AKA Theodor H. E. Svedberg

Born: 30-Aug-1884
Birthplace: Fleräng, Sweden
Died: 25-Feb-1971
Location of death: Örebro, Sweden
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Sweden
Executive summary: Inventor of the ultracentrifuge

Worked extensively with colloids.

Father: Elias Svedberg (manager)
Mother: Augusta Alstermark

    University: BA, University of Uppsala (1905)
    University: MA, University of Uppsala (1907)
    University: PhD, University of Uppsala (1908)
    Professor: University of Uppsala (1907-49)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1926

Author of books:
Die Methoden zur Herstellung kolloider Lösungen anorganischer Stoffe (1909)
Die Existenz der Moleküle (1912)
Materien (1912)
Colloid Chemistry (1914)
Arbetets dekadens (1915)
Forskning och Industri (1918)
The Ultracentrifuge (1940, with K.O. Pedersen)

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