Georg Brandt

Georg Brandt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt c. 1735. He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. He is also known for exposing fraudulent alchemists operating during his lifetime. ^{Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)}

26 June 1694

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