John Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Strutt_(Lord_Rayleigh)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nobleman gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardYear	1904
gptkbp:birthDate	1842-11-12
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Langford_Grove,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt
gptkbp:deathDate	1919-06-30
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Witham,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Edward_John_Routh
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:J._J._Thomson gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Eton_College gptkb:Harrow_School
gptkbp:electedFellowOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:electionYearToRoyalSociety	1873
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:John_William_Strutt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:J._J._Thomson gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Rayleigh_scattering gptkb:Rayleigh–Jeans_law gptkb:Rayleigh–Taylor_instability gptkb:Rayleigh_criterion gptkb:Rayleigh_instability gptkb:Rayleigh_number gptkb:Rayleigh_waves discovery of argon
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:J._J._Thomson gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Royal_Institution gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:publishedWork	gptkb:On_the_Density_of_Gases gptkb:On_the_Light_from_the_Sky,_its_Polarization_and_Colour gptkb:The_Theory_of_Sound
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Terling,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:signature	John Strutt signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Evelyn_Balfour
gptkbp:termAsPresidentOfRoyalSociety	1905-1908
gptkbp:title	gptkb:3rd_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5