Charles Hatchett
English mineralogist
Charles Hatchett FRS FRSE was an English mineralogist and analytical chemist who discovered the element niobium, for which he proposed the name "columbium".
Hatchett was elected a Fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1795,
and of the Royal Society in... Wikipedia
Born: January 2, 1765, London, United Kingdom
Died: March 10, 1847 (age 82 years), Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Discovered: Niobium
Awards: Copley Medal
Books: An Analysis of a Mineral Substance from North America, Containing a Metal Hitherto Unknown, Experiments and Observations on Shell and Bone. [Read Before the Royal Society June 13, 1799.] From the Philosophical Transactions, Experiments and Observations on the Various Alloys, on the Specific Gravity, and on the Comparative Wear of Gold. Being the Substance of a Report Made to the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council, Appointed to Take Into Consideration the State of the Coins of this Kingdom ... From the Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society]., and more
Children: Anna Frederica Hatchett