Scheele

Schee·le

S0132300 (shā′lə), Carl Wilhelm 1742-1786. German-born Swedish chemist who independently discovered oxygen (c. 1772) before Joseph Priestley.

Scheele

(Swedish ˈʃeːlə) n (Biography) Karl Wilhelm (kɑːrl ˈvilhɛlm). 1742–86, Swedish chemist. He discovered oxygen, independently of Priestley, and many other substances

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Scheele - Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786)Karl Scheele, Karl Wilhelm Scheele