William Ramsay

Also known as Ramsay, William

William Ramsay foi um erudito clássico escocês.

Occupation: classical scholar, professor, classical philologist
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: February 6, 1806
Died: February 12, 1865

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William Ramsay (6 February 1806, Edinburgh – 12 February 1865, Sanremo) foi um erudito clássico escocês. Vida Ramsay nasceu em Edinburgh em 6 de fevereiro de 1806, o terceiro filho de Agnata Frances, filha de Vincent Biscoe de Hookwood, Surrey e Sir William Ramsay, sétimo baronete de Bamff. Ele frequentou a Royal High School, Edinburgh. De 1823 a 1825 ele estudou Latim, Grego e matemática na University of Glasgow. Ele então estudou em Trinity College, Cambridge, onde se formou com um BA em 1831. Ele retornou à University of Glasgow onde foi eleito Professor of Humanity. Em 1834, ele se casou com Catherine Davidson, e juntos tiveram uma filha, Catherine Lilias Harriet.

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Also known as Ramsay, William

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“But I am leaving the regions of fact, which are difficult to penetrate, but which bring in their train rich rewards, and entering the regions of speculation, where many roads lie open, but where a few lead to a definite goal.”
— Speculating on the nature of radioactive emanations, in his Nobel lecture, December 12, 1904.

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