William Ramsay
Sir William Ramsay KCB FRS FRSE (1852–1916) wis a Breetish chemist who discovered the noble gases an received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recogneetion o his services in the discovery o the inert gaseous elements in air" (alang wi his collaborator, Laird Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Pheesics that same year for thair discovery o argon).
 Sir William Ramsay | |
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| Born | 2 October 1852 Glesga, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 23 Julie 1916 (aged 63) High Wycombe, Bucks., Ingland |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga (1866-9) Anderson's Institution, Glasgow (1869)[1] Varsity o Tübingen (PhD 1873) |
| Kent for | Noble gases |
| Awairds | Leconte Prize (1895) Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service tae Science (1895) Davy Medal (1895) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1904) Matteucci Medal (1907) Elliott Cresson Medal (1913) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Varsity o Glesga (1874-80) Varsity College, Bristol (1880–87) Varsity College Lunnon (1887–1913) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig |
| Doctoral students | Edward Charles Cyril Baly James Johnston Dobbie Jaroslav Heyrovský Otto Hahn |
References
eedit- ↑ Thorburn Burns, D. (2011). "Robert Rattray Tatlock (1837-1934), Public Analyst for Glasgow" (PDF). Journal of the Association of Public Analysts. 39: 38–43. Retrieved 25 November 2011.