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Barium was discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy at 1808 in England. Origin of name: from the Greek word barys meaning heavy Baryta (barium oxide, BaO) was distinguished from lime (calcium oxide, CaO) by Scheele in 1774.
Facts about the Discovery and History of the Einsteinium Element Einsteinium was first identified in 1952 by Albert Ghiorso at the University of California, Berkeley and another team headed by G.R. Choppin at Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA. Einsteinium was found in the debris of thermonuclear weapons in 1952.