Friedrich Stromeyer

Friedrich Stromeyer
Friedrich Stromeyer
Born	(1776-08-02)2 August 1776 Göttingen, Electorate of Hanover
Died	18 August 1835(1835-08-18) (aged 59) Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Göttingen
Known for	discovering Cadmium
Scientific career
Fields	Chemist
Institutions	University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor	Johann Friedrich Gmelin Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
Doctoral students	Robert Bunsen Eilhard Mitscherlich

Friedrich Stromeyer FRS(For) FRSE (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium.

From 1982 a Friedrich Stromeyer Prize has been awarded for chemical achievement in Germany.^[1]