Person Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist Ramsay William Sir physical chemist 1852 - 1916 British Male Queen's Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland 02 October 1852 18521002 Hazlemere, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England 23/07/1916 19160723 Burial: Holy Trinity Church, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (26 July 1916)

10 Osborne Road, Clifton, Bristol (1885)

physical chemist Physical chemistry Education: University of Glasgow (1866-69); Anderson's University, Glasgow (1869); PhD (Tubingen) Career: Assistant, Chemical Department, Glasgow University (1874); Professor of Chemistry, University of Bristol (1881); Professor of General Chemistry, University College, London (1887-1902); died of cancer. Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1904 Honours: KCB 1902 Memberships: FCS; FIC Awards/Medals: Leconte Prize 1895 Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science 1895 Longstaff Prize 1897 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1904 Matteucci Medal 1907 Elliott Cresson Medal 1913 Parents: William Ramsay, civil engineer, and Catharine Robertson. Spouse: Margaret Johnstone Marshall (d. 1936), daughter of George Stevenson Buchanan; nephew of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay (FRS 1849), (1881). Children: Elizabeth Catherine (1883–1960), known as Elska, who married H. L. Tidy in 1906; and William George (1886–1927), died early of disseminated sclerosis. Discovered the noble gases: argon, helium, neon, crypton, and xenon. Known for Ramsay grease, a vacuum grease, used as lubrication and sealant of ground glass jonts and cocks on laboratory glassware. Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1895 Fellow 07/06/1888 36 Harold Baily Dixon Raphael Meldola Archibald Liversidge George Carey Foster Isaac Bayley Balfour John Beddoe Walter Noel Hartley Herbert McLeod Joseph Henry Gilbert Hugo Muller Frederick Guthrie John Gray McKendrick George Francis Fitzgerald William AugustusTilden Henry Edward Armstrong John HallGladstone Lyon Playfair George Downing Liveing Henry Enfield Roscoe William Henry Perkin Edward Frankland Alexander Crum Brown William Thomson Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1916-1917 vol 93 pp xlii-liv, plate, signed by J N C References: Lawrence Badash, 'British and American Views of the German Menace in World War I' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 91-121 Sir Harold Hartley, 'The Ramsay Centenary' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 71-80, plate Vanity Fair 02 December 1908 - "Chemistry" by 'Spy' R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 J S Rowlinson, 'The work of Thomas Andrews and James Thomson on the liquefaction of gases' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 143-159 W van der Kloot, 'April 1915: Five Future Nobel Prize-Winners Inaugurate Weapons Of Mass Destruction And The Academic-Industrial-Military Complex' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 149-160 Ramsay W, IM Maull 003736.jpg ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Ramsay%2C+William RCN 60226 RCN 60227 RCN R66365 RCN 60235 RCN R66363 RCN 60229 RCN 60228 RCN 21728 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH7029 2 Oct 1852 - 23 Jul 1916 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/10/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6172 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 09/10/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/61643201 40a20c99-83dc-4078-96f8-27498ffae03a