Swedish chemistry than his brother Johan. While Ekeberg was Jacob Berzelius
main teacher in Chemistry, it was under Pehr Afzelius supervision that Berzelius
obtained his M.D. degree in 1802 with a thesis on the medical effects of electricity.
Pehr von Afzelius died on December 2, 1843.
11.4.20 Carl Didrik Hierta
Hierta [61] was born in 1758 in the Västergötland province and came from a noble
family with strong military traditions. He defended his thesis de analysi lithomargæ
(Sect. 25.6) in June 1782, and obtained his master degree the same year. By the
time he presented his thesis, he held the Gyllenhjelm scholarship, established in
1629, and which as of 2019 is still awarded to students at Uppsala University. After
Bergman’s death, he was appointed assistant (laborator) to Bergman’s successor,
Afzelius in 1785. In 1798 he obtained an important administrative position at the
Fig. 11.8 Pehr von Afzelius. Oil painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg. Photo Nationalmuseum,
Stockholm
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main teacher in Chemistry, it was under Pehr Afzelius supervision that Berzelius
obtained his M.D. degree in 1802 with a thesis on the medical effects of electricity.
Pehr von Afzelius died on December 2, 1843.
11.4.20 Carl Didrik Hierta
Hierta [61] was born in 1758 in the Västergötland province and came from a noble
family with strong military traditions. He defended his thesis de analysi lithomargæ
(Sect. 25.6) in June 1782, and obtained his master degree the same year. By the
time he presented his thesis, he held the Gyllenhjelm scholarship, established in
1629, and which as of 2019 is still awarded to students at Uppsala University. After
Bergman’s death, he was appointed assistant (laborator) to Bergman’s successor,
Afzelius in 1785. In 1798 he obtained an important administrative position at the
Fig. 11.8 Pehr von Afzelius. Oil painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg. Photo Nationalmuseum,
Stockholm
11.4 Bergman’s Students
183