John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (November 12, 1842 - June 30, 1919) was a British physicist who (with William Ramsay) discovered the element argon, an achievement that earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904.
Strutt was born in Langford Grove, Essex on November 12, 1842. In his early years he suffered frailty and poor health.
He began studying mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1861 and graduated in 1865. He was subsequently elected to a Fellowship of Trinity College. He held the post he held until he married Evelyn Balfour in 1871.
In 1873 his father John James Strutt died, and the younger Strutt inherited the title of Lord Rayleigh.
Rayleigh died on June 30, 1919 in Witham, Essex.
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| Preceded by: John James Strutt | Baron Rayleigh | Followed by: Robert John Strutt |