Bengt Andersson Qvist

Bengt Andersson Qvist (sometimes Benct Qvist or Bengt Quist (21 October 1726 – 14 October 1799^[1]) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist.^[2] He was assistant of Sven Rinman^[3] and after a visit to steel plants in Britain he built a demonstration plant in Sweden.^[4]

Bengt Andersson Qvist
Born	(1726-10-21)21 October 1726
Died	20 December 1792(1792-12-20) (aged 63) Stockholm, Sweden
Known for	improvement of steel making in Sweden

In 1769, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

References

1. "Benct Qvist Andersson - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
2. "Bengt Andersson Qvist". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
3. The Scandinavian economic history review, Band 8-10. 1960. p. 83.
4. Chris Evans; Göran Rydén. "The Enlightenment, Industrial Development and the Industrial Enlightenment – Questions about a Useful Knowledge in Iron Making" (PDF).