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William Ramsay was born on 2 October, 1852

Scottish chemist known for discovering noble gases. He, along with Lord Rayleigh, received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of argon. Ramsay went on to isolate other noble gases like helium, neon, krypton and xenon. This lead to the periodic table being changed to include a new section.