The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . 8), besides being a member of variousother bodies. The most important of his works,and the one by which he is best known, is the de-scription of argon, the new element of the atmos-phere, which he discovered simultaneously withLord Rayleigh. RAMSAY, William Mitchell, a Scotch scholar;born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 15, 1851. Hereceived his education at Aberdeen, Oxford, Got-tingen and Berlin. On his return to England hebecame connected with Oxford; was made a fellowin 1882, and professor of classical art a
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . 8), besides being a member of variousother bodies. The most important of his works,and the one by which he is best known, is the de-scription of argon, the new element of the atmos-phere, which he discovered simultaneously withLord Rayleigh. RAMSAY, William Mitchell, a Scotch scholar;born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 15, 1851. Hereceived his education at Aberdeen, Oxford, Got-tingen and Berlin. On his return to England hebecame connected with Oxford; was made a fellowin 1882, and professor of classical art and archaeol-ogy in 1885. The following year Aberdeen Uni-versity called him to the chair of humanity. From1880 to 1891 he made several excursions to AsiaMinor. Dr. Ramsay became widely known throughhis magazine articles and the following publications:Historical Geography of Asia Minor (1890); TheChurch in the Roman Empire Before ). 170(1893); and St. FauPs Travels (1895). He contrib-uted the articles on Mysteries; Oracle; Smyrna;Phrygia, and several others, to this ALEXANDER RAMSEY. RAMSEY, Alexander, an American statesman^born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sept 8, 18151He graduated at Lafa-yette College, and earlyentered pofitics, being aclerk in the registrars of-fice in 1828. In 1840 hewas secretary of the elec-toral college of Pennsyl-vania, and in 1841 clerkof the state house ofrepresentatives. In 1842he was elected to Con-gress, serving four was chairman of theWhig State Central Com-mittee, and was the firstterritorial governor ofMinnesota. He was mayorof the city of St. Paul in 1855, and governor of thestate of Minnesota in 1860-63, being, in the latteryear, sent to the United States Senate from thatstate, and holding his seat 12 years. In 1879 hesucceeded G. W. McCrary as Secretary of War, andheld the office till the close of Hayess administra-tion. In 1882 he was a member of the Utah com-mission, after which he acted as commissioner, inseve
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