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Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)

nobel prize for physics


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
Full Name
of the recipient
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
AwardNobel Prize in Physics
Year of Award1904
Share in Award100.0%
Award Shared with
Motivation
for the Award
for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies
Affiliation
at the Time of Award
Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom
Place of BirthLangford Grove, Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Birth12 November 1842
Age
at the time of Award
61 years
Place of Death, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death30 June 1919
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