Svante arrhenius biography
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Svante arrhenius biography
Svante Arrhenius
| Chemist Date of Birth: 19.02.1859 Country: Sweden |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- University Studies
- Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation
- Recognition and Research
- Professorship and Nobel Prize
- Other Research and Contributions
- Later Life and Legacy
Early Life and Education
Svante August Arrhenius, a prominent Swedish physical chemist, was born on February 19, 1859, at the estate of Vik, near Uppsala.
He was the second son of Karolina Kristina (Thunberg) and Svante Gustaf Arrhenius, the estate's manager. Arrhenius' ancestors had been farmers.
One year after his son's birth, the family moved to Uppsala, where Svante Gustaf Arrhenius became a member of the Uppsala University Board of Inspectors.
As a young child, Arrhenius showed a keen interest in numbers, often adding up the figures in his father's reports. While attending Uppsala Cathedral School, he excelled in biology, physics, and mathematics.
University Studies
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