Johannes Rydberg

Johannes (Janne) Robert Rydberg was a Swedish physicist known for devising the Rydberg formula, in 1888, which is used to describe the wavelengths of photons emitted by changes in the energy level of an electron in a hydrogen atom.

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Who was born first?

• Johannes Rydberg and Paul Sabatier were born the same year
• Johannes Rydberg and Paul Ehrlich were born the same year
• Johannes Rydberg and Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner were born the same year
• Johannes Rydberg and Hermann Struve were born the same year
• Johannes Rydberg and Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt were born the same year

Timeline

1. Georg Michael Anton KerschensteinerJuly 29, 1854 – January 15, 1932
2. Hans Carl Friedrich von MangoldtMay 18, 1854 – October 27, 1925
3. Hermann StruveOctober 3, 1854 – August 12, 1920
4. Johannes Rydberg (this page)November 8, 1854 – December 28, 1919
5. Paul EhrlichMarch 14, 1854 – August 20, 1915
6. Paul SabatierNovember 5, 1854 – August 14, 1941

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