Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)

Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt), Nobel Laureate

Born: 1842-11-12 in Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom

Gender: male

Field: British physicist (1842–1919)

Biography

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, was a British physicist and hereditary peer who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies".

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904

Awarded on: 1904-11-08

"for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies"

Affiliations:

  • Royal Institution of Great BritainLondon, United Kingdom