1884 - 1971
Theodor Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971) 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 101,563 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Theodor Svedberg is the 44th most popular chemist (up from 57th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 4th 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, Theodor Svedberg ranks 44 out of 509. Before him are Walther Nernst, Gertrude B. Elion, Henrik Dam, Ilya Prigogine, Frederick Soddy, and Victor Grignard. After him are William Crookes, Gerty Cori, Paul Karrer, Joseph Black, Francis William Aston, and Tu Youyou.
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 38
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 39
1895 - 1976
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 40
1917 - 2003
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 41
1877 - 1956
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 42
1871 - 1935
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 43
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 44
1832 - 1919
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 45
1896 - 1957
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 46
1889 - 1971
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 47
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 48
1877 - 1945
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 49
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1884, Theodor Svedberg ranks 15. Before him are İsmet İnönü, Édouard Daladier, Peter Debye, Max Brod, Franz Halder, and Theodor Heuss. After him are Gaston Bachelard, Auguste Piccard, Walther von Reichenau, Hermann Rorschach, Friedrich Bergius, and Otto Fritz Meyerhof. Among people deceased in 1971, Theodor Svedberg ranks 11. Before him are Jim Morrison, György Lukács, Hermann Hoth, Audie Murphy, Lawrence Bragg, and Fernandel. After him are Rudolf Abel, Paul Karrer, Lin Biao, Mátyás Rákosi, Wilhelm List, and Gotthard Heinrici.
1884 - 1973
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 9
1884 - 1970
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 10
1884 - 1966
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 11
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 12
1884 - 1972
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 13
1884 - 1963
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 14
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 15
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 17
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 18
1884 - 1922
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 19
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 20
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 21
1943 - 1971
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 5
1885 - 1971
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 6
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 7
1925 - 1971
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 8
1890 - 1971
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 9
1903 - 1971
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 10
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 11
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 12
1889 - 1971
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
1907 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1892 - 1971
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 15
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 16
1886 - 1971
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 17
Among people born in Sweden, Theodor Svedberg ranks 60 out of 1,612. Before him are Gunnar Nordahl (1921), Dolph Lundgren (1957), Manne Siegbahn (1886), Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Henning Mankell (1948), and Björn Borg (1956). After him are Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Folke Bernadotte (1895), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), and Carl Larsson (1853).
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 54
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 55
1886 - 1978
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 56
1862 - 1930
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 57
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 58
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 59
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 60
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 61
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 62
1898 - 1987
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 63
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 64
1814 - 1874
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 65
1853 - 1919
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 66
Among chemists born in Sweden, Theodor Svedberg ranks 4. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), Svante Arrhenius (1859), and Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779). After him are Arne Tiselius (1902), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Sune Bergström (1916), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), and Torbern Bergman (1735).
1833 - 1896
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 1
1859 - 1927
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 2
1779 - 1848
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 3
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 4
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 6
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 7
1792 - 1841
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 8
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 9
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 10
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 11
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 12