Title

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: Spy

Caption

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered four of the inert gases, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, for which he won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1904. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, December 1908, showing Ramsay lecturing.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1908

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_054

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,1Mb (2,2Mb) / 8,2in x 14,3in / 2455 x 4287 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male job man men discovery suit country writing science pointing guy occupation British English color colour Scotland chemist dress gas scientist chemistry experiment location SCOTTISH century Britain profession lecturing blackboard lecturer cartoon argon element 19th century 1900s 20th century nineteenth century Nobel Prize noble gas Scots Oxford Science Archive krypton Nobel Prize winner xenon Sir William Ramsay caricature lithograph portrait Spy Sir William Leslie Ward Sir Leslie Ward Leslie Matthew Ward Ramsay William Ramsay Ward Sir Leslie Ward Leslie lithograph caricature portrait