Biography of sir william ramsay
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William Ramsay
Sir William RamsayKCB FRS FRSE (; 2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist. Ramsay discovered the noble gases. He also helped discover several elements that are on our periodic table today. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air" (along with Lord Rayleigh).
Between 1894 and 1898, he discovered five new elements.[2] These were the noble gases, helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon.[2] Following these discoveries, Ramsay helped create the noble gases as a new group in the periodic table.[3]
Early life
[change | change source]Ramsay was born in Glasgow on 2 October 1852.[4] He was a nephew of the geologistSir Andrew Ramsay. His father, William, Sr., was a civil engineer. His mother was Catherine Robertson. He studied at Glasgow Academy, at the University of Glasgow and at University of Tübingen in Germany.
Ramsay went back to Glasgow as an assistant at the Anderson College. He found a job as Professor of chemistry at the University College of Bristol in 1879.
Career
[change | change source]On the evening of 19 April 1894 Ramsay was at a lecture given by Lord Rayleigh. Rayleigh had not
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Inventive Researcher
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Discovery lay into Noble Gases
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William Ramsay
Scottish chemist (1852–1916)
For other people named William Ramsay, see William Ramsay (disambiguation).
Sir William RamsayKCB FRS FRSE (; 2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air" along with his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for their discovery of argon. After the two men identified argon, Ramsay investigated other atmospheric gases. His work in isolating argon, helium, neon, krypton, and xenon led to the development of a new section of the periodic table.[2]
Early years
[edit]Ramsay was born at 2 Clifton Street[3] in Glasgow on 2 October 1852, the son of civil engineer and surveyor, William C. Ramsay, and his wife, Catherine Robertson.[4] The family lived at 2 Clifton Street in the city centre, a three-storey and basement Georgian townhouse.[3] The family moved to 1 Oakvale Place in the Hillhead district in his youth.[5] He was a nephew of the geologistSir Andrew Ramsay.
He was educated at Glasgow Academy and then apprenticed to R