Karl Wilhelm Scheele(1742-1786)
A self taught Swedish chemist and pharmacist. He was the first to identify and prepare Oxygen. He also discovered chlorine and isolated phosphorus. He described the effect of light on certain silver salts which led to the invention of photography after 50 years. As he didn't have an academic position, he didn't receive the recognition he deserved.
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