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Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
Full Name of the recipient | Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1904 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
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 Birth | Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 12 November 1842 |
Age at the time of Award | 61 years |
Place of Death | , United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 30 June 1919 |