biography
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Ramsay, Sir William
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| male
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| lived:
| (1852–1916)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied at Heidelberg, and became professor of chemistry at Bristol (1880–7) and University College London (1887–1912). In conjunction with Lord Rayleigh he discovered argon in 1894. Later he identified helium, neon, krypton, and xenon, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1904. |
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