Who discovered the element Mg?

i would like to know who discovered the element Mg, where when and who. i went on google and i got three differnt names and two differnt dates…can someone help me plz?

Answer #1

Hi,

Sir Humphry Davy electrolytically isolated pure magnesium metal in 1808 from a mix of magnesia and HgO, and A. A. B. Bussy prepared it in coherent form in 1831.

Since Davy isolated it for the first time, I would put him as the person who discovered it.

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