page_title: Carl Wilhelm Scheele
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Wilhelm Scheele
caption_attribution_description: English: House of Carl Wilhelm Scheele in Köping, Sweden. From Swedish periodical "Ord och Bild" 1892. Svenska: Scheeles apotek och bostad i Köping, avbildning i "Ord och Bild" anno 1892.
context_page_description: Carl Wilhelm Scheele a German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist, born in Stralsund, Western Pomerania, Germany, was the discoverer of many chemical substances, most notably discovering oxygen before Joseph Priestley and chlorine before Humphry Davy.
context_section_description: Carl Wilhelm Scheele (December 9, 1742 - May 21, 1786) a German-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.
caption: Scheele's house with his pharmacy in Köping.
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