| Lord Rayleigh  AKA John William Strutt
Born: 12-Nov-1842
Birthplace: Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England
Died: 30-Jun-1919
Location of death: Terling Place, Witham, Essex, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Discovered the element Argon Father: John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh (d. 1873)
Mother: Clara Elizabeth La Touche
Wife: Evelyn Balfour (m. 1871, three sons)
High School: Eton College
High School: Harrow School
University: BA, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1865)
Professor: Cavendish Professor of Physics, Cambridge University (1879-84)
Administrator: Chancellor, Cambridge University (1908-19)
Athenaeum Club (London)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1904
Royal Medal 1882
Matteucci Medal 1894
Copley Medal 1899
Rumford Medal 1920
Royal Society 1873, Secretary 1885-96, President 1905-08
Author of books:
The Theory of Sound (1877-78, physics)
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