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Paul Kitaibel

* 1757 in Nagymarton, Hungary
+ 1817 in Budapest


   

Paul Kitaibel

  Pál Kitaibel was a Hungarian botanist and chemist.
He studied the flora and hydrography of Hungary.
In 1789 he discovered the element tellurium,
but later gave the credit to Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740–1825) who had actually discovered it in 1782.


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