jean Sylvain Bailly

Timeline

1. Franz Anton MesmerMay 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815
2. Alexandre-Théophile VandermondeFebruary 28, 1735 – January 1, 1796
3. August Ludwig von SchlözerJuly 5, 1735 – September 9, 1809
4. Claudine PicardetAugust 7, 1735 – October 4, 1820
5. Torbern Bergman (this page)March 20, 1735 – July 8, 1784
6. Jean Sylvain BaillySeptember 15, 1736 – November 12, 1793

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