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Born October 2, 1852 • Glasgow • Scotland
Died July 23, 1916 (aged 63) • High Wycombe • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1904)
Subjects Of Study argon • helium • krypton • neon • noble gas • radon • xenon

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