Who discovered the element gold, silver, copper, neon, etc...?

Below is a list of all of the known elements, who they were discovered by
and the year they were discovered. Some elements, such as gold, silver and
iron, have been known since ancient times, so it is impossible to credit a
single person for their discovery. Other elements were discovered around the
same time by two or more scientists who were working independently of
each other. In these cases, each scientist is listed along with the year they
made their discovery. Other elements were discovered by teams of scientists
working together. In cases like this, the known members of the team are
listed along with a single year of discovery. Click on an element's name for
the full story!
Element Name Discovered By
Actinium
Andr-Louis Debierne
Aluminum
Hans Christian Oersted
Americium
Glenn T. Seaborg
Ralph A. James
Leon O. Morgan
Albert Ghiorso
Antimony
Known since ancient times
Argon
Sir William Ramsay
Lord Rayleigh
Arsenic
Known since ancient times
Astatine
Dale R. Carson
K.R. MacKenzie
Emilio Segr
Barium
Sir Humphry Davy
Berkelium
Stanley G. Thompson
Glenn T. Seaborg
Kenneth Street, Jr.
Albert Ghiorso
Beryllium
Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin
Bismuth
Claude Geoffroy the Younger
Bohrium
Scientists at Dubna, Russia
Boron
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
Louis-Jaques Thnard
Sir Humphry Davy
Bromine
Antoine-Jrme Balard
Cadmium
Friedrich Strohmeyer
Calcium
Sir Humphry Davy
Californium
Stanley G. Thompson
Glenn T. Seaborg
Kenneth Street, Jr.
Albert Ghiorso

Year
1899
1825
1944

?
1894
?
1940

1808
1949

1798
1753
1976
1808
1808
1826
1817
1808
1950

Carbon
Cerium

Known since ancient times

Jns Jacob Berzelius
Wilhelm von Hisinger
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Cesium
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Gustav Robert Kirchoff
Chlorine
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Chromium
Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin
Cobalt
Georg Brandt
Copernicium
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Mnzenber
Copper
Known since ancient times
Curium
Glenn T. Seaborg
Ralph A. James
Albert Ghiorso
Darmstadtium Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Mnzenber
Dubnium
Scientists at Dubna, Russia
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Dysprosium
Paul-mile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Einsteinium
Albert Ghiorso et. al.
Erbium
Carl Gustaf Mosander
Europium
Eugne-Antole Demaray
Fermium
Albert Ghiorso et. al.
Fluorine
Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan
Francium
Marguerite Catherine Perey
Gadolinium
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Gallium
Paul-mile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Germanium
Clemens Winkler
Gold
Know to the Ancients
Hafnium
Dirk Coster
Charles de Hevesy
Hassium
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Mnzenber
Helium
Pierre-Jules-Csar Janssen
Holmium
Per Theodor Cleve
Hydrogen
Henry Cavendish
Indium
Ferdinand Reich
Hieronymus Theodor Richter
Iodine
Barnard Courtois
Iridium
Smithson Tennant
Iron
Known since ancient times
Krypton
Sir William Ramsay
Morris M. Travers
Lanthanum
Carl Gustaf Mosander

?
1803
1803
1860
1774
1797
1739
1996
?
1944

1994
1967
1970
1886
1952
1843
1896
1952
1886
1939
1880
1875
1886
?
1923
1984
1868
1879
1766
1863
1811
1803
?
1898
1839

Lawrencium

Albert Ghiorso
Torbjrn Sikkeland
Almon E. Larsh
Robert M. Latimer
Lead
Known since ancient times
Lithium
Johann August Arfvedson
Lutetium
Georges Urbain
Magnesium
Sir Humphry Davy
Manganese
Johan Gottlieb Gahn
Meitnerium
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Mnzenber
Mendelevium Stanley G. Thompson
Glenn T. Seaborg
Bernard G. Harvey
Gregory R. Choppin
Albert Ghiorso
Mercury
Known since ancient times
Molybdenum Carl Welhelm Scheele
Neodymium
Carl F. Auer von Welsbach
Neon
Sir William Ramsay
Morris M. Travers
Neptunium
Edwin M. McMillian
Philip H. Abelson
Nickel
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Niobium
Charles Hatchett
Nitrogen
Daniel Rutherford
Nobelium
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn T. Seaborg
Torbrn Sikkeland
John R. Walton
Osmium
Smithson Tennant
Oxygen
Joseph Priestley
Palladium
William Hyde Wollaston
Phosphorus
Hennig Brand
Platinum
Known to pre-Columbian Indians
Antonio de Ulloa
Plutonium
Glenn T. Seaborg
Joseph W. Kennedy
Edward M. McMillan
Arthur C. Wohl
Polonium
Marie Sklodowska Curie
Potassium
Sir Humphry Davy
Praseodymium Carl F. Auer von Welsbach
Promethium
Jacob A. Marinsky
Lawrence E. Glendenin
Charles D. Coryell

1961

?
1817
1907
1808
1774
1982
1955

?
1778
1885
1898
1940
1751
1801
1772
1958

1803
1774
1803
1669
?
1735
1941

1898
1807
1885
1944

Protactinium

Kasimir Fajans
1913
O.H. Ghring
Radium
Marie Sklodowska Curie
1898
Pierre Curie
Radon
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1900
Rhenium
Ida Tacke-Noddack
1925
Walter Noddack
Otto Carl Berg
Rhodium
William Hyde Wollaston
1803
Roentgenium Peter Armbruster
1994
Gottfried Mnzenber
Rubidium
Robert Bunsen
1861
Gustav Kirchoff
Ruthenium
Karl Karlovich Klaus
1844
Rutherfordium Scientists at Dubna, Russia
1964
Albert Ghiorso et. al.
1969
Samarium
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac 1853
Scandium
Lars Fredrik Nilson
1879
Seaborgium
Albert Ghiorso et. al.
1974
Selenium
Jns Jacob Berzelius
1817
Silicon
Jns Jacob Berzelius
1824
Silver
Known since ancient times
?
Sodium
Sir Humphry Davy
1807
Strontium
Adair Crawford
1790
Sulfur
Known since ancient times
?
Tantalum
Anders Gustaf Ekenberg
1802
Technetium
Carlo Perrier
1937
Emilio Segr
Tellurium
Franz Joseph Mller von Reichenstein 1782
Terbium
Carl Gustaf Mosander
1843
Thallium
Sir William Crookes
1861
Thorium
Jns Jacob Berzelius
1828
Thulium
Per Theodor Cleve
1879
Tin
Known since ancient times
?
Titanium
The Reverend William Gregor
1791
Tungsten
Juan Jos
1783
Fausto Elhuyar
Ununhexium
Scientists at Dubna, Russia
2001
Ununoctium
Y. T. Oganessian et. al.
2006
Ununpentium Y. T. Oganessian et. al.
2004
Ununquadium Scientists at Dubna, Russia
1998
Ununseptium Not Yet Produced
NA
Ununtrium
Y. T. Oganessian et. al.
2004
Uranium
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1789

Vanadium
Xenon
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium

Andrs Manuel del Rio

Nils Gabriel Sefstrm
Sir William Ramsay
Morris M. Travers
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Johan Gadolin
Known since ancient times
Martin Heinrich Klaproth

1801
1830
1898
1878
1789
?
1789