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<html> <head> <title>University of Uppsala</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Uppsala EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Location: <a href="/geo/683/000080443/" class=proflink>Uppsala, Sweden</a> Founding Date: 1477Motto: Gratiae veritas naturaeEnrollment: 42,400Official Website: <a href="http://www.uu.se/">http://www.uu.se/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000099555/">Hannes Alfvén</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1995</tt></td> <td>Renegade Swedish astrophysicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000100629/">Anders Jonas Ångström</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1814</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1874</tt></td> <td>Founder of spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000092599/">Svante Arrhenius</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1927</tt></td> <td>Explored electrolytic conductivity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000094766/">Jöns Jacob Berzelius</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1779</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1848</tt></td> <td>Inventor of modern chemical notation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000023218/">Hans Blix</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Weapons inspector before Iraq War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000196592/">Herbert Blomstedt</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000091479/">Hjalmar Branting</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1925</tt></td> <td>Swedish Prime Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000168322/">Carl Charlier</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1934</tt></td> <td>Motion and the Distribution of the Stars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000213501/">Per Theodor Cleve</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1840</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1905</tt></td> <td>Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000125746/">Allvar Gullstrand</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1930</tt></td> <td>Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/443/000091170/">Dag Hammarskjold</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1961</tt></td> <td>UN Secretary General, 1953-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000139758/">Erik Axel Karlfeldt</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1931</tt></td> <td>Songs of the wilderness and love</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000170661/">Bertil Lindblad</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1965</tt></td> <td>Spiral structure of the galaxy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000026488/">Anna Lindh</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>Swedish Foreign Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000087031/">Carolus Linnaeus</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1707</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1778</tt></td> <td>Created a taxonomy of the species</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000103969/">Oscar II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1907</tt></td> <td>King of Sweden and Norway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000131045/">Andrew V. Schally</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000099660/">Kai M. Siegbahn</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Electron spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/565/000091292/">Nathan Söderblom</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1931</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Sweden</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000097893/">August Strindberg</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1849</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1912</tt></td> <td>R鰀a Rummet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/252/000099952/">The Svedberg</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1971</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the ultracentrifuge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000087317/">Emanuel Swedenborg</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1688</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1772</tt></td> <td>Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000129282/">Hugo Theorell</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1982</tt></td> <td>Oxidation enzymes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000100136/">Arne Tiselius</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1971</tt></td> <td>Electrophoresis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/251/000357177/">Waloddi Weibull</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1979</tt></td> <td>Weibull distribution</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000099555/">Hannes Alfvén</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1995</tt></td> <td>Renegade Swedish astrophysicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000100629/">Anders Jonas Ångström</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1814</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1874</tt></td> <td>Founder of spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000125880/">Robert Bárány</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td>Studied inner ear, equilibrium system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/642/000087381/">Anders Celsius</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1701</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1744</tt></td> <td>Astronomer, invented centigrade scale</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000168322/">Carl Charlier</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1934</tt></td> <td>Motion and the Distribution of the Stars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000213501/">Per Theodor Cleve</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1840</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1905</tt></td> <td>Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000125746/">Allvar Gullstrand</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1930</tt></td> <td>Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000087031/">Carolus Linnaeus</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1707</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1778</tt></td> <td>Created a taxonomy of the species</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000099660/">Kai M. Siegbahn</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Electron spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/559/000099262/">Manne Siegbahn</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1978</tt></td> <td>X-Ray spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/252/000099952/">The Svedberg</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1971</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the ultracentrifuge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000129282/">Hugo Theorell</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1982</tt></td> <td>Oxidation enzymes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000100136/">Arne Tiselius</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1971</tt></td> <td>Electrophoresis</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/565/000091292/">Nathan Söderblom</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1931</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Sweden</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=87372" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/235/000001232/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/235/1232/s1232.jpg" width=128> NNDB Glimpse of the 2008 US Elections</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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