William Ramsay KCBE, FRS
J William Ramsay KCBE, FRS
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1904
Name: Sir William Ramsay
Birth: 2 October 1852, Glasgow, Scotland
Death: 23 July 1916, High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Residence: University College, London, United Kingdom
Award: “in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system.”
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Education: Doctoral degree, University of Tubingen, Germany
Doctoral Advisor: Rudolf Fittig
Thesis: Thesis on orthotoluic acid & its derivatives.
Molecular weights in liquid state. Stoichiometry, thermodynamics. Helium in radium emanations.
“Noblest exercise of mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.”
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Sir William Ramsay Author: Elliott & Fry. Wikimedia Commons.
William Ramsay working. Wikimedia Commons
Ramsay working in the snow. Source: UCL Special Collections.
Sir William Ramsay standing in his laboratory, c 1900. Science & Society Picture Library. © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library.
Sir William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh, Collaborator & Physics Nobelist 1904, in 1894. Source: Science and Society Picture library prints. © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library.
The Chemistry Nobel Prize Certificate of William Ramsay. Source: Museums and Collections, University College London. Author: Sofia Gisberg (1854-1926). Wikimedia Commons.