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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Languages and Travelling. He rolled his own cigarettes because machine-made ones are not worthy of an experimentalist.