Theodor Svedberg
| Theodor Svedberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 August 1884 Fleräng, Valbo, Gävleborg, Sweden |
| Died | February 25, 1971 (aged 86) Kopparberg, Sweden |
| Residence | Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Field | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Uppsala |
| Alma mater | University of Uppsala, Gustaf Werner Institute for Nuclear Chemistry |
| Notable students | Arne Tiselius |
| Known for | analytical ultracentrifugation |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1926) |
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Theodor (The) Svedberg (August 30, 1884 – February 25, 1971) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate. His work with colloids supported the theories of Brownian motion put forward by Einstein and the Polish geophysicist Marian Smoluchowski. During this work, he developed the technique of analytical ultracentrifugation, and demonstrated its utility in distinguishing pure proteins one from another.
The unit svedberg (symbol S), a unit of time amounting to 10-13 s or 100 fs, is named after him.
Links
* Svedberg's Nobel Foundation biography
References
* Stig Claesson; Kai O. Pedersen. "The Svedberg. 1884-1971". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 18: 594-627..
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