
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
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Early life and education
Career
Occupation: physicist, university teacher, geologist, chemist.7
- Since 1893Chair, Norwegian Chemical Society6
- Date not recordedWorked at University of Oslo4
- Date not recordedChair, KFUK-KFUM5
Known for: law of mass action.8
Personal life
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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- 1WikidataPeter Waage on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPeter Waage on Wikipedia
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- 12WikidataKFUK-KFUM, Chair
- 13Wikimedia CommonsPeter Waage photo by Ludvig Forbech, Public domain