Abstract
Carl Wilhelm Scheele was born on December 9, 1742 in Stralsund (Fig. 1.1), at the time the capital of Swedish Pomerania. He was one of eleven children of Joachim Christian Scheele (1703–1776), a brewer and merchant, and his wife Margaretha Eleonora (1713–1788).
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Swedish name: Enhörningen.
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Andreas Bauch (1693–1766), born in Güstrow, Mecklenburg.
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Swedish name: Fläkta Örn.
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Peter Magnus Kjellström (1725–1803).
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Swedish name: Korpen.
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Peter Jonas Bergius (1730−1790). One of the most prominent Swedish physicians of the 18th century.
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Abraham Bäck (1713–1795). Swedish physician and chairman in Collegium medicum, the medical authority in Sweden.
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David von Schulzenheim (1732–1823). Swedish physician and professor.
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Swedish name: Uplands Wapen.
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Johan Got(t)schalk Wallerius (1709–1785). Professor of chemistry in Uppsala. A pioneer in agricultural chemistry.
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Hindrich Pascher Pohl (1732–1775), born in Pomerania.
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Joseph Priestley (1733–1804). British amateur scientist and theologian.
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Juan José d’Elhuyar (1755–1833). Spanish chemist and politician.
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Fausto d’Elhuyar (1754–1796). Spanish chemist.
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Peter Jacob Hjelm (1746–1813). Swedish chemist and one of Bergman’s students. From 1794 he was head of the laboratory of the Swedish Board of Mines.
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Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709–1782). Apothecary and later professor of chemistry in Berlin.
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Lennartson, A. (2017). Introduction. In: The Chemical Works of Carl Wilhelm Scheele. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58181-1_1
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