| Elements Listed by Discoverer |
| Name |
Sym |
Atomic # |
 |
Known to the Ancients
|
| Antimony |
Sb |
51 |
| Sulphur |
S |
16 |
| Iron |
Fe |
26 |
| Copper |
Cu |
29 |
| Silver |
Ag |
47 |
| Tin |
Sn |
50 |
| Antimony |
Sb |
51 |
| Carbon |
C |
6 |
| Gold |
Au |
79 |
| Mercury |
Hg |
80 |
| Lead |
Pb |
82 |
| Bismuth |
Bi |
83 |
 |
Abelson, P.H. |
| Neptunium |
Np |
93 |
 |
Arfvedson, Johann |
| Lithium |
Li |
3 |
 |
Armbruster, Peter |
| Hassium |
Hs |
108 |
 |
Balard, Antoine J. |
| Bromine |
Br |
35 |
 |
Berg, Otto
|
| Rhenium |
Re |
75 |
 |
Berzelius, Jons Jacob |
| Silicon |
Si |
14 |
| Selenium |
Se |
34 |
| Cerium |
Ce |
58 |
| Thorium |
Th |
90 |
 |
de Boisbaudran, Paul emile Lecoq |
| Gallium |
Ga |
31 |
| Samarium |
Sm |
62 |
| Dysprosium |
Dy |
66 |
 |
Brand, Hennig |
| Phosphorus |
P |
15 |
 |
Brandt, George |
| Cobalt |
Co |
27 |
 |
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm |
| Rubidium |
Rb |
37 |
| Cesium |
Cs |
55 |
 |
Bussy, A.A. |
| Beryllium |
Be |
4 |
 |
Cavendish, Henry |
| Hydrogen |
H |
1 |
 |
Cleve, Pete Theodor |
| Thulium |
Tm |
69 |
| Helium |
He |
2 |
 |
Collet-Descoltils, H.V.
|
| Iridium |
Ir |
77 |
 |
Corson, D.R. |
| Astatine |
At |
85 |
 |
Coryell, C.D.
|
| Promethium |
Pm |
61 |
 |
Coster, Dirk |
| Hafnium |
Hf |
72 |
 |
Courtois, Bernard |
| Iodine |
I |
53 |
 |
Cranston, John
|
| Protactinium |
Pa |
91 |
 |
Crawford, A |
| Strontium |
Sr |
38 |
 |
Cronstedt, Axel |
| Nickel |
Ni |
28 |
 |
Crookes, Sir William |
| Thallium |
Tl |
81 |
 |
Curie, Pierre and Marie |
| Polonium |
Po |
84 |
| Radium |
Ra |
88 |
 |
Davy, Sir Humphrey |
| Sodium |
Na |
11 |
| Magnesium |
Mg |
12 |
| Potassium |
K |
19 |
| Calcium |
Ca |
20 |
| Barium |
Ba |
56 |
 |
Davy, H., Gay-Lussac, J.L., Thenard, L.J. |
| Boron |
B |
5 |
 |
Debierne, Andre |
| Actinium |
Ac |
89 |
 |
Demarcay, Eugene |
| Europium |
Eu |
63 |
 |
Dorn, Fredrich Ernst |
| Radon |
Rn |
86 |
 |
Ekeberg, Anders |
| Tantalum |
Ta |
73 |
 |
de Elhuyar, Fausto and Juan Jose |
| Tungsten |
W |
74 |
 |
Gadolin, Johann |
| Yttrium |
Y |
39 |
 |
Gahn, Johann |
| Manganese |
Mn |
25 |
 |
Ghiorso, A |
| Americium |
Am |
95 |
| Curium |
Cm |
96 |
| Berkelium |
Bk |
97 |
| Californium |
Cf |
98 |
| Einsteinium |
Es |
99 |
| Fermium |
Fm |
100 |
| Mendelevium |
Md |
101 |
| Nobelium |
No |
102 |
| Lawrencium |
Lr |
103 |
| Rutherfordium |
Rf |
104 |
 |
Glendenin, L.E.
|
| Promethium |
Pm |
61 |
 |
Gregor, William |
| Titanium |
Ti |
22 |
 |
GSI |
| Meitnerium |
Mt |
109 |
| Ununnillium |
Unu |
110 |
| Unununium |
Uuu |
111 |
| Ununbium |
Uub |
112 |
| Ununquadium |
Unq |
114 |
| Ununhexium |
Uuh |
116 |
| Ununoctium |
Uuo |
118 |
 |
Hahn, Otto |
| Protactinium |
Pa |
91 |
 |
Hatchet, Charles |
| Niobium |
Nb |
41 |
 |
von Hevesy, Georg |
| Hafnium |
Hf |
72 |
 |
von Hisinger, W. |
| Cerium |
Ce |
58 |
 |
Kennedy, Joseph .W. |
| Plutonium |
Pu |
94 |
 |
James, R.A.
