Rayleigh, Robert John Strutt, baron, 1875-1947

Physicist (atmospheric optics). On the physics faculty at Imperial College, London (1908-1919). Died 1947.

From the description of Papers, 1904-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79894807

From the description of Typescript notes found interleaved in his personal copy of the 1924 edition of his biography of his father "Life of Lord Rayleigh," and abstracts of some of RJS's scientific writings, [ca. 1945]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82028130

Physicist (atmospheric optics). On the physics faculty at Imperial College, London (1908-1919). He died in 1947.

From the description of Correspondence, 1936-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79664051

From the description of Miscellaneous correspondence, 1906-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78228350

Eldest son of John William Strutt, President of the Royal Society. Educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge. Fellow of Trinity. Succeeded his father as 4th Baron Rayleigh in 1919. F. R. S. 1905. Rumford Medal 1920. Professor of Physics Imperial College of Science, South Kensington. He died in 1947.

From the description of Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1899-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80284666

Physicist (atmospheric optics). On the faculty staff at Imperial College, London (1908-1919). Died in 1947.

From the description of Notebooks [microform], 1910-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306465

Physicist (atmospheric optics). On the physics faculty at Imperial College, London (1908-1919). Fellow of the Royal Society. He died in 1947.

From the description of Correspondence with Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1934-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122556649

The Fourth Baron Rayleigh was born in 1875 and died in 1947. Although his works are largely overshadowed by those of his father, Robert John Strutt was an accomplished physicist who studied many aspects of science and published many of his own scientific papers. Various topics he researched and experimented on include gas phenomena, nitrogen, electric discharge, the sky, emission bands of the mercury spectrum, and light scattering. The "rayleigh", a unit of luminous flux used to measure air glow, and the "rayl', a unit of sound impedence, are named after Robert John Strutt. In addition to his scientific research, the Fourth Baron Rayleigh wrote a biography of his father in 1924 and one of the English physicist J. J. Thomson in 1942.

From the description of Robert John Strutt Rayleigh collection, 1899-1976. (US Air Force Academy). WorldCat record id: 476882110