Charles Hatchett

Charles Hatchett
Born(1765-01-02)2 January 1765
Died10 March 1847(1847-03-10) (aged 82)
Chelsea, London, UK
Known forDiscovery of niobium
Scientific career
InstitutionsBritish Museum

Charles Hatchett FRS FRSE (2 January 1765 – 10 March 1847[1]) was an English mineralogist and analytical chemist who discovered the element niobium, for which he proposed the name "columbium".[2]

Hatchett was elected a Fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1795,[3] and of the Royal Society in 1797.[2][4] Hatchett was elected to the Literary Club in London in 1809 and became its treasurer in 1829.[2]

  1. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: MAR 1847 III 40 CHELSEA – Charles Hatchett, age unknown
  2. ^ a b c Griffith, William P.; Morris, Peter J. T. (2003). "Charles Hatchett FRS (1765–1847), Chemist and Discoverer of Niobium". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 57 (3): 299–316. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2003.0216. JSTOR 3557720. S2CID 144857368.
  3. ^ Wisniak, Jaime (October 2015). "Charles Hatchett: The discoverer of niobium". Educación Química. 26 (4): 346–355. doi:10.1016/j.eq.2015.07.004.
  4. ^ "Fellows details". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2019.