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 discovery of argon.

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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 Britain – London, United Kingdom
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