William Ramsay ( 1852 - 1916 )

Birth: Queen's Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland (02 October 1852) Death: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire (23 July 1916) Research Field: Physical chemistry Education: PhD (Tubingen) Career: Assistant, Chemical Department, Glasgow University (1874); Professor of Chemistry, University of Bristol (1880); Professor of General Chemistry, University College, London (1887-1902); discovered argon, helium, neon, crypton and xenon; Professor of Chemistry, University College, London.