EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Uppsala, Sweden

Founding Date:
1477

Motto:
Gratiae veritas naturae

Enrollment:
42,400

Official Website:
http://www.uu.se/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hannes Alfvén	Physicist	30-May-1908	2-Apr-1995	Renegade Swedish astrophysicist
Anders Jonas Ångström	Physicist	13-Aug-1814	21-Jun-1874	Founder of spectroscopy
Svante Arrhenius	Chemist	19-Feb-1859	2-Oct-1927	Explored electrolytic conductivity
Jöns Jacob Berzelius	Chemist	20-Aug-1779	7-Aug-1848	Inventor of modern chemical notation
Hans Blix	Government	28-Jun-1928		Weapons inspector before Iraq War
Herbert Blomstedt	Conductor	11-Jul-1927		Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005
Hjalmar Branting	Politician	23-Nov-1860	24-Feb-1925	Swedish Prime Minister
Carl Charlier	Astronomer	1-Apr-1862	5-Nov-1934	Motion and the Distribution of the Stars
Per Theodor Cleve	Chemist	10-Feb-1840	18-Jun-1905	Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)
Allvar Gullstrand	Doctor	5-Jun-1862	28-Jul-1930	Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
Dag Hammarskjold	Diplomat	29-Jul-1905	18-Sep-1961	UN Secretary General, 1953-61
Erik Axel Karlfeldt	Poet	20-Jul-1864	8-Apr-1931	Songs of the wilderness and love
Bertil Lindblad	Astronomer	26-Nov-1895	25-Jun-1965	Spiral structure of the galaxy
Anna Lindh	Government	19-Jun-1957	11-Sep-2003	Swedish Foreign Minister
Carolus Linnaeus	Botanist	23-May-1707	10-Jan-1778	Created a taxonomy of the species
Oscar II	Royalty	21-Jan-1829	8-Dec-1907	King of Sweden and Norway
Andrew V. Schally	Scientist	30-Nov-1926		Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Kai M. Siegbahn	Physicist	20-Apr-1918	20-Jul-2007	Electron spectroscopy
Nathan Söderblom	Religion	15-Jan-1866	12-Jul-1931	Archbishop of Sweden
August Strindberg	Playwright	22-Jan-1849	14-May-1912	Röda Rummet
The Svedberg	Chemist	30-Aug-1884	25-Feb-1971	Inventor of the ultracentrifuge
Emanuel Swedenborg	Philosopher	29-Jan-1688	29-Mar-1772	Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic
Hugo Theorell	Scientist	6-Jul-1903	15-Aug-1982	Oxidation enzymes
Arne Tiselius	Chemist	10-Aug-1902	29-Aug-1971	Electrophoresis
Waloddi Weibull	Mathematician	18-Jun-1887	12-Oct-1979	Weibull distribution

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hannes Alfvén	Physicist	30-May-1908	2-Apr-1995	Renegade Swedish astrophysicist
Anders Jonas Ångström	Physicist	13-Aug-1814	21-Jun-1874	Founder of spectroscopy
Robert Bárány	Doctor	22-Apr-1876	8-Apr-1936	Studied inner ear, equilibrium system
Anders Celsius	Astronomer	27-Nov-1701	25-Apr-1744	Astronomer, invented centigrade scale
Carl Charlier	Astronomer	1-Apr-1862	5-Nov-1934	Motion and the Distribution of the Stars
Per Theodor Cleve	Chemist	10-Feb-1840	18-Jun-1905	Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)
Allvar Gullstrand	Doctor	5-Jun-1862	28-Jul-1930	Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
Carolus Linnaeus	Botanist	23-May-1707	10-Jan-1778	Created a taxonomy of the species
Kai M. Siegbahn	Physicist	20-Apr-1918	20-Jul-2007	Electron spectroscopy
Manne Siegbahn	Physicist	3-Dec-1886	26-Sep-1978	X-Ray spectroscopy
The Svedberg	Chemist	30-Aug-1884	25-Feb-1971	Inventor of the ultracentrifuge
Hugo Theorell	Scientist	6-Jul-1903	15-Aug-1982	Oxidation enzymes
Arne Tiselius	Chemist	10-Aug-1902	29-Aug-1971	Electrophoresis

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nathan Söderblom	Religion	15-Jan-1866	12-Jul-1931	Archbishop of Sweden

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