John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh,, was a British scientist who made extensive contributions to both theoretical and experimental physics. He spent all of his academic career at the University of Cambridge. Among many honors, he received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies." He served as President of the Royal Society from 1905 to 1908 and as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1908 to 1919.
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Date of Birth
November 12nd, 1842
Age
182
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
June 30th, 1919
Died Aged
76
Star Sign
Scorpio
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