John Strutt, 5th Baron Rayleigh

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Strutt,_5th_Baron_Rayleigh
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nobleman
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Matteucci_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1842-11-12
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Langford_Grove,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robert_Strutt,_4th_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:deathDate 1919-06-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Witham,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edward_John_Routh
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Philosophical_Magazine
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:optics
acoustics
fluid dynamics
physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Strutt, 5th Baron Rayleigh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:J._J._Thomson
Lord Rayleigh's students
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Rayleigh_scattering
gptkb:Rayleigh–Jeans_law
gptkb:Rayleigh_criterion
gptkb:Rayleigh_waves
discovery of argon
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nobleTitle gptkb:Baronet
gptkbp:portrait John Strutt, 5th Baron Rayleigh portrait.jpg
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Nature
gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Terling_Place,_Essex
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Terling,_Essex
gptkbp:signature John Strutt signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Evelyn_Balfour
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gptkbp:bfsLayer 6