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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Andrés Manuel del Río canonical 2

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

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Vanadium → discoveredBy → Andrés Manuel del Río ⓘ
Andrés Manuel del Río → name → Andrés Manuel del Río ⓘ