1859–1927
Svante August Arrhenius
Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist
68years old at death
25,061days lived
47%of the people on this site died younger
Svante August Arrhenius was born on 19 February 1859 and died on 2 October 1927, aged 68 years and 225 days. That is 25,061 days in all.
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