Martin Heinrich Klaproth - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Dec 01, 1743 Wernigerode, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 01 Jan 1817 (aged 73)

German chemist

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About Martin Heinrich Klaproth

  • Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1 December 1743 – 1 January 1817) was a German chemist.
  • He trained and worked for much of his life as an apothecary, moving in later life to the university.
  • His shop became the second-largest apothecary in Berlin, and the most productive artisanal chemical research center in Europe.Klaproth was a major systematizer of analytical chemistry, and an independent inventor of gravimetric analysis.
  • His attention to detail and refusal to ignore discrepancies in results led to improvements in the use of apparatus.
  • He was a major figure in understanding the composition of minerals and characterizing the elements.
  • Klaproth discovered uranium (1789) and zirconium (1789).
  • He was also involved in the discovery or co-discovery of titanium (1792), strontium (1793), cerium (1803), and chromium (1797) and confirmed the previous discoveries of tellurium (1798) and beryllium (1798).Klaproth was a member and director of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
  • He was recognized internationally as a member of the Royal Society in London, the Institut de France, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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