Sir William Crookes

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Royal_College_of_Chemistry
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1832-06-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:child gptkb:Arthur_Crookes
gptkb:Edwin_Crookes
gptkb:Frank_Crookes
gptkb:William_Crookes_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1919-04-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Chemical_News
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_College_of_Chemistry
gptkbp:field chemistry
physics
psychical research
spectroscopy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Crookes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arthur_Schuster
gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkb:William_Ramsay
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:August_Wilhelm_von_Hofmann
gptkbp:knighted 1897
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Crookes_radiometer
gptkb:Crookes_tube
discovery of thallium
research on cathode rays
work on spectroscopy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:Frederick_Soddy
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
chemist
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Chemistry
gptkb:Society_for_Psychical_Research
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Chemical_News
gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Researches_in_the_Phenomena_of_Spiritualism
On the Existence of a New Element
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Brompton_Cemetery
gptkbp:signature Sir William Crookes signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_Humphrey
gptkbp:title Sir
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gptkb:University_College_London
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