Svante Arrhenius
Physicist, Academic
1859 – 1927
Photo Credit ยป
43 Views
Who was Svante Arrhenius?
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903 and in 1905 became Director of the Nobel Institute where he remained until his death. The Arrhenius equation, lunar crater Arrhenius and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University are named after him.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Feb 19, 1859
Vik - Spouses
- Maria Johansson
(1905 - 1927) - Sofia Rudbeck
(1894 - 1896)
- Maria Johansson
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Profession
- Education
- Stockholm University
- Uppsala University
- Employment
- Royal Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Sweden
- Died
- Oct 2, 1927
Stockholm
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Svante Arrhenius." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/svante_arrhenius>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Svante Arrhenius biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In