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Johannes Rydberg
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Swedish physicist
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Vinony files it under 1854 births, 1919 deaths and Foreign members of the Royal Society.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1854-11-08 ) 8 November 1854, Halmstad , Sweden
- Died
- 28 December 1919 (1919-12-28) (aged 65), Lund , Sweden
- Known for
- Rydberg formula
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1919)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Lund University
- Thesis
- Konstruktioner af kägelsnitt i 3- och 4-punktskontakt (1879)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johannes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Halmstad
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Employer
- Lund University
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Notable work
- Rydberg–Ritz combination principle
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Rydberg, Janne (foto Per Bagge; AFs Arkiv).jpg
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- Nobel Prize in Physics
- birth name
- Johannes Robert Rydberg
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Encyclopedic overview
Johannes (Janne) Robert Rydberg ( Swedish: [ˈrŷːdbærj]; 8 November 1854 – 28 December 1919) was a Swedish physicist known for devising the Rydberg formula, in 1888, which is used to describe the wavelengths of photons (of visible light and other electromagnetic radiation) emitted by changes in the energy level of an electron in a hydrogen atom.
Biography
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