Who discovered Oxygen in 1774?

A Galileo
B Joseph Priestly
C Niel Bohre
D Newton

Correct Answer: Joseph Priestly

Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804) — Unitarian minister, teacher, author, and natural philosopher — was the Earl of Shelburne's librarian and tutor to his sons. In this room, then a working laboratory, Priestley pursued his investigations of gases. On 1 August 1774 he discovered oxygen.
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