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active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895

1859-1930s?, chemist; druggist; medical equipment supplier, London, England

Dakin Brothers Limited

1859

1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934

1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976

active 1929-1938, chemist, polythene co-inventor with Reginald Gibson, British

Fawcett, Eric

1827-1907, professor of chemistry; politician, French

Berthelot, Pierre Eugène Marcellin

1827 - 1907

1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944

1737-1813, agronomist; chemist, French

Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin

1737 - 1813

1839-current (2020), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemist; druggist, Brighton & Barnstaple, Eng

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839

1905-1993, chemist; industrialist; British, chairman of ICI, President of the Transport Trust

Allen, Sir Peter Christopher

1905 - 1993

1869-1946, chemist; industrialist; manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, German

Gans, Ludwig Wilhelm von

1869 - 1946

1723-1781, apothecary; chemist, British

Dalmahoy, Alexander

1723 - 1781

1770-1843, chemist; philanthropist, English

Allen, William

1770 - 1843

1770-1818, chemist; apothecary, German

Bucholz, Christian Friedrich

1770 - 1818

1838-1922, chemist; mathematican, Scottish; British

Brown, Alexander Crum

1838 - 1922

1828-1914, chemist; inventor, British; English

Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

bap. 1753, d. 1828, aeronaut; balloonist; chemist, English

Sadler, James

1753 - 1828

1778-1829, chemist; inventor; lecturer, British; English

Davy, Sir Humphry

1778 - 1829

active 1893-1930, pharmacist; chemist, Plymouth, Devon, England

W Woods and Son

1850-1936, chemist; inventor, British-born, American

Weston, Edward

1850 - 1936

1818-1898, first Baron Playfair; politician; chemist, born in British-controlled India; British

Playfair, Lyon

1818 - 1898

1862-1932, chemist; educator, British

Eiloart, Arnold

1862 - 1932

1749-1819, physician; chemist, Scottish, British

Rutherford, Daniel

1749 - 1819

1815-1889, active 1836-1889, chemist; astronomer, British; English

Rue, Warren de la

1815 - 1889

1777-1851, physicist; chemist, Danish

Ørsted, Hans Christian

1777 - 1851

1910-1994, chemist; crystallographer, British

Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot

1910 - 1994

1791-1863, chemist, manufacturer of glasswares; politician, British

Pellatt, Apsley

1791 - 1863

1774-1816, chemist; sugar refiner, British; English

Howard, Edward Charles

1774 - 1816

1840-1921, professor of Chemistry, British

Mills, Edmund James

1840 - 1921

Born in Verkhnie Aremzyani, a mountainous Siberian town, in 1834, Mendeleev's name would become synonymous with the periodic table. Although he was not the first to classify the elements in a periodic system, he would receive the greatest credit. Mendeleev spent most of his life in St Petersburg, and had a varied career: university professor of chemistry, balloonist, and civil servant, which included being a cheese and vodka inspector.

Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich

1834 - 1907

1770-1822, physician; hemist, Swiss

Marcet, Alexander John Gaspard

1770 - 1822

1787-1845, chemist; geologist, Swedish

Seftstrom, Nils Gabriel

1787 - 1845

1737-1816, cleric; chemist, British; English

Watson, Richard

1737 - 1816

1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816

1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878

1817-1870, chemist, instrument maker, British; English

Miller, William Allen

1817 - 1870

1728-1799, chemist; physician, French-born; Irish/British

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

1796-1858, metallurgical chemist, British; English

Pattinson, Hugh Lee

1796 - 1858

1766-1844, chemist; natural philosopher, English; British

Dalton, John

1766 - 1844

1832-1919, chemist; science journalist, English; British

Crookes, Sir William

1832 - 1919

b. 1963, engineer; chemist; astronaut; broadcaster; lecturer, British

Sharman, Helen

1963

1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765

1914-2002, chemist; molecular biologist, Austrian-born; British

Perutz, Max Ferdinand

1914 - 2002

1853-1937, author; lawyer; chemist, British

Ferguson, William Bates

1853 - 1937

1766-1839, chemist; botanist, Austrian?

Jacquin, Joseph Franz von

1766 - 1839

1842-1916, chemist; engineer; industrialist, Danish

Hagemann, G A

1842 - 1916

1791-1866, calico printer; chemist, English; British

Mercer, John

1791 - 1866

1806-1885, chemist and promoter of the telegraph, English; British; Australian?

Davy, Edward

1806 - 1885

1868-1933, scientist; physicist; astrophysicist; chemist, Irish

D'Albe, Edmund Edward Fournier

1868 - 1933

1826-1902, chemist; explosives expert, British

Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus

1826 - 1902