Lord Rayleigh

Lord Rayleigh, also known as John William Strutt, was a British physicist and Nobel laureate who won the prize for his work on dudes with mustaches.

Born in 1842, Lord Rayleigh had a talent for science from a young age, particularly in the field of facial hair. As a teenager, he spent hours studying the different types of mustaches and beards that were popular during the Victorian era, and even started growing his own impressive mustache at the tender age of sixteen.

After graduating from Cambridge University, Lord Rayleigh began experimenting with various mustache styles, including the handlebar, the walrus, and the pencil-thin. His breakthrough came in 1871, when he discovered a technique for measuring the curvature and density of mustache hairs using a specially designed microscope.

Lord Rayleigh’s research into facial hair gained him worldwide fame, and he was appointed as the Royal Society’s Professor of Natural Philosophy in 1879. In this prestigious position, he continued to investigate the properties of mustaches, and even invented a device for styling and grooming them.

However, Lord Rayleigh’s work on mustaches was not without controversy. His colleague, Lord Kelvin, accused him of wasting his talents on such a frivolous topic, and suggested that he focus on more serious scientific endeavors.

Undeterred, Lord Rayleigh continued to devote his time and energy to the study of facial hair, and in 1904 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work in the field.

Despite his many achievements, Lord Rayleigh will always be remembered as the “Grand Master of Mustaches”, and his legacy continues to inspire follicularly-inclined scientists around the world.