Discoverer
1
H
Hydrogen
Henry Cavendish
2
He
Helium
Sir Edward Frankland
Pierre Janssen
Normal Lockver
3
Li
Lithium
Augustus Matthiessen
Johan August Arfwedson
Robert Bunsen
4
Be
Beryllium
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
Antonie A B Bussy
Friedrich Wöhler
5
B
Boron
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Louis-Jacques Thenard
Humphry Davy
6
C
Carbon
Prehistorics
7
N
Nitrogen
Daniel Rutherford
Antonie Laurent Lavoisier
8
O
Oxygen
Joseph Priestley
9
F
Fluorine
Henri Moissan
10
Ne
Neon
Sir William Ramsay
Morris Willam Travers
11
Na
Sodium
Humphry Davy
12
Mg
Magnesium
Joseph Black
13
Al
Aluminium
Hans Christian Ørsted
14
Si
Silicon
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
15
P
Phosphorus
Hennig Brandt
16
S
Sulphur
Prehistoric
17
Cl
Chlorine
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
18
Ar
Argon
Lord Rayleigh
Sir William Ramsay
19
K
Potassium
Humphry Davy
20
Ca
Calcium
Humphry Davy
21
Sc
Scandium
Lars Fredrik Nilson
22
Ti
Titanium
William Gregor
Lars Fredrik Nilson
23
V
Vanadium
Andres Manuel Del Rio
Nils Gabriel Sefström
24
Cr
Chromium
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
25
Mn
Manganese
Johan Gottilieb Gahn
26
Fe
Iron
Prehistoric
27
Co
Cobalt
Georg Brandt
28
Ni
Nickel
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
29
Cu
Copper
Prehistoric
30
Zn
Zinc
Prehistoric
31
Ga
Galium
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
32
Ge
Germanium
Clemens Alexander Winkler
33
As
Arsenic
Saint Albertus Magnus
34
Se
Selenium
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
35
Br
Bromine
Carl Jacob Löwig
Antonie Jérôme Balard
36
Kr
Krypton
Sir William Ramsay
Morris William Travers
37
Rb
Rubidium
Gustav Kirchhoff
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
38
Sr
Strontium
Adair Crawford
Humphry Davy
39
Y
Yttrium
Adair Crawford
Humphry Davy
40
Zr
Zirconium
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Humphry Davy
41
Nb
Niobium
Charles Hatchett
42
Mo
Molybdenum
Peter Jacob Hjelm
43
Tc
Technetium
Carlo Perrier
Emilio Segrè
44
Ru
Ruthenium
Gottfried Osann
Jędrzej Śniadecki
Karl Karlovich Klaus
45
Rh
Rhodium
William Hyde Wollaston
46
Pd
Palladium
William Hyde Wollaston
47
Ag
Silver
Prehistoric
48
Cd
Cadmium
Friedrich Stromeyer
49
In
Indium
Ferdinand Reich
Hieronymus Theodor Richter
50
Sn
Tin
Prehistoric
51
Sb
Antimony
Prehistoric
52
Te
Tellurium
Prehistoric
53
I
Iodine
Bernard Courtois
54
Xe
Xenon
Sir William Ramsay
Morris William Travers
55
Cs
Caesium
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Gustav Kirchhoff
56
Ba
Barium
Humphry Davy
57
La
Lanthanum
Carl Gustaf Mosander
58
Ce
Cerium
Wilhelm Hisinger
William Francis Hillebrand
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Thomas H. Norton
59
Pr
Praseodymium
Carl Gustaf Mosander
60
Nd
Neodymium
Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach
61
Pm
Promethium
Jacob A Marinsky
Lawrence Glendenin
Charles D Coryell
62
Sm
Samarium
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
63
Eu
Europium
Eugéne Anatole Demarcay
64
Gd
Gadolinium
Jean-Charles-Galissard de Marignac
65
Tb
Terbium
Carl Gustaf Mosander
66
Dy
Dysprosium
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
67
Ho
Holmium
Marc Delafontaine
Per Teodor Cleve
Jacques-Louis Soret
68
Er
Erbium
Carl Gustaf Mosander
69
Tm
Thulium
Per Teodor Cleve
70
Yb
Ytterbium
Jean-Charles-Galinard de Marignac
71
Lu
Lutetium
Georges Urbain
Charles James
72
Hf
Hafnium
Georg Von Hevesy
Dirk Coster
73
Ta
Tantalum
Charles Hatchett
74
W
Tungsten
Juan José Elhuyar
Fausto Elhuyar
75
Re
Rhenium
Otto Berg
Ida Noddack
Walter Noddack
76
Os
Osmium
Smithson Tennant
William Hyde Wollaston
77
Ir
Iridium
Smithson Tennant
78
Pt
Platinum
Antonio de Ulloa
79
Au
Gold
Prehistoric
80
Hg
Mercury
Prehistoric
81
Tl
Thallium
William Crookes
82
Pb
Lead
Prehistoric
83
Bi
Bismuth
Prehistoric
84
Po
Polonium
Marie Curie
85
At
Astatine
Dale R Corson
86
Rn
Radon
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
87
Fr
Francium
Marguerite Perey
88
Ra
Radium
Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
89
Ac
Actinium
André-Louis Debierne
90
Th
Thorium
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
91
Pa
Protactinium
John Arnold Cranston
Oswald Helmuth Göhring
Lise Meitner
Alexander Fleck
Otto Hahn
Kasimir Fajans
Frederick Soddy
92
U
Uranium
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
93
Np
Neptunium
Edwin McMillan
Philip Hauge Abelson
94
Pu
Plutonium
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
94
Am
Americium
Ralph Arthur James
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn Seaborg
Leon O Morgan
96
Cm
Curium
Ralph Arthur James
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn Seaborg
97
Bk
Berkelium
Stanley Gerald Thompson
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn Seaborg
98
Cf
Californium
Stanley Gerald Thompson
Albert Ghiorso
Kenneth_Street_Jr.
Glenn Seaborg
99
Es
Einsteinium
Stanley Gerald Thompson
Albert Ghiorso
Bernard G Harvey
Gregory R Choppin
100
Fm
Fermium
Stanley Gerald Thompson
Albert Ghiorso
Bernard G Harvey
Gregory R Choppin
101
Md
Mendelevium
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn Seaborg
102
No
Nobelium
Albert Ghiorso
John R Walton
TorbjØrn Sikkeland
Glenn Seaborg
103
Lw
Lawrencium
Stanley Gerald Thompson
Albert Ghiorso
Gregory R Choppin
Bernard G Harvey
104
Rf
Rutherfordium
Albert Ghiorso
105
Db
Dubnium
Albert Ghiorso
106
Sg
Seaborgium
Albert Ghiorso
107
Bh
Bohrium
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Muzenburg
108
Hs
Hassium
Peter Armbruster
109
Mt
Meitnerium
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Muzenburg
110
Ds
Darmstadtium
Sigurd Hofmann
111
Rg
Roentgenium
Sigurd Hofmann
112
Cn
Copernicium
Sigurd Hofmann
113
Nh
Nihonium
Sigurd Hofmann
Kosuke Morita
114
Fl
Flerovium
Sigurd Hofmann
115
Mc
Moscovium
Yuri Oganessian
116
Lv
Livermorium
Yuri Oganessian
117
Ts
Tennessine
Yuri Oganessian
118
Og
Oganesson
Yuri Oganessian