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Ramsay was born in Glasgow, the son of William Ramsay, C.E. and Catherine, née Robertson. He was a nephew of the geologist Sir Andrew Ramsay .

It was in inorganic chemistry that his most celebrated discoveries were made. As early as 1885- 1890 he published several notable papers on the oxides of nitrogen and followed these up with the discovery of argon, helium, neon, krypton, and xenon.

Sir William Ramsay received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1904.

He died at High WycombeSee High Wycombe, Western Australia for the suburb of Perth. High Wycombe (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe South Buckinghamshire, is 32 miles (51. 5 kilometers) NWW of London. pop (1991) 71,700. A hilly town situated at the southernmost fo, BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks is a county in south central England. The county town is Aylesbury. Buckinghamshire is divided into four districts: Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. The ceremonial county (which is based on the post- 19, on July 23, 1916.