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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemist
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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
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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
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19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | del Río NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| initialNameOfVanadium |
erythronium
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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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