Christian Friedrich Schönbein

German-Swiss chemist, discoverer of guncotton and ozone (1799-1868) · Switzerland · Scientists · Died at 68

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Christian Friedrich Schönbein HFRSE was a German-Swiss chemist who is best known for inventing the fuel cell (1838) at the same time as William Robert Grove and his discoveries of guncotton and ozone. He also created the concept of geochemistry in 1838.

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The Letters of Jöns Jakob Berzelius and Christian Friedrich Schönbein 1836 1847, London 1900

Awards

Royal Order of Vasa

Honorary Doctor of the University of Freiburg

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Basel

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Child: Fanny Rognon-Schönbein

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Country

Switzerland

Scientists from Switzerland 6

George de Mestral52.2

Gaspard Bauhin51.4

Paul Wild52.3

Michael Grätzel51.4

Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux53.3 Philippe Dufour51.2

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