[5] Anders Gustav Ekeberg was a Swedish scientist, mathematician and expert in Greek literature.

[1] In 1789 and 1790, he traveled and studied in Germany, hearing Martin Heinrich Klaproth lecture in Berlin as well as Christian Ehrenfried Weigel in Greifswald.

[6] He was made docent in chemistry in 1794 and experimentator (laborator) in 1799, working as a demonstrator in the laboratory of Torbern Bergman.

During his childhood a severe cold had impaired his hearing, which was further weakened over the years, so that it hindered his teaching activities.

[11] The inaugural winner of the Ekeberg Prize was Yuri Freeman, for his book "Tantalum and Niobium-Based Capacitors" (Springer, 2018).