biography
| name: |
Rydberg, Johannes Robert
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pronunciation:
[rüdberg]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1854–1919)
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| biography:
| Physicist, born in Halmstad, SW Sweden. He studied at the University of Lund, and became a lecturer there (1882), then professor (1901–19). Best known for his theoretical studies of spectral series, he developed a formula for spectral lines, incorporating the Rydberg constant, named after him. |
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