Human Accomplishment: Anders Jonas Ångström

a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.

Born

13 August 1814 Lögdö, Medelpad, Sweden

Died

21 June 1874 (aged 59) Uppsala, Sweden

Known for

Spectroscopy Airglow

Fields

Physics, Astronomy

Alma mater

Uppsala University

Awards

Rumford Medal (1872)

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Sweden

era

1800+