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Johan Gadolin
* 1760 in Åbo (finn. Turku)
+ 1852 in Virmo (finn. Mynämäki)
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Johan Gadolin was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist.
Gadolin discovered a "new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium,
which was later determined to be a chemical element.
2018 J. Giesen