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William Ramsay

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: 63
Years since death: 110

Born: October 2, 1852 · Glasgow, United Kingdom
Died: July 23, 1916
Cause of death: Cancer
Nationality: British
Known for: Science, Scholarship

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Spouse: Margaret Johnstone Marshall

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