August Nordenskiöld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish alchemist
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Place of Birth: Sipoo, Uusimaa, Finland
About August Nordenskiöld
- August Nordenskiöld or Nordenskjöld (6 February 1754 in Sipoo, Finland – 10 December 1792 in Sierra Leone, Africa) was a Finnish-Swedish alchemist and Swedenborgian critic of slavery. Nordenskiöld was the son of Carl Fredric Nordenskiöld and Märta Nordenskiöld, born Ramsay, and brother of Swedish Admiral Otto Henrik Nordenskiöld (1747–1842).
- He was educated at Turku before moving to Stockholm where he was influenced by Swedenborgianism.
- He was supported by the king of Sweden, Gustav III, in his efforts to find the Philosopher's Stone, in order to create gold.
- In 1782 he led Sweden's mining operations in Finland.
- He was also involved in an attempt, supported by Gustav III, to found an anti-slavery colony on the west coast of Africa.
- Nordenskiöld died in a violent clash between locals in Sierra Leone, where he had moved.
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