1852–1916
William Ramsay
Scottish chemist
63years old at death
23,304days lived
36%of the people on this site died younger
William Ramsay was born on 2 October 1852 and died on 23 July 1916, aged 63 years and 295 days. That is 23,304 days in all.
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