Peter Waage

Peter Waage
Peter Waage
Born(1833-06-29)29 June 1833
Flekkefjord, Norway
Died13 January 1900(1900-01-13) (aged 66)
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materRoyal Frederick University
(now University of Oslo)
Known forlaw of mass action
AwardsOrder of St Olav
Knight (1882)
Commander (1894)
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry
InstitutionsRoyal Frederick University
(now University of Oslo)

Peter Waage (29 June 1833 – 13 January 1900) was a Norwegian chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Kristiania. Along with his brother-in-law Cato Maximilian Guldberg, he co-discovered and developed the law of mass action between 1864 and 1879.

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