Theodor Svedberg

Theodor Svedberg
Svedberg in 1926
Born	Theodor Svedberg (1884-08-30)30 August 1884 Valbo, Sweden
Died	25 February 1971(1971-02-25) (aged 86) Kopparberg, Sweden
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Known for	Analytical ultracentrifugation Colloid chemistry
Awards	Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1926)[1] Franklin Medal (1949) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1944)[2] Björkénska priset (1913, 1923, 1926)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Uppsala University Gustaf Werner Institute
Doctoral students	Arne Tiselius[3]

Theodor Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971; also known as The Svedberg) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate for his research on colloids and proteins using the ultracentrifuge. Svedberg was active at Uppsala University from the mid-1900s to late 1940s. While at Uppsala, Svedberg started as a docent before becoming the university's physical chemistry head in 1912. After leaving Uppsala in 1949, Svedberg was in charge of the Gustaf Werner Institute until 1967. Apart from his 1926 Nobel Prize, Svedberg was named a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1944 and became part of the National Academy of Sciences in 1945.