William Crookes

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
chemist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Royal_College_of_Chemistry
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Medal
gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1832-06-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:children gptkb:Arthur_Crookes
gptkb:Edwin_Crookes
gptkb:Frank_Crookes
gptkb:William_Crookes_Jr.
gptkb:Alice_Crookes
gptkb:Edith_Crookes
gptkb:Henry_Crookes
gptkb:Lilian_Crookes
gptkbp:deathDate 1919-04-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Chemical_News
gptkb:Quarterly_Journal_of_Science
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_College_of_Chemistry
gptkbp:fieldOfWork chemistry
physics
psychical research
spectroscopy
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FRSE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Crookes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arthur_Schuster
gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:August_Wilhelm_von_Hofmann
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Crookes_radiometer
gptkb:Crookes_tube
discovery of thallium
work on spectroscopy
research on plasma
studies on cathode rays
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Sir_William_Crookes
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Chemistry
gptkb:President_of_the_Society_for_Psychical_Research
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions
gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Brompton_Cemetery,_London
gptkbp:signature William Crookes signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_Humphrey
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bakerian_Medal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4