Wilhelm von Hizinger (Giesinger) ( Eng. Wilhelm von Hisinger ; December 23, 1766 , Westmanland - June 28, 1852, Skinnskeberg ) - Swedish chemist , geologist , mineralogist .
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Biography
Wilhelm von Hiesinger came from a wealthy family who owned mines in Sweden. His father was Wilhelm Hizing (1731-1780), his mother was Barbara Katarina Fabrin. After the death of his parents in 1780, his uncle, Johann Hizing (1727-1790), took up his upbringing. Wilhelm von Hiesinger received a good education from private teachers, and above all in the laboratory of his family. Later he studied at Uppsala University and since 1786 at the mountain collegium ("Bergskollegium"). At the collegium, he does not stay long and returns home to Skinnskeberg. In collaboration with Jens Jakob Berzelius discovered the oxides of cerium [2] (1803) and lithium .
In 1804 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences .
Literature
- Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the 18th – 21st centuries: Geology and mining. / Ans. Editor I. G. Malakhova. M.: GC RAS , 2012 .-- 504 p. ISBN 978-5-904509-08-8 (electronic version).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Wilhelm Hisinger - 1917.
- ↑ Marshall, James E .; Marshall, Virginia R .: "Rediscovery of the Elements." Hexagon (2007), p. 74 Archived on February 26, 2012.