Mikhail Tsvet

Mikhail Tsvet
Mikhail Tsvet
Born	14 May 1872 Asti, Italy
Died	26 June 1919(1919-06-26) (aged 47) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Nationality	Russian
Known for	Adsorption chromatography
Scientific career
Fields	Botany

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."