Who discovered the first element in the periodic table?
Hydrogen was the first element discovered, and it was identified by Henry Cavendish in 1766. Weirdly enough, he called it 'inflammable air' because it went boom when lit!
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Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen, the first element in the periodic table, back in 1766. The dude basically found the building block of the universe!
Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen. That鈥檚 all you need to know.
Cavendish found hydrogen in 1766 while doing experiments on gases. He was quite the gas guy!
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