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Lord Rayleigh

John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919)

Nobel Prize-winning physicist.

See also:

Rayleigh scattering
Rayleigh number
Rayleigh fading

External links:

Nobel website bio of Rayleigh (http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1904/strutt-bio)

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