Who Discovered Sulfur And In What Year?

Actually sulfur was discovered as an element by Hennig Brand and identified by Atoine Lavoisier around the time of 1669.

Henning brand discovered sulfur in 1669 in texas and its physical properties were researched by antoine Lavoisier

Most of the people believe that no body knows about the discoverer and the date of discovery of sulfur. On the other hand, many records show that Sulfur was discovered by Hennig Brand. It was identified by Antoine Lavoisier in the year 1777. The deposits of Sulfur were found in 1867 in Texas and Louisiana. Even sulfur was used by Chinese in the 6th century in the form of brimstone but it was not identified. As an element it was identified in 1777 and it's deposits were found in 1867.

The exact date of sulfur is not known but it was discovered in the ancient times. It is also referred in Genesis in Bible and Chinese also used Sulfur in the 6th Century BC. In the 3rd century Chinese discovered the process of isolation of sulfur from Pyrite. In 1044 AD sulfur was used as a major component in gun powder. In the year 1777, Antoine Lavoisier found out that it was an element not a compound.

Discovery of sulfur

Sulfur has atomic number 16, and it was discovered by Hennig Brand however, it was first identified by Antoine Lavoisier in 1777. Sulfur deposits were found in Louisiana and Texas in 1867. Interestingly, even in the 6th century, sulfur was used by Chinese as brimstone.

It was discovered in 1666 by Hennig Brand.  Antoine Lavoisier later identified it.

The declaration of independence in 1792

I thought it was called brimstone in the bible

Name one element smaller and one element larger than sulfur?

Apparently, the year and person(s) who discovered sulfur are unknown to science.  We do know it was used up to 2000 years before the birth of Christ by pagan priests.

Here is an excellent resource for you from Georgia University on the history of sulfur, as well as its many uses throughout history.  Good luck to you--hope this helps!

Discovery, History and Uses of Sulfur

Sulfur was discovered in 1666 by a guy named antoine lavoisier

Who do I believe? So many people say it was discovered by a person then some people say no one knows who discovered it D:

I checked, and there's no record on who descovered sulfur. It's said it was found in the 6th centry  B.C. (I have a project on this too.) Good Luck!