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'''Cato Maximilian Guldberg''' (11 August 1836 – 14 January 1902) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[mathematician]] and [[chemist]].
'''Cato Maximilian Guldberg''' (11 August 1836 – 14 January 1902) was a Norwegian mathematician and [[chemist]]. Guldberg is best known as a pioneer in physical chemistry.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://snl.no/Cato_Maximilian_Guldberg|title=Cato M Guldberg
|publisher= Store norske leksikon|author= Bjørn Pedersen|access-date= 1 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095912117|title=Cato Guldberg, Norwegian chemist|publisher=Oxford University Press
|access-date= 1 February 2018}}</ref>

==Background==
Guldberg was born in [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now Oslo), Norway. He was the eldest son of Carl August Guldberg (1812–92) and Hanna Sophie Theresia Bull (1810–54). He was the brother of nurse and educator [[Cathinka Guldberg]] as well as mathematician [[Axel Sophus Guldberg]].
He attended Aug. Holths private latinskole in Christiania. Guldberg studied mathematics and physics at the University of Christiania and took his diploma in 1859. That same year he received the Crown Prince's gold medal (''Kronprinsens gullmedalje'') for a dissertation in pure mathematics. He received a travel and education scholarship in 1861, studying applied mathematics and machine learning in what is now Germany, Switzerland and France.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.muv.uio.no/uios-historie/epoker/1811-1870/kronprinsen-kvist-010907.html |title=Stud. real. Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1859)|publisher= University of Oslo|access-date= 1 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url = https://nbl.snl.no/Cato_M_Guldberg|title=Cato M Guldberg|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon |author= Bent Birkeland |access-date= 1 February 2018}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Guldberg first taught at Hartvig Nissens skole in Christiania. Gulberg worked at the [[University of Oslo|Royal Frederick University]] becoming a college fellow in 1867 and received a professorship in applied mathematics in 1869.
Guldberg worked at the [[University of Oslo|Royal Frederick University]]. Together with his brother-in-law, [[Peter Waage]], he proposed the [[law of mass action]]. This law attracted little attention until, in 1877, [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]] arrived at a similar relationship and experimentally demonstrated its validity.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Waage | first = P. | coauthors = C. M. Guldberg | title = Studies Concerning Affinity | journal = Forhandlinger: Videnskabs - Selskabet i Christinia |publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]| pages = 35 | year = 1864}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Abrash | first = Henry I. | title = Studies Concerning Affinity | journal = Journal of Chemical Education | volume = 63 | pages = 1044&ndash;1047 | year = 1986 | doi = 10.1021/ed063p1044 | last2 = Gulberg | first2 = C. M. | issue = 12|bibcode = 1986JChEd..63.1044W }}- English translation of Waage and Guldberg's 1864 paper (above)</ref>
Together with his brother-in-law, [[Peter Waage]], he proposed the [[law of mass action]]. This law attracted little attention until, in 1877, [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]] arrived at a similar relationship and experimentally demonstrated its validity.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Waage | first = P. |author2=C. M. Guldberg | title = Studies Concerning Affinity | journal = Forhandlinger: Videnskabs – Selskabet I Christinia |publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]| pages = 35 | year = 1864}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Abrash | first1 = Henry I. | title = Studies Concerning Affinity | journal = Journal of Chemical Education | volume = 63 | pages = 1044–1047 | year = 1986 | doi = 10.1021/ed063p1044 | last2 = Gulberg | first2 = C. M. | issue = 12|bibcode = 1986JChEd..63.1044W }}- English translation of Waage and Guldberg's 1864 paper (above)</ref>


