Birthdate: August 30, 1884
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Valbo, Sweden
Died: February 25, 1971
Prominent Swedish chemist Theodor Svedberg received the 1926 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his research on colloids chemistry and invention of ultracentrifuge. For his work, he was named a Foreign Member of the Royal Society and a member of the National Academy of Science too. A student at the University of Uppsala, he later became the physical chemistry head there.
