Johan Afzelius was a Swedish chemist and notable as the doctoral advisor of one of the founders of modern chemistry, Jöns Jacob Berzelius. He was the brother of botanist Adam Afzelius and physician Pe
Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius became a memb
Johan Afzelius
…13 June 1753 in Larv – 20 May 1837 in Uppsala) was a Swedish chemist and notable as the doctoral advisor of one of the founders of modern chemistry, Jöns Jacob Berzelius. He was the brother of botanist Adam Afzelius and physician Pehr von Afzelius. Afzelius received his PhD at Uppsala University in 1776 under Torbern…
Berzelius in 1826
Daguerreotype of Berzelius
Volumes I-III of Lärbok i kemien
Volumes 4-6 of Lärbok i kemien, titled Lärbok i organiska kemien