Quotes:Ramsay, William

Zirkoff, Boris

Ramsey, Sir William. British chemist, b. at Glasgow, Oct. 2, 1852; d. at High Wycombe, Bucks, July 23, 1916. Taught in Glasgow Univ.; appointed to the chair of chemistry at Univ. College, Bristol, 1880; became its principal the following year. From 1887 to 1913, Professor at University College, London. Isolated helium and, together with Lord Rayleigh, discovered argon, and later neon, krypton and xenon. Contributed greatly to the theory of the transmutation of elements. An inspiring teacher and a brilliant researcher, he received in 1904 the Nobel prize in chemistry.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 663