caption death_date death_place work_institution birth_place birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
christian wilhelm blomstrand 5 november 1897 lund , sweden university of lund växjö , småland , sweden 20 october 1826 portrait of christian wilhelm blomstrand in lund sweden.jpg christian wilhelm blomstrand
 christian wilhelm blomstrand university of lund
christian wilhelm blomstrand

christian wilhelm blomstrand -lrb- 20 october 1826 -- 5 november 1897 -rrb- was a swedish mineralogist and chemist .
blomstrand was born in växjö , sweden and studied chemistry at the university of lund , where he received his ph.d in 1850 and his habilitation in 1854 .
after an expedition to spitsbergen and a being a lecturer at the elementary technical school of malmö .
he became professor for chemistry 1862 at the university of lund .
blomstrand was a member of the royal swedish academy of sciences from 1861 .
the island blomstrandhalvøya and the glacier blomstrandbreen on spitsbergen are named after him .
