What is Carl Wilhelm Scheele?
[[File:Carl Wilhelm Scheele from Familj-Journalen1874.png|thumb|Carl Wilhelm Scheele]] [[File:Scheeles apotek och bostad i Köping..jpg|thumb|Scheele's house with his pharmacy in [[Köping, Sweden|Köping]].]] '''Carl Wilhelm Scheele''' (December 9, 1742 - May 21, 1786) a [[Germany|German]]-[[Sweden|Swedish]] pharmaceutical chemist, born in [[Stralsund]], Western [[Pomerania]], [[Germany]] (at the time under Swedish rule), was the discoverer of many chemical substances, most notably discovering [[oxygen]] before [[Joseph Priestley]] and [[chlorine]] before [[Humphry Davy]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheele, Carl Wilhelm}} [[Category:1742 births]] [[Category:1786 deaths]] [[Category:German chemists]] [[Category:People from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] [[Category:Swedish scientists]]