Lord Rayleigh By Ms_Bradley Nov 12, 1842 Birth of Lord Rayleigh Born at Langford Grove Jan 1, 1861 Entered Trinity College Cambridge Period: Jan 1, 1889 to Jun 30, 1919 Published 446 publications Jan 10, 1894 Lord Rayleigh got the nobel peace prize for the discovery of argon Apr 19, 1894 Lord Rayleigh discoverd the contents of Argon Jan 1, 1895 Published a joint paper of joint discovery of argon joint discovery paper also with William Ramsey Apr 19, 1904 Discovery of argon with john william strutt Jun 30, 1919 Death of lord rayleigh