In 1890, he published what is now known as the Guldberg rule, which states that the normal [[boiling point]] of a liquid is two-thirds of the [[critical temperature]] when measured on the [[thermodynamic temperature|absolute scale]].<ref>{{cite journal|title= |journal=Z. Phys. Chem.|year=1890|first=C. M.|last=Guldberg|coauthors=|volume=5|issue=|pages=374|id= |url=|format=|accessdate=2008-07-07 }}</ref><ref name=Bowden1954>{{cite journal | author = Bowden, S. T. | year = 1954 | title = A Corrected Guldberg Rule | journal = Nature | volume = 174 | pages = 613 | doi = 10.1038/174613b0 | issue = 4430 |bibcode = 1954Natur.174..613B }}</ref>
In 1890, he published what is now known as the Guldberg rule, which states that the normal [[boiling point]] of a liquid is two-thirds of the [[critical temperature]] when measured on the [[thermodynamic temperature|absolute scale]].<ref name=Bowden1954>{{cite journal | author = Bowden, S. T. | year = 1954 | title = A Corrected Guldberg Rule | journal = Nature | volume = 174 | pages = 613–614 | doi = 10.1038/174613b0 | issue = 4430 |bibcode = 1954Natur.174..613B | s2cid = 4214592 }}</ref>
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From 1866 to 1868, 1869 to 1872 and 1874 to 1875 he was the chairman of the [[Norwegian Polytechnic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.polyteknisk.no/formenn.html|publisher=Norwegian Polytechnic Society|access-date=27 November 2009|title=PFs formenn 1852 – 2004|language=Norwegian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724182550/http://old.polyteknisk.no/formenn.html|archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>


== Honours ==
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From 1866 to 1868, 1869 to 1872 and 1874 to 1875 he was the chairman of the [[Norwegian Polytechnic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.polyteknisk.no/formenn.html|publisher=Norwegian Polytechnic Society|accessdate=27 November 2009|title=PFs formenn 1852 - 2004|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Sweden|1844}} {{flagicon|Norway|1844}} [[Sweden-Norway]]:<ref>{{cite book|author=Anton Anjou|year=1900|title=Riddare af Konung Carl XIII:s orden: 1811–1900: biografiska anteckningar|chapter-url=http://www.archive.org/stream/riddareafkonung00anjogoog#page/n10/mode/1up|chapter=Utländske Riddare|pages=[http://www.archive.org/stream/riddareafkonung00anjogoog#page/n188/mode/2up 180-181]|language=sv}}</ref>
** Knight of the [[Order of Vasa]], ''1866''<ref>{{citation|title=Sveriges Statskalender |year=1877|page=449|url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1877/0473.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=29 May 2020|language=sv}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Polar Star|Knight of the Polar Star]], ''1882''
** [[Order of St. Olav|Knight of St. Olav]], ''1891''; Commander 2nd Class, ''21 January 1896''
** Knight of the [[Order of Charles XIII]], ''28 January 1899''
* {{flag|Denmark}}: [[Order of the Dannebrog|Knight of the Dannebrog]], ''30 August 1872''<ref name="DanskStatskalender">{{cite book |year=1900 |orig-year=1st pub.:1801 |editor1-last=Bille-Hansen |editor1-first=A. C. |editor2-last=Holck |editor2-first=Harald |title=Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1900 |trans-title=State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1900 |url=https://dis-danmark.dk/bibliotek/918013.pdf#page=102 |format=PDF |series=Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender |language=da |location=Copenhagen |publisher=J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri |pages=139–140 |access-date=16 September 2019 |via=[[:da:DIS Danmark]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== Publications ==
* {{cite journal | last = Waage | first = P. |author2=C. M. Guldberg | title = Studies Concerning Affinity | journal = Forhandlinger: Videnskabs – Selskabet I Christinia |publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]| pages = 35 | year = 1864}}
* {{cite journal | doi = 10.1021/ed063p1044 | last1 = Abrash | first1 = Henry I. | last2 = Gulberg | first2 = C. M. | title = Studies Concerning Affinity | journal = Journal of Chemical Education | volume = 63 | pages = 1044–1047 | year = 1986 | issue = 12 | bibcode=1986JChEd..63.1044W}}- English translation of Waage and Guldberg's 1864 paper (above)

==Related reading==
*Peter Østrøm. ''Guldberg and Waage on the Influence of Temperature on the Rates of Chemical Reactions'' (Centaurus. Volume 28, Issue 3. Pages 277–287. October 1985)
*Robin E. Ferner and Jeffrey K. Aronson. Cato Guldberg and Peter Waage, the history of the Law of Mass Action, and its relevance to clinical pharmacology (Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jan; 81(1): 52–55)


