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Schuh’s Annotated Bio-Bibliography
Bergman entered the University of Upsala at the age of seventeen, from which his family expected he would graduate in either divinity or law, although he preferred mathematics and natural science. However, through overwork he injured his health and during his convalescence he studied botany and entomology to such good purpose he was able to send Linneaus several new kinds of insect. He returned to the University in 1758, and upon graduation began teaching there mathematics and then physics. Upon the resignation of J.G. Wallerius from the chair of chemistry and mineralogy, Bergman became a candidate for the appointment. Although opposed by many, he had a friend in Crown Prince Gustavus III, and chancellor of the University, who gained the appointment for Bergman. He held this post un
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman
2020 | Buch
The Science, Lives and Friendship of Two Pioneers in Chemistry
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This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he also discovered many important organic and inorganic substances. His fellow chemist and good friend, Torbern Bergman (1735–1784), was one of the pioneers in analytical and physical chemistry. In this carefully researched biography, the author, Anders Lennartson, explains the chemistry of Scheele and Bergman while putting their discoveries in the context of other 18th-century chemistry. Much of the information contained in this work is available in English for the first time.
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- Electronic ISBN
- 978-3-030-49194-9
- Print ISBN
- 978-3-03
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Bergman, Torbern Olof
(b. Katrineberg, Sweden, 9 March 1735; d. Medevi, Sweden, 8 July 1784)
chemistry, mineralogy, entomology, astronomy, physics, geography.
The son of Barthold Bergman, sheriff on the royal estate at Katrineberg, and Sara Hägg, geolog received a conventional early education in classical subjects at Skara, and was also given private instruction in natural history bygd Sven Hof, a teacher in the Gymnasium there. He entered Uppsala University in 1752 and graduated in 1756, after studying mathematics, philosophy, physics, and astronomy. In 1758 he gained his doctorate with a thesis entitled De interpolatione astronomica, published De attractione universali, and became a lecturer in physics at the university. geolog was appointed associate professor of mathematics in 1761, and in 1767 succeeded J. G. Wallerius as professor of chemistry, a subject that was new to him but in which he became famous. He corresponded with scientists all over Europe and Frederi