Svante August Arrhenius — Age, Birthday & Biography
Born: 19 February 1859 · Died: 2 October 1927 · Age: 68
Swedish scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Did you know?He was the first person to calculate how increases in carbon dioxide would lead to a warmer global climate.
Quick facts
Date of birth19 February 1859
Date of death2 October 1927
Age at death68
Cause of deathFunctional gastrointestinal disorder
NationalitySwedish
BirthplaceVik, Sweden
Occupationastronomer, chemist, physicist
Editor's Take:
Svante Arrhenius was a chemist whose side project now looks prophetic. In 1896, working with pencil and paper, he estimated how much the Earth would warm if carbon dioxide levels doubled. He thought warming might be welcome in cold Sweden. He also expected it to take thousands of years. His main work showed that salts split into charged ions in water. That idea underpins modern chemistry. Today his climate calculation is seen as a founding moment of climate science.
Key Milestones
1884: Presents his thesis on ions in solution
1889: Publishes the Arrhenius equation
1896: Calculates the warming effect of carbon dioxide
1903: Wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) 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.
Svante August Arrhenius's birthday is February 19. He was born on February 19, 1859 in Vik, Sweden.
How old was Svante August Arrhenius when he died?
Svante August Arrhenius died on October 2, 1927, aged 68.
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