In which language did Scheele prefer to speak?
German
English
Dutch
Swedish
Answer
Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a German-Swedish chemist who is considered to be one of the pioneers of modern chemistry. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but spent most of his life in Uppsala, Sweden. Scheele was fluent in both German and Swedish, but preferred to speak German. He published his scientific work in both German and Swedish, but most of his work was written in German.
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