Lars Fredrik Svanberg x Johannes Rosenbrock

Lars Fredrik Svanberg (13 May 1805 – 16 July 1878) was a

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chemist and mineralogist.

Life

He was born on 13 May 1805 in

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, Sweden, as the son of

Jöns Svanberg Jöns Svanberg (1771–1851) was a Swedish clergyman and natural scientist. Life He was born on 6 July 1771 in Ytterbyn, Sweden and died on 15 January 1851 in Uppsala, Sweden. Career He entered Uppsala University at the age of 16. He r ...

. He was married twice. In 1836, he married Augusta Roth and in 1859, Baroness Frederica Augusta Stiernstedt. He died on 16 July 1878 in Uppsala, Sweden.

Career

He was a student of

Jöns Jacob Berzelius Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (; 20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius became a memb ...

. From 1853 to 1874, he was the professor of chemistry at

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

. In 1839, he became a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

. He also had a military career, and was appointed second lieutenant in the Swedish Navy Mechanical Corps. His duties were the quality control of cannon and iron produced for the

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Honours

The mineral

Svanbergite Svanbergite is a colorless, yellow or reddish mineral with the chemical formula strontium, Sraluminum, Al3(phosphorus, Poxygen, O4)(sulfur, SO4)(Ohydrogen, H)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foor ...

is named after him.

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1805 births 1878 deaths Swedish chemists Swedish mineralogists Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Swedish Navy officers 19th-century Swedish military personnel Burials at Uppsala old cemetery {{Sweden-scientist-stub