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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. After leaving Uppsala in 1949, Svedberg was in charge of the Gustaf Werner Institute until 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Svedberg is the 91st most popular chemist (down from 60th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 70th 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 91 out of 602. Before him are Hans Fischer, James B. Sumner, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, J. D. Bernal, Ernst Otto Fischer, and Thomas Midgley Jr.. After him are Valery Legasov, M. Stanley Whittingham, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Theodore William Richards, and William Howard Stein.

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Among people born in 1884, Theodor Svedberg ranks 19. Before him are Claude Auchinleck, Anton Drexler, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Theodor Heuss, Friedrich Bergius, and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Franz Halder, Gaston Bachelard, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Hermann Rorschach, Auguste Piccard, and Casimir Funk. Among people deceased in 1971, Theodor Svedberg ranks 16. Before him are Wendell Meredith Stanley, Audie Murphy, Giorgos Seferis, Fernandel, Hermann Hoth, and J. D. Bernal. After him are Arne Tiselius, Mátyás Rákosi, Harold Lloyd, D. B. Cooper, Gotthard Heinrici, and Igor Tamm.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Theodor Svedberg ranks 66 out of 1,879. Before him are Harry Martinson (1904), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), Björn Borg (1956), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Anita Ekberg (1931), and Kai Siegbahn (1918). After him are Astrid of Sweden (1905), Eric IX of Sweden (1120), Henning Mankell (1948), Arne Tiselius (1902), Tomas Lindahl (1938), and Dolph Lundgren (1957).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

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), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Georg Brandt (1694), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Per Teodor Cleve (1840).

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