Peter Jacob Hjelm

Peter Jacob Hjelm
Born	October 2, 1746(1746-10-02) Sunnerbo Härad, Småland, Sweden
Died	October 7, 1813(1813-10-07) (aged 67) Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	University of Uppsala,

Peter Jacob Hjelm (2 Oct 1746 - 7 Oct 1813) was a Swedish chemist and the first person to isolate the element molybdenum in 1781, four years after its discovery.^[1]

Life

After his studies at the University of Uppsala he received his Ph.D. He became professor at the Mining academy and in 1782 he became head of the Royal Mint. From 1784 on he was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His last position was at the laboratory of the Ministry of Mining.

References

^ P. J. Hjelm (1788). "Versuche mit Molybdäna, und Reduction der selben Erde" (– ^{Scholar search}). Svenska vetensk. Academ. Handlingar 49: 268. http://dz1.gdz-cms.de/no_cache/dms/load/img/?IDDOC=168136.

Short biography (French)
Christoph Friedrich (1989). "Deutsch-schwedische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen an der Universität Greifswald zwischen 1770 und 1850 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Chemie und Pharmazie". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 12 (3): 177–192. doi:10.1002/bewi.19890120307. PMID 11629776.

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Name	Hjelm, Peter Jacob
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Date of birth	1746-10-02
Place of birth	Sunnerbo Härad, Småland, Sweden
Date of death	1813-10-07
Place of death	Stockholm, Sweden