Lord Rayleigh

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British person Nobel laureate human member of the Royal Society peer of the United Kingdom physicist

Lord Rayleigh, born John William Strutt, was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work in wave theory, optics, and the discovery of argon.

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Label	Occurrences
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh	13
Lord Rayleigh canonical	13
Baron Rayleigh	2
John Strutt, 1st Baron Rayleigh	2
John Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh	2
3rd Baron Rayleigh	1
John William Strutt	1
Sir John William Strutt	1

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instanceOf	British person ⓘ Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Royal Society ⓘ peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ physicist ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Matteucci Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
birthName	Lord Rayleigh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John William Strutt
burialPlace	Terling Place, Essex, England ⓘ surface form: Terling, Essex, England
coDiscoveredWith	William Ramsay ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1842-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1919-06-30 ⓘ
discovered	argon ⓘ
educatedAt	Eton College ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName	Strutt ⓘ
fieldOfWork	acoustics ⓘ electromagnetism ⓘ fluid dynamics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ scattering theory ⓘ wave theory ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ William ⓘ
knownFor	Rayleigh criterion ⓘ Rayleigh scattering ⓘ Rayleigh waves ⓘ Rayleigh–Jeans law at low frequencies ⓘ surface form: Rayleigh–Jeans law Rayleigh–Taylor instability ⓘ The Theory of Sound ⓘ discovery of argon ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Cambridge Philosophical Society ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor	investigations of the densities of the most important gases and discovery of argon in connection with these studies ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1904 ⓘ
nobleTitle	Lord Rayleigh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 3rd Baron Rayleigh
placeOfBirth	Maldon, Essex, England ⓘ surface form: Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England
placeOfDeath	Witham, Essex, England ⓘ
positionHeld	Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge Chancellor of the University of Cambridge ⓘ President of the Royal Society ⓘ
publication	Scientific Papers of Lord Rayleigh ⓘ The Theory of Sound ⓘ
residence	Terling Place, Essex, England ⓘ

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