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Carl Theodor Setterberg

1853 – 1941

Swedish apothecary, commerce chemist, and industrialist

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Lived 1853 – 1941 (aged 87). Carl Theodor Setterberg was a Swedish chemist, pharmacist and business executive.

Carl Theodor Setterberg (30 April 1853 in Järpås socken—7 April 1941 in Stockholm), was a Swedish apothecary, commerce chemist and industrialist. He passed the apothecary exam in 1876. 1879–1891, studied at University of Bonn, Heidelberg University and University of Jena, where he became PhD in 1881. He was a founding member of Svenska Uppfinnareföreningen (The Swedish Inventors' Association) together with Salomon August Andrée, Gustaf de Laval, Otto Fahnehjelm and Ernst August Wiman in 1886, where he became honorary commissioner in 1936.

Publications Ueber die Dastellung von Rubidium- und Cæsium-Verbindungen und über die Gewinnung der Metalle selbst (1881) Om några cesium- och rubidiumföreningar (1882) Vanadinmetallen, dess framställning och fysikaliska egenskaper (1883)

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Swedish apothecary, commerce chemist, and industrialist

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Carl Theodor Setterberg was born on 30 April 1853.

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Carl Theodor Setterberg died on 7 April 1941 in Stockholm.

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Carl Theodor Setterberg was a chemist, pharmacist and business executive.

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Carl Theodor Setterberg was Swedish.

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· Wikipedia: Carl Theodor Setterberg

· Wikidata: Q5749325

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