William Crookes

British chemist and physicist

1832 CE to 1919 CE

Sir William Crookes, OM, FRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) is a British chemist and physicist who attends the Royal College of Chemistry, London, and works on spectroscopy.

He is a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube.

Crookes is the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, which today is made and sold as a novelty item.

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