Peter Waage

Peter Waage
Guldberg and Waage
Born	29 June 1833(1833-06-29)
Died	13 January 1900(1900-01-13) (aged 66)
Nationality	Norwegian
Fields	chemistry
Institutions	Royal Frederick University
Known for	law of mass action

Peter Waage (29 June 1833 – 13 January 1900), the son of a ship's captain, was a significant Norwegian chemist and professor at the Royal Frederick University. Along with his brother-in-law Cato Maximilian Guldberg, he co-discovered and developed the law of mass action between 1864 and 1879.^[1]

He grew up in Hidra. He was chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society from 1868 to 1869, and the first chairman of the Norwegian branch of the YMCA when it was established in 1880.

Publications

Waage, P.; C. M. Guldberg (1864). "Studies Concerning Affinity". Forhandlinger: Videnskabs - Selskabet i Christinia (Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters): 35.
Abrash, Henry I.; Gulberg, C. M. (1986). "Studies Concerning Affinity". Journal of Chemical Education 63: 1044–1047. Bibcode 1986JChEd..63.1044W. doi:10.1021/ed063p1044. - English translation of Waage and Guldberg's 1864 paper (above)

References

^ Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 2nd Revised edition

Preceded by Cato Maximilian Guldberg	Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society 1868–1869	Succeeded by Cato Maximilian Guldberg

Persondata
Name	Waage, Peter
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian chemist
Date of birth	29 June 1833
Place of birth
Date of death	13 January 1900
Place of death