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William Ramsay

William Ramsay
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Sir William Ramsay 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 received the Nobel Prize in Physics…

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  1. Albert Abraham MichelsonDecember 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931
  2. Henri MoissanSeptember 28, 1852 – February 20, 1907
  3. Jacobus Henricus van 't HoffAugust 30, 1852 – March 1, 1911
  4. Orest KhvolsonNovember 22, 1852 – May 11, 1934
  5. Santiago Ramón y CajalMay 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934
  6. William Ramsay (this page)October 2, 1852 – July 23, 1916

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