It is named after Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, a Swedish chemist and mineralogist of the 18th century.
Swedish scientists also gave attention to the improvement of agriculture, with botanist Carl Linnaeus and agricultural chemist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius as the foremost representatives.
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