Lars Fredrik Nilson was a Swedish chemist, professor at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry in Stockholm.
He discovered the element... Wikipedia
Born: May 27, 1840, Skonberga, Sweden
Died: May 14, 1899 (age 58 years), Stockholm, Sweden
Discovered: Scandium
Education: Uppsala University
Children: Gunnar Nilson and Gertrud Nilsson