William Crookes

Sir William Crookes was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube, which was made in 1875.

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Who was born first?

• William Crookes and Alvan Graham Clark were born the same year
• William Crookes and Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow were born the same year
• William Crookes and Charles Friedel were born the same year
• William Crookes and Lewis Carroll were born the same year
• William Crookes and Ahmed Muhtar Pasha were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ahmed Muhtar PashaNovember 1, 1832 – January 21, 1919
2. Alvan Graham ClarkJuly 10, 1832 – June 9, 1897
3. Charles FriedelMarch 12, 1832 – April 20, 1899
4. Lewis CarrollJanuary 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898
5. Peter Ludwig Mejdell SylowDecember 12, 1832 – September 7, 1918
6. William Crookes (this page)June 17, 1832 – April 4, 1919

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• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716