Berzelius,
Baron Jöns Jakob 1779-1848; Swed. chemist
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(bər-zēˈlē-əs, bĕr-sāˈlē-o͝osˌ), Baron Jöns Jakob 1779-1848.
Swedish chemist who published a table of atomic weights (1828); contributed to electrochemical theory; discovered cerium (1803), zirconium (1824), and titanium (1825); and isolated silicon (1823).
