William Ramsay
1852 – 1916 · aged 64
Scottish chemist (1852–1916)
- Born
- 2 Oct 1852 · Glasgow
- Died
- 23 Jul 1916 · High Wycombe
Life timeline
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- 2 Oct 1852BornBorn in Glasgow
- 1895AwardBarnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
- 1895AwardDavy Medal
- 1895AwardLeconte Prize
- 1897AwardLongstaff Prize
- 1900AwardHonorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
- 1903AwardAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal
- 1904AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1904AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1907AwardMatteucci Medal
- 1913AwardElliott Cresson Medal
- 23 Jul 1916DiedDied in High Wycombe
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1852 – 1916).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
Biography
Sir William Ramsay (2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air" along with his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for their discovery of argon. After the two men identified argon, Ramsay investigated other atmospheric gases. His work in isolating argon, helium, neon, krypton, and xenon led to the development of a new section of the periodic table.
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