discoverers of dysprosium

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Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran

full name | Paul-Émile François Lecoq de Boisbaudran date of birth | Wednesday, April 18, 1838 (182 years ago) place of birth | Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France date of death | Tuesday, May 28, 1912 (age: 74 years) (108 years ago) place of death | Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, also called François Lecoq de Boisbaudran (18 April 1838 - 28 May 1912), was a French chemist known for his discoveries of the chemical elements gallium, samarium and dysprosium. He developed methods for separation and purification of the rare earth elements and was one of the pioneers of the science of spectroscopy.

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