Lord Rayleigh

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Lord Rayleigh, born John William Strutt, was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work in wave theory, optics, and the discovery of argon.

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
Nobel laureate ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the Royal Society ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Matteucci Medal ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
birthName John William Strutt ⓘ
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burialPlace Terling, Essex, England ⓘ
coDiscoveredWith William Ramsay ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1842-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1919-06-30 ⓘ
discovered argon ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Strutt ⓘ
fieldOfWork acoustics ⓘ
electromagnetism ⓘ
fluid dynamics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
scattering theory ⓘ
wave theory ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
William ⓘ
knownFor Rayleigh criterion ⓘ
Rayleigh scattering ⓘ
Rayleigh waves ⓘ
Rayleigh–Jeans law ⓘ
Rayleigh–Taylor instability ⓘ
The Theory of Sound ⓘ
discovery of argon ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Cambridge Philosophical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor investigations of the densities of the most important gases and discovery of argon in connection with these studies ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear 1904 ⓘ
nobleTitle 3rd Baron Rayleigh ⓘ
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placeOfBirth Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Witham, Essex, England ⓘ
positionHeld Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
President of the Royal Society ⓘ
publication Scientific Papers of Lord Rayleigh ⓘ
The Theory of Sound ⓘ
residence Terling Place, Essex, England ⓘ

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