death_place death_date work_institution birth_place field birth_date prizes article_title birth_name
stroud , united kingdom 25 august 1961 indian institute of science kensington , london chemistry 24 january 1872 fellow of the royal society morris travers
 morris william travers
morris travers

morris william travers -lrb- 24 january 1872 -- 25 august 1961 -rrb- , the founding director of the indian institute of science , was an english chemist who worked with sir william ramsay in the discovery of xenon , neon and krypton .
his work on several of the rare gases earned him the name `` rare gas travers '' in scientific circles .
