Physicist and Nobel Laureate John William StruttPhysicist and Nobel Laureate John William Strutt

John William Strutt

Full Name: John William Strutt [3rd Baron Rayleigh]
Nationality: English

Profession: Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Why Famous: Discovered argon with William Ramsay, an achievement which earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904.

Also discovered the phenomenon now called Rayleigh scattering, which can be used to explain why the sky is blue and predicted the existence of the surface waves now known as Rayleigh waves.

Rayleigh's textbook "The Theory of Sound", is still referred to by acoustic engineers today.

Born: 12th November, 1841
Star Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Maldon, Essex, England

Died: 30th June, 1919 (aged 77)

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