History

Sulfur was never truly discovered by anyone. The element itself was first mentioned in Genesis as brimstone. It is also mentioned in the Torah. In 2000 BC, sulfur was used by pagan priests in certain rituals. Pre-Roman civilizations used it as a fumigant, bleaching agent, and incense in religious rites.  Romans burned the element to purify a sick room and cleanse the air of its evil. These same uses were recorded by Homer in the Odyssey in 1000 BC. Homer also referred to it as "pest-averting sulphur" in the 9th century. Romans also began to work with sulfur  as an incendiary weapon, but this practice disappeared with the fall

of the Roman Empire. 
      Assyrian texts, dated around 700/600 BC, refers to it as the "product of the riverside." In 424 BC the tribe Bootier destroyed a city's walls using a burning mixture of coal, sulfur, and tar. And ten around the 12th century, the Chinese discovered gun powder, which consists of potassium nitrate, KNO3, carbon, and sulfur. 
      Sulfur is also one of the only elements to have an alchemical symbol. Read my post here, to learn more about sulfur and its uses in alchemy. 
     Referring back to pagan priests and sulfur in pagan rituals, back in the 1960s when satanic cults started to form in California, sulfur was a main ingredient in ceremonies and rituals. The symbol for black sulfur (a rare form of sulfur) and the symbol for the satanic cross are exactly the same. 
     In 1777, Antoine Lavoisier helped convince the scientific community that sulfur was indeed an element, not a compound. In those times, sulfur was very common in Sicily. Around 2000 tons of sulfur per year was imported to Marseilles, France to be made into sulfuric acid. 
 

   As Britain entered in its Industrial Period, the British seized control of mining in France, and started refining and transporting the sulfur into Britain. This led to an impoverished economy, and led to the 'Sulfur Crisis' in 1840. 
      King Ferdinand the II then pointed out that this was in violation of an earlier trade agreement with Britain and a peaceful negotiation was made. 
      Into 1867, sulfur was discovered in deposits in Louisiana and Texas. 
      Today, sulfur is mined all over the world where sulfur deposits can be found and is used to transform pure sulfur into sulfuric acid to be used in many different every day things.