Theodor Svedberg

Theodor Svedberg
Theodor Svedberg
Born	(1884-08-30)30 August 1884 Fleräng, Valbo, Gävleborg, Sweden
Died	February 25, 1971(1971-02-25) (aged 86) Kopparberg, Sweden
Nationality	Sweden
Alma mater	University of Uppsala, Gustaf Werner Institute for Nuclear Chemistry
Known for	analytical ultracentrifugation
Awards	Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1926)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	University of Uppsala
Doctoral students	Arne Tiselius
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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.

External 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)