Theodor Svedberg

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Theodor Svedberg
Björkénska priset (1913, 1923, 1926)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsUppsala University
Gustaf Werner Institute
Doctoral studentsArne Tiselius[3]

Theodor Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971; also known as The Svedberg) was a Swedish chemist and

Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1944 and became part of the National Academy of Sciences
in 1945.

Early life and education

Svedberg was born in

scientific demonstrations.[2] For his post-secondary education, Svedberg entered a chemistry program at Uppsala University in the early mid 1900s.[6] He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1905, his master's degree in 1907, and in 1908, he earned his Ph.D.[7]

Career

While at Uppsala, Svedberg started his scientific career in 1905 as an assistant chemist with the university.

University of Wisconsin.[6] After leaving Uppsala, Svedberg led the Gustaf Werner Institute from 1949 to 1967.[10]

Research

Svedberg's work with colloids supported the theories of Brownian motion put forward by Albert 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.[2][11]

Awards and honours

The unit svedberg (symbol S), a unit of time amounting to 10−13 s or 100 fs, is named after him, as well as The Svedberg Laboratory in Uppsala.[12]

Svedberg's candidacy for the Royal Society reads:

"distinguished for his work in physical and colloid chemistry and the development of the ultracentrifuge"[13]

Svedberg was elected an International Member of the

Björkénska priset three times from Uppsala University for his contributions to science in Sweden.[18] From the Franklin Institute, Svedberg was given the Franklin Medal in 1949 for his work with the ultracentrifuge.[19]

Death and personal life

On 25 February 1971, Svedberg died in Kopparberg, Sweden. He was married four times and had a total of twelve children.[4] His widow died in 2019.

References

  1. ^ Svedberg's Nobel Foundation biography
  2. ^
    S2CID 71640598
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  3. PMID 4875715
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 0897748999
    . Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ISBN 0684129256
    . Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9781587655265
    . Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Svedberg Biography". Nobelprize. Nobel Media AB 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  8. ISBN 002865725X
    . Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  9. ^ Gillispie ed. 1976, pp. 158-59
  10. ^ Gillispie ed. 1976, p. 159
  11. PMID 9294529
    .
  12. ^ "TSL – The Svedberg Laboratory". uu.se.
  13. ^ "Proposal for Foreign Membership, Ref No. EC/1944/24". London: The Royal Society Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  14. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  15. ^ Claesson & Pedersen 1972, p. 616
  16. ^ "Theodor Svedberg". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Theodor Svedberg". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  18. ^ "The Björkén Prize". Uppsala University. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  19. ^ "The Svedberg". The Franklin Institute. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

External links

  • Theodor Svedberg on Nobelprize.org Edit this at Wikidata including the Nobel Lecture, 19 May 1927 The Ultracentrifuge
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