Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish-German chemist
Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a Swedish German pharmaceutical chemist.
Scheele discovered oxygen, and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, among others. Scheele discovered organic acids tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and... Wikipedia
Born: December 9, 1742, Stralsund, Germany
Died: May 21, 1786 (age 43 years), Köping, Sweden
Education: Uppsala University
Parents: Joachim Christian Scheele and Margaretha Eleanore Warnekros
Spouse: Sara Margaretha Sonneman (m. 1786–1786)