How was bromine discovered?

Answer 1

Bromine was discovered independently by two people, Carl Löwig and Antoine Balard. Löwig extracted the element from mineral water, Balard from seaweed ash. For more detail, I invite you to see the bromine page on wikipedia.

Answer 2

Bromine was discovered by French chemist Antoine-Jérôme Balard in 1826. He isolated the element from seawater and identified it as a new element with unique properties. Balard named the element "brome" after the Greek word for a stench, as bromine has a strong and unpleasant odor.

Answer 3

Elemental bromine was discovered in 1826, by German and French scientists working independently. Important quantities of bromine were not isolated until 1860. Bromine was named from the Greek word bromos which means stench, a reference to its very strong odor.