Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Swedish mineralogist and chemist
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Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered the element nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Wikipedia
Born: December 23, 1722, Turinge socken, Sweden
Died: August 19, 1765 (age 42 years), Säter, Sweden
Discovered: Nickel
Parents: Maria Elisabeth Adlerberg
Nationality: Swedish