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Mikhail Tsvet

Mikhail Tsvet
Mikhail Tsvet
Born14 May 1872
Died26 June 1919(1919-06-26) (aged 47)
NationalityRussian
Known forAdsorption chromatography
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

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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