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Zsigmondy, Richard
Richard Zsigmondy
German chemist
Theodor H.E. Svedberg
Swedish chemist
Thomas Graham, engraving by C. Cook after a photograph
Thomas Graham
Scottish chemist
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin
French physicist
Frederick George Donnan
British chemist
Isidor Traube
German chemist
Wolfgang Ostwald
German chemist
Francesco Selmi
Italian chemist