Ramsay

American  

[ram-zee] / ˈræm zi /

noun

1. Allan, 1686–1758, Scottish poet.

2. George. Dalhousie.

3. James Andrew Broun. Dalhousie.

4. Sir William, 1852–1916, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1904.

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Ramsay British  

/ ˈræmzɪ /

noun

1. Allan . ?1686–1758, Scottish poet, editor, and bookseller, noted particularly for his pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd (1725): first person to introduce the circulating library in Scotland

2. his son, Allan 1713–84, Scottish portrait painter

3. See Dalhousie

4. Gordon. born 1963, British chef and restaurateur; achieved a third Michelin star (2001)

5. Sir William . 1852–1916, Scottish chemist. He discovered argon (1894) with Rayleigh, isolated helium (1895), and identified neon, krypton, and xenon: Nobel prize for chemistry 1904

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Ramsay Scientific  

/ răm′zē /

1. British chemist who discovered the noble gases argon (with Lord Rayleigh), helium, neon, xenon, and krypton. For this work he was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 1908 his research showed that radon was also a noble gas.

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Lucien Smith was born on April 15, 1989, in Los Angeles, the son of artist Terrence Sanders-Smith and fashion designer Vivien Ramsay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

The library was set up in 1931 by Labour's first prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Their company included the painter Allan Ramsay, the historian William Robertson, the chemist Joseph Black and the geologist James Hutton among many gifted others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Fans of Gordon Ramsay shows and The Bear might be especially interested in this one.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Ramsay was clad in black and pink—black boots, black belt and scabbard, black leather jerkin over a pink velvet doublet slashed with dark red satin.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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