Final ly, Arrhcnius found the right champion in Wilhelm Ostwald, a German profes sor o f chemistry at Riga. ... In 1885 Arrhenius began work ing in Ostwald's laboratory, continui ng his research on ions. ... This theory was initially criticized harshly, and van't Heft, aided by Ostwald, had to fight to have it accepted. The ionic theory was yet another unaccepted theory for which both Ostwald and van't Heft' would extend their support. ... In fact, even though Arrhenius was by then a prominent scientist, his appointment as Professor of Chemistry at the University...

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His family later moved to Uppsala before he moved on to go to school in Stockholm. ... Later he became a professor teaching physics in Stockholm. Ostwald and van't Hoff are two other founding fathers of chemistry that Arrhenius earned the respect of. Arrhenius had to turn down a job that Ostwald offered him in Riga due to his father's illness. ...

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