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Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
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<p>Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (13 December 1780 – 24 March 1849) was a German <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> who is known best for work that was suggestive of the <a href="/facts/Periodic_law/dI0mkSju">periodic law</a> for the <a href="/facts/Chemical_element/0jducgWD">chemical elements</a>, and for inventing the first <a href="/facts/Lighter/1RmolVYz">lighter</a>, which was known as the <a href="/facts/D%25C3%25B6bereiner%2527s_lamp/XBolbhxn">Döbereiner's lamp</a>. He became a professor of chemistry and pharmacy for the <a href="/facts/University_of_Jena/Kv3JXbEL">University of Jena</a>. </p>