Jean-Charles Galissard de Marignac

1817-1894

 

  He was the professor of chemistry at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, who discovered ytterbia and gadolinia and who conducted additional important research on the rare earths. He proved niobium and tantalum were not identical by separating their acids.  
 

  1. Photographs in Althofen, Austria

  2. Photographs in Geneva, Switzerland
 

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