Juan José Elhuyar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Juan José Elhuyar

Spanish chemist

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1754

Place of Birth: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1796

Profession: chemist, discoverer, mineralogist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Juan José Elhuyar Lubize (15 June 1754 – 20 September 1796) was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who is best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.He was born in Logroño, in northern Spain and died in Santafé de Bogotá, New Granada (present-day Colombia) at 42.