Who Discovered Cobalt (Co)?

Georg Brandt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt.He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times.
Brandt, was born in Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg parish, Västmanland to Jurgen Brandt, a mineowner and pharmacist, and Katarina Ysing.

• Born: 26 June 1694, Riddarhyttan
• Died: 29 April 1768 (Aged 73) Stockholm (Prostate Cancer)
• Nationality: Swedish
• Fields: Chemistry, Mineralogy
• Institution: Uppsala University
• Known For: Discovering Cobalt.
• Date of Discovery: 1937 (No exact Date)

Cobalt(Co)

Is a Chemical Element with a Symbol CO and atomic number [27], [58.93].
Cobalt is found naturally only in chemically combined form. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.

• Name: Cobalt
• Symbol: Co
• Number: 27
• Color: Metallic Gray
• Phase: Solid
• Group: 9
• Period: 4
• Block: D
• Standard Atomic Weight: 58.933195(5)
• Type: Solid