Carl Erengisle Hyltén-Cavallius
''Carl'' Erengisle Hyltén-Cavallius, born 19 February 1817 in Vislanda; died 29 October 1853 in Gothenburg, was a Swedish pharmacist and chemist; he invented the now dominating technology of tanning by using chromium salts. Biography He was the son of the priest Carl Fredrik Cavallius and his wife Anna Elisabet Hylténius. Like his siblings, the naval officer and botanist Gustaf Erik H-C, and the ethnologist and diplomat Gunnar Olof H-C, he transformed his surname into a combination of his father's and his mother's names, according to his grandfather's wishes. In international publications, where his scientific achievements have been noted, his surname has on several occasions been distorted to Hyltén-Cavallin and also to Cavallin, Cavalin and even French Cavalin. He studied pharmacy and chemistry at the Uppsala University and at the Stockholm Institute of Technology (later KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm) and also received a journeyman's certificate as a tanne ...
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Vislanda
Vislanda () is a locality situated in Alvesta Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ... with 1,769 inhabitants in 2010. References http://www.wislanda.se Populated places in Alvesta Municipality Värend {{Kronoberg-geo-stub ...
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