Sir William Ramsay

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He studied under <a href="/people/900/000095615/">Robert Wilhelm Bunsen</a>, and predicted that dense gasses were hidden, invisible and as yet undetected in the Earth's atmosphere. To test his idea, he designed an experimental means to remove oxygen and nitrogen from the air, and analyzing what remained in collaboration with <a href="/people/497/000099200/">Lord Rayleigh</a> he found the previously unknown element argon (Ar) in 1894. He later spectroscopically confirmed the existence of helium, which had first been observed by <a href="/people/937/000100637/">Pierre Janssen</a>. From the established positions of argon and helium on the periodic table of elements, Ramsay guessed that more unknown gasses exist, and discovered krypton, neon, and xenon in 1898. Working with chemist Robert Whytlaw-Gray (1877-1958) he discovered radon in 1900. In 1903, working with <a href="/people/286/000099986/">Frederick Soddy</a>, Ramsay showed that the radioactive decay of radium produces helium, a discovery which laid the groundwork for the subsequent development of nuclear physics. In 1904 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, while his colleague Rayleigh won the Nobel Prize in Physics in the same year.<hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1">[1] Nasal cancer. Father: William Ramsay (civil engineer) Mother: Catharine Robertson Ramsay Wife: Margaret Buchanan (m. 1881)     High School: Glasgow Academy, Glasgow, Scotland     University: <a href="/edu/564/000068360/">BS Organic Chemistry, University of Glasgow</a>     University: <a href="/edu/633/000071420/">University of Heidelberg (attended, 1871)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/094/000098797/">PhD Chemistry, University of Tübingen (1872)</a>     Teacher: Applied Chemistry, Anderson's University, Glasgow (1872-80)     Teacher: <a href="/edu/564/000068360/">University of Glasgow (1875-80)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/684/000068480/">Chemistry, Bristol University (1880-87)</a>     Administrator: <a href="/edu/684/000068480/">Principal of the College, Bristol University (1881-87)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/921/000104609/">Inorganic Chemistry, University College London (1887-1913)</a>     <a href="/org/461/000162972/">Athenaeum Club (London)</a>     <a href="/honors/624/000100324/">Davy Medal</a> 1895     <a href="/honors/642/000052486/">Knighthood</a> 1902:(Order of the Bath)     <a href="/honors/213/000068009/">Nobel Prize for Chemistry</a> 1904     <a href="/honors/815/000099518/">Matteucci Medal</a> 1907     <a href="/org/793/000055628/">Royal Society</a> 1888     <a href="/lists/223/000044091/">Scottish Ancestry</a> Author of books: A System of Inorganic Chemistry (<tt>1891</tt>, chemistry) The Gases of the Atmosphere (<tt>1896</tt>, chemistry) Modern Chemistry (<tt>1900</tt>, chemistry, 2 volumes) Introduction to the Study of Physical Chemistry (<tt>1904</tt>, chemistry) Elements and Electrons (<tt>1913</tt>, chemistry) <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99193"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99193">Sir William Ramsay</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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