Who invented chromatography?

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Who invented chromatography? Answer: Mikhail Semenovich Tsvet

Chromatography was invented by the Russian botanist Mikhail Tsvet in 1901. He developed the technique to separate plant pigments, such as chlorophyll, using a column filled with calcium carbonate. Tsvet coined the term "chromatography," which comes from Greek words for "color writing".