William Ramsay
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William Ramsay
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a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air"
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in chemistry (1904)
"in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system"
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Born
2 October 1852 Glasgow, Scotland
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Died
23 July 1916 (aged 63) High Wycombe, England
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Nationality
Scottish
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Known for
Discovering noble gases
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Fields
Chemistry
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Alma mater
University of Glasgow (1866–69) Anderson's University,now University of Strathclyde Glasgow (1869) University of Tübingen (PhD 1873)
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Awards
Leconte Prize (1895) Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1895) Davy Medal (1895) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1904) Matteucci Medal (1907) Elliott Cresson Medal (1913)
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Institutions
University of Glasgow (1874–80) University College, Bristol (1880–87) University College London (1887–1913)
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Britain
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Doctoral advisor
Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig
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Doctoral students
Edward Charles Cyril Baly James Johnston Dobbie Jaroslav Heyrovský
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era
1800+
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Influenced
Otto Hahn