Which scientist suggested that the symbols of elements should be made of one or more letters of the names of the elements?

Dalton

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Rutherford

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Lavoisier

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Berzelius

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Solution

The correct option is D Berzelius
Berzelius was the scientist who suggested that the symbols should be made of the first or first two letters of the names of the elements.
Hence, the correct option is $D$ .

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