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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Bergman, Torbern Olof
BERGMAN, Torbern Olof, Swedish natural philosopher and chemist: b.
Torbern olof bergman biography of mahatma
Katharinberg, West Gothland, 20 March 1735; d. 1784. Sent to Upsala with a view to preparing either for the Church or the bar, he, disliking both, gave his attention to natural history, physics and mathematics. He soon made important discoveries in entomology and became noted as an astronomical observer.
In 1758 he became doctor of philosophy and professor of physics at Upsala. Upon the resignation of the celebrated Wallerius, Bergman was a candidate for the professorship of chemistry and mineralogy. His competitors charged him with ignorance of the subject, because he had never written on it.
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To refute them he shut himself up for some time in a laboratory, and prepared a treatise on the manufacture of alum, which is still considered as a standard work. In 1767 he became professor of chemistry, and devoted himself with ardor to this science.
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