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THE HISTORY OF SILICON Baron Jons Jakob Berzelius was born near Linkoping in Sweden. He studied medicine at the University of Uppsala, but became interested in chemistry . He became a professor and lecturer at Stockholm in 1807. In 1808, he joined the Stockholm Academy of Sciences, and in 1815, started a 17 year career as a chemistry professor at the Carolin Medico-Chirurgical Institute, also in Stockholm. He became the permanent secretary of the Stockholm Academy of Sciences in 1818. Berzelius was the first person to isolate silicon in 1823, and thus he is credited with its discovery. Due to his contributions to science, he was named Baron by Charles XIV John (Swedish and Norwegian king) in 1835. Berzelius, an accomplished scientist, discovered cerium, selenium, and thorium, and was the first person able to isolate silicon, zirconium, and titanium. He created the chemical notation system which is still used, and also...

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