Theodor H.E. Svedberg:

Theodor H.E. Svedberg was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate.

Birth:

August 30, 1884 in Fleräng, Sweden

Death:

February 25, 1971 in Örebro, Sweden

Claim to Fame:

Svedberg was a Swedish chemist who was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with colloids. Colloids are homogeneous mixtures in which the dispersed particles do not settle out such as milk, paint, or smoke.

He also invented the ultracentrifuge to separate colloids using centrifugal force. In the study of colloids and centrifuges, the SI unit of svedberg is named in his honor and is equal to 10^-13 seconds.