| Authorised form of name | Berzelius; Jons Jakob (1779 - 1848) |
| Other forms of name | Jons Jacob |
| Dates | 1779 - 1848 |
| Place of birth | Vaversunda, Ostergotland, Sweden |
| Date of birth | 29 August 1779 |
| Place of death | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Date of death | 07 August 1848 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
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)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 29/04/1813 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1836 |
| Source | Sources:
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 File | http://viaf.org/viaf/41868753 |
| Code | NA3362 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1813/04 | Berzelius, Jons Jakob: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000354 | Berzelius, Jons Jakob | nd |
| M/008 | Berzelius, Jons Jakob | 1848 |
| IM/000352 | Berzelius, Jons Jakob | nd |
| NLB/17/376 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Dr S Jolin, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm | 20 October 1898 |
| IM/000355 | Berzelius, Jons Jakob | nd |
| PT/7/23 | Paper, 'Experiments on the alcohol of sulphur, or sulphuret of carbon' by J [Jons Jacob] Berzelius and Alex [Alexander] Marcet | [1813] |
| PT/7/23/2 | Plate, two figures showing a method for distilling sulphuret by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/7/23/1 | Manuscript, 'Experiments on the alcohol of sulphur, or sulphuret of carbon' by J [Jons Jacob] Berzelius and Alex [Alexander] Marcet | [1813] |
| MC/1/341 | Letter from Michael Faraday, Royal Institution, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society | 21 November 1831 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| AP/11/4/1 | Unpublished letter, regarding chemical researches from J [Jons Jakob] Berzelius to Humphry Davy | 21 April 1824 |
| AP/11/4 | Unpublished letter and translation, regarding chemical researches from J [Jons Jakob] Berzelius to Humphry Davy | 21 April 1824 |
| AP/11/4/2 | Unpublished translation of a letter, regarding chemical researches from J [Jons Jakob] Berzelius to Humphry Davy | 21 April 1824 |