doctoral_advisor death_date death_place work_institution birth_place field birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
jöns jacob berzelius 27 december 1891 stockholm , sweden university of lund härnösand , Ångermanland , sweden chemistry medicine 18 february 1812 nils johan berlin.jpg nils johan berlin
 nils johan berlin university of uppsala
nils johan berlin

nils johan berlin -lrb- nils johannes berlin -rrb- -lrb- 18 february 1812 -- 27 december 1891 -rrb- was a swedish chemist and physician .
he became a professor of chemistry at the university of lund in 1845 .
in 1862 the university offered him the position in the medical department which he accepted .
berlin was a member of the royal swedish academy of sciences from 1844 .
the mineral berlinite is named after him .
