Axel Fredrik Cronstedt:
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist.
Birth:
December 23, 1722 in Turinge, Sweden
Death:
August 19, 1765 in Säter, Sweden
Claim to Fame:
Cronstedt was a Swedish chemist who discovered the element nickel. He described the metal as kupfernickel or "the Devil's copper". He tried to develop an procedure involving the use of blowpipes for analyzing the composition of minerals.
