William Crookes
(1832-1919)
British chemist and physicist
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Sir William Crookes OM PRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics.
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17 June 1832 London, England
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4 April 1919 (aged 86) London, England, UK
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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