John William Strutt made a career in science at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists John William Strutt as English physicist (1842–1919).
John William Strutt was born at Maldon in 1842. His recorded nationality is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
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His affiliations include University of Cambridge and Royal Institution.
Among his principal works are argon, Rayleigh scattering and Rayleigh–Bénard convection. Results that survive re-examination become the floor of a discipline.
His recorded fields of work are physics.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1904) and Copley Medal (1899).
Working from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 1919, at 77. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Nobel Prize in Physics — 1904
- Copley Medal — 1899
- Notable work: argon
- Notable work: Rayleigh scattering
- Notable work: Rayleigh–Bénard convection
- Notable work: Rayleigh wave
- Affiliated with University of Cambridge and Royal Institution
- Educated at Harrow School, Trinity College and Eton College
- Worked as physicist, politician and university teacher
