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Christian Friedrich Schönbein

German-Swiss chemist, discoverer of guncotton and ozone (1799-1868)

  • Fame53.5
  • Momentum5.8
  • Wikipedia1.2K
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Lived 1799–1868, aged 69Switzerland
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  • Era
    1799–1868
    Aged 69
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Updated 2026-06-09

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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