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Essex, England
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He discovered the phenomenon now called the Rayleigh Scattering explaining why the sky is blue and predicted the existance of surface waves.
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The discovery added to the period table as group zero.
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He discovered that samples of nitrogen from the air were of a different density than nitrogen resulting from chemical reactions.
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He was awarded the Copley, Royal, and Rumford medals of the Royal Society and the Noble prize.
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