Andrés Manuel del Río

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Andrés Manuel del Río was a Spanish-Mexican mineralogist and chemist best known for being the first to identify the element later named vanadium.

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instanceOf chemist
mineralogist
person
birthCountry Spain NERFINISHED
birthDate 1764-11-10
birthPlace Madrid NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
citizenship Mexico NERFINISHED
Spain
deathCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
deathDate 1849-03-23
deathPlace Mexico City NERFINISHED
discovered vanadium (initially named pancromium and erythronium) NERFINISHED
educatedAt Alcalá University NERFINISHED
Royal Seminary of Nobles in Madrid NERFINISHED
École des Mines de Paris NERFINISHED
elementIdentifiedFrom lead ore from Zimapán, Mexico
employer Royal College of Mining in Mexico NERFINISHED
era 18th century
19th century
familyName del Río NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
mineralogy
givenName Andrés NERFINISHED
hasGender male
initialNameOfVanadium erythronium
pancromium
knownFor first identification of the chemical element later named vanadium
languageOfWorkOrName French
Spanish
movedTo New Spain NERFINISHED
name Andrés Manuel del Río NERFINISHED
nationality Mexican
Spanish
notableWork early classification of Mexican minerals
occupation professor of mineralogy
residence Mexico NERFINISHED
studiedUnder Antoine Lavoisier NERFINISHED
Claude Louis Berthollet NERFINISHED
René Just Haüy NERFINISHED
taughtSubject chemistry
mineralogy
workLocation Mexico City NERFINISHED
yearMovedToNewSpain 1794

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Vanadium discoveredBy Andrés Manuel del Río