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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.
Baron Rayleigh, of Terling Place in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [3] It was created on 18 July 1821 for Lady Charlotte Strutt, wife of Colonel Joseph Strutt, Member of Parliament for Maldon.
Biographical. 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.
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.
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: Rayleigh wave. argon. fluid. wave. Rayleigh limit.
- R. Bruce Lindsay
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. He studied the Mathematical Tripos at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was senior wrangler (the ...
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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.
