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John William Strutt,
3. Baron Rayleigh
1904 Ph
*1842 in Langford Grove,
Maldon, England
+1919 in Terlins Place bei Witham, England
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, was a British scientist
who made extensive contributions to both theoretical and
experimental physics.
He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics
"for hi s investigations of the densities of the most important
gases
and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies."
He served as President of the Royal Society from 1905 to 1908.
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