Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1838

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jöns Jacob Berzelius, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Mulder discovers proteins; Berzelius names them

   1838

   Role: Swedish chemist who coined the term 'protein'

   1. 11838 · Laboratory contextMulder's Empirical Formula

      Mulder analyzed common proteins and found they shared the same empirical formula, leading to a hypothesis about their molecular structure.

   2. 21838 · Swedish Academy contextBerzelius Coins the Term

      Berzelius coined the term 'protein' in 1838, derived from Greek, to reflect the fundamental nature of these substances.

   3. 31838 · Publication contextMulder Uses the Term

      Following Berzelius's suggestion, Mulder used the term 'protein' in his 1838 paper on animal substances.

Sources

1. Protein Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
2. Jöns Jacob Berzelius Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25