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Svante Arrhenius was born on February 19, 1859. He lived to be 68 when he died on October 2, 1927. He was born near Uppsala, Sweden. From an early age Arrhenius was fascinated by physics and mathematics. He entered the local cathedral school at the age of eight and was the youngest student to graduate. About 1900, Arrhenius became involved in setting up the Nobel Institutes and the Nobel Prizes. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1901. For the rest of his life he was a member of the Nobel Committee of Physics. He was actually a jerk. He used his position in the Committee to arrange prizes for his friends while denying them to his enemies.

Arrhenius is known for composing molecular definitions of acids and bases. The Arrhenius definition states: Acid-An acid produces H+ ions in aqueous solution. Base-A base produces OH- ions in aqueous solution. This definition helped in the development of chemistry by giving an easy definition for an acid and a base. Now how does this relate to the atom? Well, consider that atoms compose acids and bases. By understanding the definition of acids and bases one can better understand the atom. This gives more insight into chemistry and a better view of atoms and how they work.

Just a funny picture of him