William Ramsay - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1904
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William Ramsay

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1904
in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages
English
date of birth
10/2/1852
place of birth
Glasgow
date of death
7/23/1916
place of death
High Wycombe
Lived
63 years
educated at
  • University of Tübingen
    • academic degree: Doctor of Natural Sciences
  • University of Tübingen
    • start time: 1871
    • end time: 1872
  • University of Glasgow
    • start time: 1868
    • end time: 1871
  • The Glasgow Academy
member of
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1899
  • Academy of Sciences of Turin
    • start time: 1/24/1897
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1904
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 8/26/1907
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Royal Society of London
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
  • Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
field of work
  • chemistry
occupation
  • historian
  • professor
  • chemist
  • archaeologist
employer
  • University College London
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Strathclyde
doctoral student
  • Morris Travers
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