Lars Fredrik Nilson

<p>Lars Fredrik Nilson  (27 May 1840 – 14 May 1899) was a <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Swedish</a> <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a>, professor at <a href="/facts/Uppsala_University/zQbWhyqc">Uppsala University</a>, and later Director of the Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station at the <a href="/facts/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Agriculture_and_Forestry/f2FYwm22">Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry</a> in <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a>.  
</p><p>He discovered the element <a href="/facts/Scandium/TJRt1chg">scandium</a> in 1879, by separating out <a href="/facts/Scandium(III)_oxide/c7qvXDxg">scandium(III) oxide</a>, also known as scandia.: 550  In addition to his work concerning the <a href="/facts/Analytic_chemistry/MHQf3YP6">analytic chemistry</a> of elements and <a href="/facts/Rare_earths/PQSUQumk">rare earths</a>, he made substantial contributions to Swedish agriculture, including methods of fertilization and the introduction of <a href="/facts/Sugar_beets/Rzcof5lb">sugar beets</a> as a crop.
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Lars Fredrik Nilson