Aluminum - Timeline

Romans were using the Aluminum compound Alum

German Chemist Andreas Marggraf discovered he could use and alkali solution to get a new substance from Alum

Lavoisier thought Alum to be an oxide of some undiscovered metal

Sir Humpry proposed the name Aluminium while it was still undescovered

Danish Chemist Hans Christian ørstead discovered Aluminium

Isolated by German Chemist Friedrich Wöhler

French Chemist Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville improve Wöhler method.

American Chemist Charles Hall developed a method that makes aluminum much more cheap.

Charles Hall founded the Aluminum Company of America

Aluminum became the accepted spelling in the US

The first art on the moon was an Aluminum statue.

And I am making a presentation about Aluminum :)