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William Ramsay
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William Ramsay

Author · born October 2, 1852 · died 1916

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Sir William Ramsay was 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" along with his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron…

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  1. ~43Received the Davy Medal1895
  2. ~52Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1904
  3. ~55Received the Matteucci Medal1907

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