CHEMIST

Theodor Svedberg

1884 - 1971

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Theodor Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971; also known as The Svedberg) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate for his research on colloids and proteins using the ultracentrifuge. Svedberg was active at Uppsala University from the mid-1900s to late 1940s. While at Uppsala, Svedberg started as a docent before becoming the university's physical chemistry head in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Svedberg has received more than 121,150 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Theodor Svedberg is the 60th most popular chemist (down from 44th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 59th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Chemist.

Theodor Svedberg was a Swedish scientist who is most famous for his work in the field of colloid chemistry. He is credited with inventing the ultracentrifuge, which is a device used to separate particles in a fluid by their size.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Theodor Svedberg ranks 60 out of 602. Before him are Adolf Windaus, Victor Grignard, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Arne Tiselius, Jacques Monod, and Otto Diels. After him are Norman Haworth, Richard Willstätter, Claude Louis Berthollet, Hans Fischer, Joseph Black, and Tadeusz Reichstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Theodor Svedberg ranks 23. Before him are Friedrich Bergius, Gaston Bachelard, Hermann Rorschach, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, and Yevgeny Zamyatin. After him are Auguste Piccard, Vincent Auriol, Walther von Reichenau, Lion Feuchtwanger, Emil Jannings, and Rajendra Prasad. Among people deceased in 1971, Theodor Svedberg ranks 13. Before him are György Lukács, Audie Murphy, Lawrence Bragg, Fernandel, Hermann Hoth, and Arne Tiselius. After him are Mátyás Rákosi, Lin Biao, Giorgos Seferis, Harold Lloyd, Arne Jacobsen, and Donald Winnicott.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Theodor Svedberg ranks 70 out of 1,879. Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Sven-Göran Eriksson (1948), Arne Tiselius (1902), Hilma af Klint (1862), and Dolph Lundgren (1957). After him are Eyvind Johnson (1900), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Louise of Sweden (1851), Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), Hannes Alfvén (1908), and Sven Hedin (1865).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Theodor Svedberg ranks 5. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Svante Arrhenius (1859), and Arne Tiselius (1902). After him are Per Teodor Cleve (1840), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Georg Brandt (1694).

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