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Jons Jakob Berzelius (Sweden) in 1815 observed a new oxide in a mineral and proposed the name thorium for the metal.

In 1824 Berzelius renounced to this hypothesis.

But in 1829, after new studies he published a scientific article about the new element thorium.

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