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Svante August Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate. In 1905, he became the director of the Nobel Institute, where he remained until his death.
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Born 19 February 1859 · Died 2 October 1927 · Q80956
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1927· 1 entry
Died 1927-10-02.
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1923).
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1920· 1 entry
Won Franklin Medal (1920).
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1919· 2 entries
Won Echegaray Medal (1919).
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Became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1914· 1 entry
Awarded Faraday Lectureship Prize (1914).
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1912· 1 entry
Was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1911· 1 entry
Awarded Willard Gibbs Award (1911).
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1910· 2 entries
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1910).
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Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1910).
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1905· 2 entries
Upon the founding of the Nobel Institute for Physical Research at Stockholm, he was appointed rector of the institute, the position where he remained until retirement in 1927
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Became the director of the Nobel Institute, where he remained until his death
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1904· 1 entry
Delivered at the University of California, Berkeley a course of lectures, the object of which was to illustrate the application of the methods of physical chemistry to the study of the theory of toxins and antitoxins,
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1903· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903).
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University (1903).
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1903).
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Became the first Swede to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate
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1902· 2 entries
Won Davy Medal (1902).
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Began to investigate physiological problems in terms of chemical theory
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1901· 2 entries
Arrhenius was elected to the Swedish Academy of Sciences, against strong opposition
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(Annalen der Physik), dismissing the critique altogether
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1900· 1 entry
Who published the first modern infrared absorption spectrum of CO2 with two absorption bands, and published experimental results that seemed to show that absorption of infrared radiation by the gas in the atmosphere was
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1896· 1 entry
Was the first to use basic principles of physical chemistry to calculate estimates of the extent to which increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) will increase Earth's surface temperature through the greenhouse eff
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1891· 1 entry
Became a lecturer at the Stockholm University College (Stockholms Högskola, now Stockholm University), being promoted to professor of physics (with much opposition) in 1895, and rector in 1896
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1889· 1 entry
While carrying out research with Ostwald at Leipzig University, Arrhenius developed what is now known as the Arrhenius equation
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1885· 1 entry
Arrhenius next received a travel grant from the Swedish Academy of Sciences, which enabled him to study with Ostwald in Riga and Leipzig, with Friedrich Kohlrausch in Würzburg, Germany, with Ludwig Boltzmann in Graz, Aus
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1884· 1 entry
Based on this work, he submitted a 150-page dissertation on electrolytic conductivity to Uppsala for the doctorate
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1859· 1 entry
Born 1859-02-19.
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