In 1873 John William Strutt's father, the second Baron Rayleigh, died and Strutt succeeded to that title. He is, therefore, almost universally referred to in the scientific literature as Lord Rayleigh. While the majority of his work dealt with sound...

While born into a wealthy, titled family, Rayleigh did not indulge in the hedonistic lifestyle of England's landed gentry. In fact, many of his friends and relatives disapproved of his scientific pursuits. Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, took...

John William Strutt, who held the title Lord Rayleigh, received almost every honor available to a British scientist, including the Nobel Prize in physics in 1904. Lord Rayleigh never claimed that his methods were original, but he was very versatile in...

1842-1919 English physicist who inherited the title of Baron Rayleigh at age 31 and is almost always referred to as Lord Rayleigh in scientific works. Despite appreciable wealth and social standing, Strutt worked steadily, doing research in every area...

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who (with William Ramsay) discovered the element argon, an achievement that earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also discovered the...

COMMONS SENSE THIS MONTH deals not with an MP, but with a member of the House of Lords. On November 5th, 1688, an auspicious anniversary for all English Protestants William of Orange landed at Torbay. Ostensibly he had arrived in England to force...

Raman spectroscopy is a widespread spectroscopic technique, yet this column hasn't covered it yet. The next few columns introduce the basics of Raman spectroscopy. This first installment covers the fundamental physical process involved; next time, we'll look at some details of the spectroscopic technique...