Peter Waage
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Peter Waage

Norwegian chemist (1833–1900)

Peter Waage (29 June 1833 – 13 January 1900) was a Norwegian chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Kristiania. Along with his brother-in-law Cato Maximilian Guldberg, he co-discovered and developed the law of mass action between 1864 and 1879.2

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Born Jun 29, 1833, died Jan 13, 1900.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Oslo3
  • Date not recordedBergen Cathedral School3

Career

Occupation: physicist, university teacher, geologist, chemist.7

Known for: law of mass action.8

Personal life

  • BornJun 29, 1833, Flekkefjord Municipality9
  • DiedJan 13, 1900, Oslo10
  • CitizenshipNorway11

He was married twice. In 1862, he married Johanne Christiane Tandberg Riddervold (1838- 1869), daughter of Hans Riddervold (1795-1876) and Anne Marie Bull (1804-70). Following the death of his first wife, he was married in 1870 with Mathilde Sofie Guldberg (1845-1907), sister of Cato Guldberg.

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