Johann August Arfvedson (
January 12,
1792 -
October 28,
1841),
Swedish chemist and the discoverer of
lithium (
1817). Arfvedson was a student of notable Swedish chemist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius, and the rare
mineral arvedsonite[?] was named after him.
See also: List of Swedes, List of Swedish scientists, List of chemists