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Definition of Ramsay, Sir William in English: Ramsay, Sir Williamproper nounˈramziˈramzē (1852–1916), Scottish chemist, discoverer of the noble gases. He first discovered argon, helium, and (with the help of M. W. Travers, 1872–1961) neon, krypton, and xenon, determining their atomic weights and places in the periodic table. In 1910, with Frederick Soddy and Sir Robert Whytlaw-Gray (1877–1958), Ramsay identified the last noble gas, radon. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1904).
Definition of Ramsay, Sir William in US English: Ramsay, Sir Williamproper nounˈramzē (1852–1916), Scottish chemist; discoverer of the noble gases. He discovered argon and helium and codiscovered neon, krypton, xenon, and radon. He also determined their atomic weights and places in the periodic table. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1904).
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