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William Ramsay — Age & Birthday

Born: 2 October 1852 · Died: 23 July 1916 · Age at death: 63

How old was William Ramsay when he died?

William Ramsay died aged 63. He was born on 2 October 1852 and died on 23 July 1916.

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who discovered the noble gases

Did you know?He identified neon, krypton and xenon in a single year and was the first to isolate helium on Earth.

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…

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Age at death
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