Mikhail Tsvet

Also known as Tswett, Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet, Michail Tsvet, Mijail Cvett, Mikhail Zwett

Russian-Italian botanist (1872-1919)

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Born: 14 May 1872, Asti , Italy
Died: 26 June 1919 (1919-06-26) (aged 47), Voronezh , Russian SFSR
Known for: Adsorption chromatography
Fields: Botany

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Instance of: human
Given name: Mikhail
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Asti
Place of death: Voronezh
Occupation: biochemist
Educated at: University of Geneva
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Academic degree: doctorate
Field of work: botany
Image: Mikhail Tsvet.jpg

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Commons category: Mikhail Tsvet
date of birth: 1872-00-00
date of death: 1919-01-01
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
described at URL: www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/cvett.htm
interested in: biochemistry

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Encyclopedic overview

Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet, also spelt Tsvett, Tswett, Tswet, Zwet, and Cvet (Russian: Михаил Семёнович Цвет; 14 May 1872 – 26 June 1919) was a Russian-Italian botanist who invented chromatography. His last name is Russian for "colour" and is also the root word of "flower."

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