Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
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a British peer and physicist. He discovered "active nitrogen" and was the first to distinguish the glow of the night sky.
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Born
28 August 1875 Essex , England
Died
13 December 1947 (aged 72)
Nationality
British
Known for
Rayleigh Rayleigh scattering
Fields
Experimental physics Chemical physics
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Awards
Bakerian Medal (1911, 1919) FRS (1905)
Institutions
Imperial College London
adultbasic
Britain
Children
6
Education
Eton College
era
1800+
Spouses
Lady Mary Hilda Clements ( m. 1905; died 1919) Kathleen Alice Coppin-Straker ( m. 1920)