Everything about Torbern Olof Bergman totally explained
Torbern Olof Bergman (
March 20,
1735 Katrineberg,
Sweden, –
July 8,
1784 Medevi,
Sweden) was a
Swedish chemist and
mineralogist noted for his 1775
Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest
chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the first chemist to use the A, B, C, etc., system of notation for
chemical species.
He was the son of Barthold Bergman and Sara Hägg. Torbern gained his education at the
University of Uppsala, and received a
Ph.D. in
1758. He then lectured at the university in
physics and
mathematics before becoming a
professor of
chemistry. He remained at this position for the rest of his life.
Bergman greatly contributed to the advancement of
quantitative analysis, and he developed a mineral classification scheme based on chemical characteristics and appearance. He is noted for his research on the chemistry of
metals, especially
bismuth and
nickel.
In 1771, four years after
Joseph Priestley first created artificially
carbonated water, Bergman invented a process to make carbonated water from chalk by the action of
sulfuric acid. Finally he's noted for his sponsorship of
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, whom some deem to be Torbern's "greatest discovery".
In 1771, he married Margareta Catharina Trast.
Publications
- A Dissertation on Elective Attractions, 1775.
- Essays, Physical and Chemical, 1779–1781.
- Physick Beskrifning Ofver Jordklotet, 1766.
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