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Authorised form of nameBerzelius; Jons Jakob (1779 - 1848)
Other forms of nameJons Jacob
Dates1779 - 1848
Place of birthVaversunda, Ostergotland, Sweden
Date of birth29 August 1779
Place of deathStockholm, Sweden
Date of death07 August 1848
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
MD (Uppsala)
Career:
Badearzt in Medevi; Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy, medical school, Stockholm; Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy, Stockholm (1808); wrote a 'Textbook on chemistry' (1808-1830); visited England (1812)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election29/04/1813
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1836
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1849 No 74 pp 872-876
References:
N G Coley, 'The Animal Chemistry Club; Assistant Society to the Royal Society' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 173-185
R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33
N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp
161-175
W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
Notes:
DSB gives date of birth as 20 Aug 1779.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/41868753
Royal Society codeNA3362
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1813/04Berzelius, Jons Jakob: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/000354Berzelius, Jons Jakobnd
M/008Berzelius, Jons Jakob1848
IM/000352Berzelius, Jons Jakobnd
NLB/17/376Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Dr S Jolin, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm20 October 1898
MC/23/140Letter from Charles [Edward] Fawsitt, The University, Glasgow, to the Secretary, Royal Society27 November 1908
IM/000355Berzelius, Jons Jakobnd
PT/7/23Paper, 'Experiments on the alcohol of sulphur, or sulphuret of carbon' by J [Jons Jacob] Berzelius and Alex [Alexander] Marcet[1813]
PT/7/23/2Plate, two figures showing a method for distilling sulphuret by unknown artist[1813]
PT/7/23/1Manuscript, 'Experiments on the alcohol of sulphur, or sulphuret of carbon' by J [Jons Jacob] Berzelius and Alex [Alexander] Marcet[1813]
MC/1/341Letter from Michael Faraday, Royal Institution, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society21 November 1831
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
AP/11/4/1Unpublished letter, regarding chemical researches from J [Jons Jakob] Berzelius to Humphry Davy21 April 1824
AP/11/4Unpublished letter and translation, regarding chemical researches from J [Jons Jakob] Berzelius to Humphry Davy21 April 1824
AP/11/4/2Unpublished translation of a letter, regarding chemical researches from J [Jons Jakob] Berzelius to Humphry Davy21 April 1824
MC/23/141Letter from Charles [Edward] Fawsitt, Metallurgical Chemistry Laboratory, Glasgow University, to the Secretaries, Royal Society10 December 1908
MC/23Volume 23 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1908
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