Lord Rayleigh

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardedFor investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies
gptkbp:awardYear 1904
gptkbp:birthDate 1842-11-12
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Langford_Grove,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Terling,_Essex
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt
gptkbp:deathDate 1919-06-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Witham,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edward_John_Routh
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:electedFellowYear 1873
gptkbp:field gptkb:optics
acoustics
electromagnetism
fluid dynamics
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_William_Strutt
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Doctor_of_Laws,_University_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Doctor_of_Science,_University_of_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Rayleigh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:James_Jeans
gptkb:G._I._Taylor
gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt
Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Rayleigh_scattering
gptkb:Rayleigh–Bénard_convection
gptkb:Rayleigh–Jeans_law
gptkb:Rayleigh–Taylor_instability
gptkb:Rayleigh_criterion
gptkb:Rayleigh_instability
gptkb:Rayleigh_length
gptkb:Rayleigh_number
gptkb:Rayleigh_quotient
gptkb:Rayleigh_waves
discovery of argon
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:nobleman
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
1905-1908
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:publishedWorkYear 1877
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Terling_Place,_Essex
gptkbp:signature John William Strutt signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Evelyn_Balfour
gptkbp:title gptkb:3rd_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkb:Sir_William_Ramsay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4