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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM, FRS (1842 – 1919) Physicist, Cambridge University Professor, Co-Discoverer of Argon, Nobel Prize Laureate











Lord Rayleigh succeeded James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879) to serve as the second Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge. He held the Chair from 1879 to 1884. Ernest Rutherford (1871 – 1937), the 4th Chair, held the position from 1918 until his death in 1937.

With an endowment granted by William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808 – 1891), Maxwell founded Cavendish Laboratory in 1871. The physics laboratory was named after Henry Cavendish (1731 – 1810). Henry made the first scientific discovery of atomic element hydrogen and precisely calculated the mass of Earth.

In 1772 Daniel Rutherford (1749 – 1819) reported his discovery of nitrogen.

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John William Strutt, FRS, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Birth 12 Nov 1842 in Maldon, Essex, England
Death 30 Jun 1919 in Terling Place, Essex, England

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John’s books and other writing

Scientific Papers
Scientific Papers (Cambridge Library Collection Mathematics)
The Theory of Sound, 2 Volume Set
The Theory of Sound
The Collected Optics Papers of Lord Rayleigh
The Life of Sir J. J. Thomson: Sometime Master of Trinity College, Cambridge

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Physicien Britannique: Paul Dirac, Ernest Rutherford, John William Strutt Rayleigh, Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday, Robert Hooke, Oliver Heaviside, Roger Penrose, James Prescott Joule, Reginald Victor Jones, Thomas Young, Robert Grossetete

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Steven Wood Collins (1952 – ) Antiquarian, Genealogist, Novelist 

By Steven Wood Collins

I spent most of my life unaware of my ancestral heritage. Sure, I knew of the personal history of my more immediate relatives; but beyond that, I never had any inkling as to my ancestral heritage. Then one day many years ago my sister said to me, “I sometimes wonder about our family background.” And so my quest to discover our genealogical roots commenced.

I started building my family tree with the very basic relationships, going back in time from my grandparents, one ancestor at a time. That initial effort proved to be the hardest part of the pursuit, mainly due to my lack of expertise as a novice genealogical researcher. As I gained familiarity with the databases and how to efficiently mine them, my progress gained ever-increasing momentum. Today, The Patricians! tree (Ancestry.com) contains nearly 120,000 individuals, stretching over 135 generations, 5,800 of which are my direct ancestors in a genealogical sense.

During this trek back in time, I encountered fascinating figures in both history and obscurity. This blog contains many stories about their genealogical relationship to me (and many of you). By far and away, as a student of history, the historically obscure individuals are of particular interest to me. I cite Baron “Blue Beard” Montmorency-Laval de Rais (1405 – 1440) as an example of a historically maligned personage whose real contribution to history, as both a playwright and hero of France, has yet to be properly recognized. Another example is Earl Edward de Vere (1550 – 1604), who’s yet to gain widespread recognition as the actual author of the body of literary work wrongly ascribed to William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616).

My life-long interest in international economics and finance continues unabated. I primarily demonstrate this professional involvement as a contributor to the Long Room, the members-only international finance professionals' forum hosted by the Financial Times of London.

I'm an avid recreational scuba diver who enjoys traveling to exotic dive sites. My love of the sea and marine life gives me an unbounded appreciation and support of “green” issues, especially those devoted to the conservation of endangered species and coral reefs.

He continually posts results of his personal genealogical research to his Goodreads Authors Blog. Entitled The Patricians - The Ancestral Heritage of Steven Wood Collins, the work represents thousand of hours of his research efforts and related commentary.

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