Historedia
Person

William Ramsay

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1898

Every event in Historedia whose sources name William Ramsay, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Ramsay and Travers discover neon

    1898

    Role: Chemist

    1. 1898 · University College LondonDiscovery of Neon

      Ramsay and Travers isolated neon from liquid air at UCL in 1898, identifying it as one of three remaining rare inert elements.

Sources

  1. William Ramsay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
  2. Neon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09