Lord Rayleigh (2nd Baron)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lord_Rayleigh_(2nd_Baron)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nobleman gptkb:peer gptkb:physicist
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:birthName	gptkb:John_William_Strutt
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Robert_John_Strutt
gptkbp:deathDate	1919-06-30
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Edward_John_Routh
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:electedFellowOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:electedFellowOfYear	1873
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lord Rayleigh (2nd Baron)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Albert_Einstein gptkb:Arthur_Eddington gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford gptkb:J._J._Thomson gptkb:James_Jeans gptkb:John_Tyndall gptkb:Max_Born gptkb:Niels_Bohr gptkb:Osborne_Reynolds gptkb:Paul_Dirac gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg gptkb:G._I._Taylor gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes gptkb:John_Ziman Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Rayleigh_scattering gptkb:Rayleigh–Jeans_law gptkb:Rayleigh_criterion gptkb:Rayleigh_instability gptkb:Rayleigh_waves discovery of argon
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:nobleTitle	gptkb:2nd_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:placeOfBirth	gptkb:Langford_Grove,_Maldon,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath	gptkb:Witham,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Royal_Society 1905-1908
gptkbp:publishedWork	gptkb:On_the_Density_of_Gases gptkb:The_Theory_of_Sound
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Terling,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:signature	John William Strutt signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Evelyn_Balfour
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1st_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6