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Theodor H.E. Svedberg
Swedish chemist
Thomas Graham, engraving by C. Cook after a photograph
Thomas Graham
Scottish chemist
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin
French physicist
Frederick George Donnan
British chemist
Zsigmondy, Richard
Richard Zsigmondy
German chemist
Isidor Traube
German chemist
Francesco Selmi
Italian chemist
Wolfgang Ostwald
German chemist