Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish chemist

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1742

Place of Birth: Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Date of Death: 21-May-1786

Profession: pharmacist, chemist, pharmacologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Carl Wilhelm Scheele (German: ['?e?l?], Swedish: [??e?l?]; 9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist.
Isaac Asimov called him "hard-luck Scheele" because he made a number of chemical discoveries before others who are generally given the credit.
For example, Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine before Humphry Davy, among others.
Scheele discovered organic acids tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and citric, as well as hydrofluoric, hydrocyanic, and arsenic acids.
He preferred speaking German to Swedish his whole life, as German was commonly spoken among Swedish pharmacists.