| Svante Arrhenius  AKA Svante August Arrhenius
Born: 19-Feb-1859
Birthplace: Vik, Sweden
Died: 2-Oct-1927
Location of death: Stockholm, Sweden
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Uppsala Gamla Kyrkogård, Uppsala, Sweden
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: Sweden
Executive summary: Explored electrolytic conductivity Father: Svante Gustav Arrhenius (surveyor, d. 1885)
Mother: Carolina Thunberg Arrhenius
Wife: Sofia Rudbeck (m. 1894, div. 1896, one son)
Wife: Maria Johansson (m. 1905, two daughters, one son)
High School: Cathedral School, Uppsala
University: University of Uppsala
University: University of Stockholm
Professor: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1903
Davy Medal 1902
Royal Society 1911 Foreign Member
Asteroid Namesake 5697 Arrhenius
Author of books:
Worlds in the Making (1908)
Theories of Solutions (1912, chemistry)
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