Nils Johan Berlin
Swedish Chemist
Died when: 79 years 312 days (958 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Nils Johan Berlin (Nils Johannes Berlin) (18 February 1812 – 27 December 1891) was a Swedish chemist and physician, who held various professorships at the University of Lund from 1843 to 1864.
Berlin was the first chemist who took the initiative to write a textbook on elementary science, the purpose being to provide basic science education for the general public.
His chemistry research emphasized the study of minerals, especially the newly-discovered rare earths, having devised means of separating yttrium and erbium.The mineral berlinite (a type of aluminium phosphate) is named after him.Berlin became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1844.
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