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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM PC FRS (/ ˈreɪli /; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English mathematician and physicist who made extensive contributions to science. He spent all of his academic career at the University of Cambridge.
Article History. Quick Facts. In full: John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place. Born: November 12, 1842, Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England. Died: June 30, 1919, Terling Place, Witham, Essex (aged 76) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1904) Copley Medal (1899) Notable Works: “The Theory of Sound” Subjects Of Study:
John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh, was born on November 12, 1842 at Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, as the son of John James Strutt, second Baron, and his wife Clara Elizabeth La Touche, eldest daughter of Captain Richard Vicars, R. E. He was one of the very few members of higher nobility who won fame as an outstanding scientist.
Nov 12, 2015 · Shortly after returning from his trip down the Nile, Rayleigh's father died and Strutt, as he had been up to that time, succeeded to the title becoming the third Baron Rayleigh. He continued working at Terling where he now took up residence.
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (better known as Lord Rayleigh) (November 12, 1842 – June 30, 1919) was an English physicist who is credited jointly with William Ramsey with the discovery of the element argon.
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904. Born: 12 November 1842, Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom. Died: 30 June 1919, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom.
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, (born Nov. 12, 1842, Langford Grove, Essex, Eng.—died June 30, 1919, Terling Place, Witham, Essex), English physicist. In 1873 he succeeded to his father’s title and built a research laboratory on his estate.
Jun 8, 2018 · STRUTT, JOHN WILLIAM, THIRD BARON RAYLEIGH. (b. Langford Grove, near Maldon, Essex, England, 12 November 1842; d. Terling Place, Witham, Essex, England, 30 June 1919), experimental and theoretical physics. Lord Rayleigh (as he is universally known in scientific circles) was one of the greatest ornaments of British science in the last half of ...
John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh, was born on November 12, 1842, and succeeded his father in the title in 1873. He took his B.A. degree at Cambridge in 1865, gradu-ating as Senior Wrangler. The same year he was first Smith's prizeman, and in 1 866 he became a Fellow of Trinity College.
Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1887-1905. Director of the DFRL, 1896-1919. Honorary Professor, 1905-1919. Born in Maldon, he briefly attended both Eton College and Harrow School, but because of ill health was mostly educated at private schools.
