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NAMES OF SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATED WITH DISCOVERIES OF
ELEMENTS OF PERIODIC TABLE
© Dr. John Andraos 2002 - 2005
Department of Chemistry, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ONTARIO M3J 1P3, CANADA
For suggestions, corrections, additional information, and comments please send e-mails to jandraos@yorku.ca

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Z, Element

Symbol

Discoverer

Dates

Nationality

Place and Date of
Discovery

1. Hydrogen

H

Cavendish,
Henry

1731 - 1810

British (b. Nice, France)

1766
London, England

2. Helium

He

Janssen, Pierre
Jules Cesar

1824 - 1907

French
(b. Paris, France)

1868

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103. Lawrencium Lr

18

Larsh, Almon E.
Sikkeland,
Torbjorn
Ghiorso, Albert
Latimer, Robert
M.

1915 -

American (b. Eagle Lake,
Texas, USA)

1955
Berkeley, California, USA

British (b. England)
American (b. Vallejo,
California, USA)
American (b. Ishpeming,
Michigan, USA)
1958
Berkeley, California, USA

1923 1915 1912 - 1999

American (b. Chicago
Heights, Illinois, USA)
American (b. Vallejo,
California, USA)
American (b. Ishpeming,
Michigan, USA)
1961
Berkeley, California, USA

1915 -

American (b. Vallejo,
California, USA)

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104.
Rutherfordium

105. Dubnium

Rf

Db

Flerov, G.N.
Zvara, I.I.
Ghiorso, Albert

Russian
Russian
American (b. Vallejo,
California, USA)

1964
Dubna, Russia
Berkeley, California, USA

Russian
American (b. Vallejo,
California, USA)

1967
Dubna, Russia
Berkeley, California, USA

American (b. Vallejo,
California, USA)
German, b. Dachau,
Germany

1974
Berkeley, California, USA
1981
Darmstadt, Germany

1935 -

German, b. Dachau,
Germany

1984
Darmstadt, Germany

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Th

Pa

U

Np

Pu

Am

Cm

Bk

Cf

Es

Fm

25

Md

No

Lr

PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS (BY COUNTRY OF DISCOVERY)

C
S
Fe

Cu

Zn

Ag
Pt

Au

Sn
Hg

Sb

Pb

Bi

References:
Emsley, John, The Elements, 3rd. ed., Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1998.
Bohlke, J.K.; De Bievre, P.; Hidika, H.; Pieser, H.S.; Rosman, K.J.R.; Taylor, P.D.P. Pure Appl. Chem. 2003, 75, 683 – 800, “Atomic weights of the elements: review 2000”.

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Magnusson, Magnus (ed.), Cambridge Biographical Dictionary, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 1990.

TIMELINE OF DISCOVERY OF ELEMENTS OF PERIODIC TABLE (ARRANGED BY YEAR OF DISCOVERY)
Year
Discovered
ANTIQUITY
ANTIQUITY
-5000
-3000
-3000
-2500
-2100
-1600
-1000
-1000
1250
1374
1500
1669
1700
1735
1751
1755
1766
1772
1774
1774
1774

Element Name
Carbon
Sulfur
Copper
Silver
Gold
Iron
Tin
Antimony
Mercury
Lead
Arsenic
Zinc
Bismuth
Phosphorus
Platinum
Cobald
Nickel
Magnesium
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Chlorine
Manganese

Element
Symbol