Birth of John William Strutt12 November 1842
Birth of John William Strutt
Historical person
John William Strutt Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for John William Strutt, based on 11 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
11 records1842–191910 events2 places
Chronological biography
1842
1873
Royal Society1873
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
1895
Discovery of Argon1895
Discovers the element argon
1899
Copley Medal1899
Awarded the Copley Medal
1900
Discovery of Rayleighs Law1900
Formulates a law relating to black body radiation
1904
Nobel Prize1904
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics10 December 1904
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for gas-density research and the discovery of argon.
1905
Royal Society1905
Appointed President of the Royal Society
1914
Rumford Medal1914
Awarded the Rumford Medal
1919
Society for Psychical Research1919
Appointed President of the Society for Psychical Research
Death of John William Strutt30 June 1919
Death of John William Strutt
Titles and roles
Baron · Baron · Fellow of the Royal Society · Baron · Physicist · Baron · President of the Royal Society · Baron · President of the Society for Psychical Research
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.