William Ramsay

Also known as Sir William Ramsay

Scottish chemist (1852–1916)

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William Ramsay was a Scottish chemist who lived from 1852 to 1916 and made important discoveries about the chemical elements. His work matters because he identified several noble gases and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, fundamentally advancing our understanding of how matter is organized.

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“But I am leaving the regions of fact, which are difficult to penetrate, but which bring in their train rich rewards, and entering the regions of speculation, where many roads lie open, but where a few lead to a definite goal.”

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Commons category: William Ramsay
date of birth: 1852-00-00
date of death: 1918-07-23
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name in native language: William Ramsay
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Sir William Ramsay (/ˈræmzi/; 2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a British 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.

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