|
| Americium |
Am |
95 |
| Curium |
Cm |
96 |
 |
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
|
| Dubnium |
Db |
105 |
| Seaborgium |
Sg |
106 |
 |
Kirchoff, G |
| Rubidium |
Rb |
37 |
| Cesium |
Cs |
55 |
 |
Klaproth, Martin |
| Zirconium |
Zr |
40 |
| Cerium |
Ce |
58 |
| Uranium |
U |
92 |
 |
Klaus, Karl |
| Ruthenium |
Ru |
44 |
 |
Langet, Nils
|
| Helium |
He |
2 |
 |
Larsh, A.E.
|
| Nobelium |
No |
102 |
| Lawrencium |
Lr |
103 |
 |
Latimer, R.M.
|
| Nobelium |
No |
102 |
| Lawrencium |
Lr |
103 |
 |
Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
|
| Seaborgium |
Sg |
106 |
| Bohrium |
Bh |
107 |
 |
MacKenzie, K.R.
|
| Astatine |
At |
85 |
 |
Magnus, Albertus
|
| Arsenic |
As |
33 |
 |
Marggraf, Andreas |
| Zinc |
Zn |
30 |
 |
de Marignac, Jean |
| Gadolinium |
Gd |
64 |
| Ytterbium |
Yb |
70 |
 |
Marinsky, J.A. |
| Promethium |
Pm |
61 |
 |
McMillan, E.M. |
| Neptunium |
Np |
93 |
| Plutonium |
Pu |
94 |
 |
Meitner, Lise |
| Protactinium |
Pa |
91 |
 |
Moissan, Henri |
| Fluorine |
F |
9 |
 |
Morgan, L.O.
|
| Americium |
Am |
95 |
 |
Mosander, Carl |
| Lanthanum |
La |
57 |
| Terbium |
Tb |
65 |
| Erbium |
Er |
68 |
 |
Munzenber, Gottfried |
| Hassium |
Hs |
108 |
 |
Nilson, Lars |
| Scandium |
Sc |
21 |
 |
Noddack, Ida Eva Tacke |
| Rhenium |
Re |
75 |
 |
Noddack, Walter |
| Rhenium |
Re |
75 |
 |
Oersted, Hans Christian |
| Aluminium |
Al |
13 |
 |
Perey, Marguerite Catherine |
| Francium |
Fr |
87 |
 |
Perrier, Carlo / Emilio, Segre |
| Technetium |
Tc |
43 |
 |
Priestley, Joseph |
| Oxygen |
O |
8 |
 |
Ramsey, Sir William and Travers, M.W. |
| Neon |
Ne |
10 |
| Argon |
Ar |
18 |
| Krypton |
Kr |
36 |
| Xenon |
Xe |
54 |
| Helium |
He |
2 |
 |
3rd Baron Rayleigh, John William Strutt, |
| Argon |
Ar |
18 |
 |
Reich, Ferdinand / Richter, H |
| Indium |
In |
49 |
 |
von Reichenstein, Franz Muller |
| Tellurium |
Te |
52 |
 |
Rutherford, Daniel |
| Nitrogen |
N |
7 |
 |
Scalinger, Julius |
| Platinum |
Pt |
78 |
 |
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm |
| Chlorine |
Cl |
17 |
| Molybdenum |
Mo |
42 |
| Oxygen |
O |
8 |
 |
Schroder, Johann |
| Arsenic |
As |
33 |
 |
Seaborg, G.T. |
| Plutonium |
Pu |
94 |
| Americium |
Am |
95 |
| Curium |
Cm |
96 |
| Berkelium |
Bk |
97 |
| Californium |
Cf |
98 |
| Mendelevium |
Md |
101 |
 |
Sefstrom, Nils |
| Vanadium |
V |
23 |
 |
Segre, E |
| Astatine |
At |
85 |
 |
Sikkeland, T
|
| Nobelium |
No |
102 |
| Lawrencium |
Lr |
103 |
 |
Soddy, Fredrich |
| Protactinium |
Pa |
91 |
 |
Soret, J.L. |
| Holmium |
Ho |
67 |
 |
Street Jr., K
|
| Californium |
Cf |
98 |
| Mendelevium |
Md |
101 |
 |
Stromeyer, Fredich |
| Cadmium |
Cd |
48 |
 |
Tenant, Smithson |
| Osmium |
Os |
76 |
| Iridium |
Ir |
77 |
 |
Thompson, S.G.
|
| Berkelium |
Bk |
97 |
| Californium |
Cf |
98 |
| Mendelevium |
Md |
101 |
 |
Urbain, Georges |
| Lutetium |
Lu |
71 |
 |
Vauquelin, Louis |
| Chromium |
Cr |
24 |
| Iridium |
Ir |
77 |
 |
Welsbach, C.F. Aver von |
| Praseodymium |
Pr |
59 |
| Neodymium |
Nd |
60 |
 |
Winkler, Clemens |
| Germanium |
Ge |
32 |
 |
Wahl, Arthur C. |
| Plutonium |
Pu |
94 |
 |
Wohler, Fredrich |
| Beryllium |
Be |
4 |
 |
Wollaston, William |
| Rhodium |
Rh |
45 |
| Palladium |
Pd |
46 |