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Brandt, Georg (1694–1768)
Swedish chemist who discovered, isolated, and named cobalt in 1730. Brandt was a research director for the Council of Mines, Stockholm, and later became the warden of the Swedish Mint. He rejected alchemy and discredited many spurious processes for the production of gold.
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