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/cato-guldberg-woc/ |title=World of Chemistry on Cato Guldberg |accessdate=2008-07-07 |publisher=Bookrags }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/cato-guldberg-woc/ |title=World of Chemistry on Cato Guldberg |access-date=7 July 2008 |publisher=Bookrags }}


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Cato Maximilian Guldberg
Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1891)
Born(1836-08-11)11 August 1836
Christiana, Norway
Died14 January 1902(1902-01-14) (aged 65)
Christiana, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materRoyal Frederick University
Known forLaw of mass action
AwardsOrder of St. Olav
Order of the Dannebrog
Order of Vasa
Order of the Polar Star
Order of Charles XIII
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Chemistry
InstitutionsRoyal Frederick University
Guldberg and Waage

Cato Maximilian Guldberg (11 August 1836 – 14 January 1902) was a Norwegian mathematician and chemist. Guldberg is best known as a pioneer in physical chemistry.[1][2]

Background

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Guldberg was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the eldest son of Carl August Guldberg (1812–92) and Hanna Sophie Theresia Bull (1810–54). He was the brother of nurse and educator Cathinka Guldberg as well as mathematician Axel Sophus Guldberg. He attended Aug. Holths private latinskole in Christiania. Guldberg studied mathematics and physics at the University of Christiania and took his diploma in 1859. That same year he received the Crown Prince's gold medal (Kronprinsens gullmedalje) for a dissertation in pure mathematics. He received a travel and education scholarship in 1861, studying applied mathematics and machine learning in what is now Germany, Switzerland and France.[3] [4]

Career

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Guldberg first taught at Hartvig Nissens skole in Christiania. Gulberg worked at the Royal Frederick University becoming a college fellow in 1867 and received a professorship in applied mathematics in 1869. Together with his brother-in-law, Peter Waage, he proposed the law of mass action. This law attracted little attention until, in 1877, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff arrived at a similar relationship and experimentally demonstrated its validity.[5][6]

In 1890, he published what is now known as the Guldberg rule, which states that the normal boiling point of a liquid is two-thirds of the critical temperature when measured on the absolute scale.[7]

From 1866 to 1868, 1869 to 1872 and 1874 to 1875 he was the chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society.[8]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Bjørn Pedersen. "Cato M Guldberg". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Cato Guldberg, Norwegian chemist". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Stud. real. Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1859)". University of Oslo. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ Bent Birkeland. "Cato M Guldberg". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ Waage, P.; C. M. Guldberg (1864). "Studies Concerning Affinity". Forhandlinger: Videnskabs – Selskabet I Christinia. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: 35.
  6. ^ Abrash, Henry I.; Gulberg, C. M. (1986). "Studies Concerning Affinity". Journal of Chemical Education. 63 (12): 1044–1047. Bibcode:1986JChEd..63.1044W. doi:10.1021/ed063p1044.- English translation of Waage and Guldberg's 1864 paper (above)
  7. ^ Bowden, S. T. (1954). "A Corrected Guldberg Rule". Nature. 174 (4430): 613–614. Bibcode:1954Natur.174..613B. doi:10.1038/174613b0. S2CID 4214592.
  8. ^ "PFs formenn 1852 – 2004" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Polytechnic Society. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  9. ^ Anton Anjou (1900). "Utländske Riddare". Riddare af Konung Carl XIII:s orden: 1811–1900: biografiska anteckningar (in Swedish). pp. 180-181.
  10. ^ Sveriges Statskalender (in Swedish), 1877, p. 449, retrieved 29 May 2020 – via runeberg.org
  11. ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1900) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1900 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1900] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 139–140. Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via da:DIS Danmark.

Publications

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  • Peter Østrøm. Guldberg and Waage on the Influence of Temperature on the Rates of Chemical Reactions (Centaurus. Volume 28, Issue 3. Pages 277–287. October 1985)
  • Robin E. Ferner and Jeffrey K. Aronson. Cato Guldberg and Peter Waage, the history of the Law of Mass Action, and its relevance to clinical pharmacology (Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jan; 81(1): 52–55)
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Preceded by Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society
1866–1868 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society
1869–1872 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society
1874–1875 		Succeeded by
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