Element | Discovered By |
Aluminum | Hans Christian Oersted |
Americium | Glenn T. Seaborg Ralph A. James Leon O. Morgan Albert Ghiorso |
Antimony | Known since ancient times |
Argon | Sir William Ramsay Lord Rayleigh |
Arsenic | Known since ancient times |
Barium | Sir Humphry Davy |
Berkelium | Stanley G. Thompson Glenn T. Seaborg Kenneth Street, Jr. Albert Ghiorso |
Bismuth | Claude Geoffroy the Younger |
Bohrium | Scientists at Dubna, Russia |
Boron | Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac Louis-Jaques Thénard Sir Humphry Davy |
Bromine | Antoine-Jérôme Balard |
Cadmium | Friedrich Strohmeyer |
Calcium | Sir Humphry Davy |
Californium | Stanley G. Thompson Glenn T. Seaborg Kenneth Street, Jr. Albert Ghiorso |
Carbon | Known since ancient times |
Cerium | Jöns Jacob Berzelius Wilhelm von Hisinger Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
Cesium | Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Gustav Robert Kirchoff |
Chlorine | Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
Chromium | Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin |
Cobalt | Georg Brandt |
Copper | Known since ancient times |
Dysprosium | Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
Einsteinium | Albert Ghiorso et. al. |
Europium | Eugène-Antole Demarçay |
Fluorine | Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan |
Francium | Marguerite Catherine Perey |
Gadolinium | Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
Gallium | Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
Germanium | Clemens Winkler |
Gold | Know to the Ancients |
Helium | Pierre-Jules-César Janssen |
Holmium | Per Theodor Cleve |
Hydrogen | Henry Cavendish |
Indium | Ferdinand Reich Hieronymus Theodor Richter |
Iodine | Barnard Courtois |
Iridium | Smithson Tennant |
Iron | Known since ancient times |
Krypton | Sir William Ramsay Morris M. Travers |
Lanthanum | Carl Gustaf Mosander |
Lead | Known since ancient times |
Lithium | Johann August Arfvedson |
Lutetium | Georges Urbain |
Magnesium | Sir Humphry Davy |
Manganese | Johan Gottlieb Gahn |
Meitnerium | Peter Armbruster Gottfried Münzenber |
Mercury | Known since ancient times |
Molybdenum | Carl Welhelm Scheele |
Neodymium | Carl F. Auer von Welsbach |
Neon | Sir William Ramsay Morris M. Travers |
Neptunium | Edwin M. McMillian Philip H. Abelson |
Nickel | Axel Fredrik Cronstedt |
Niobium | Charles Hatchett |
Nitrogen | Daniel Rutherford |
Osmium | Smithson Tennant |
Oxygen | Joseph Priestley |
Palladium | William Hyde Wollaston |
Phosphorus | Hennig Brand |
Platinum | Known to pre-Columbian Indians Antonio de Ulloa |
Plutonium | Glenn T. Seaborg Joseph W. Kennedy Edward M. McMillan Arthur C. Wohl |
Polonium | Marie Sklodowska Curie |
Potassium | Sir Humphry Davy |
Protactinium | Kasimir Fajans O.H. Göhring |
Radium | Marie Sklodowska Curie Pierre Curie |
Radon | Friedrich Ernst Dorn |
Rhenium | Ida Tacke-Noddack Walter Noddack Otto Carl Berg |
Rhodium | William Hyde Wollaston |
Rubidium | Robert Bunsen Gustav Kirchhoff |
Ruthenium | Karl Karlovich Klaus |
Samarium | Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
Scandium | Lars Fredrik Nilson |
Seaborgium | Albert Ghiorso et. al. |
Selenium | Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
Silicon | Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
Silver | Known since ancient times |
Sodium | Sir Humphry Davy |
Strontium | Adair Crawford |
Sulfur | Known since ancient times |
Tantalum | Anders Gustaf Ekenberg |
Tellurium | Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein |
Terbium | Carl Gustaf Mosander |
Thallium | Sir William Crookes |
Thorium | Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
Thulium | Per Theodor Cleve |
Tin | Known since ancient times |
Titanium | The Reverend William Gregor |
Tungsten | Juan José Fausto Elhuyar |
Uranium | Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
Vanadium | Andrés Manuel del Rio Nils Gabriel Sefstrôm |
Xenon | Sir William Ramsay Morris M. Travers |
Ytterbium | Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
Yttrium | Johan Gadolin |
Zinc | Known since ancient times |