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1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Klein, Christian Felix

1849 - 1925
about 190-127 BCE, mathematician; astronomer; geographer, Greek

Hipparchus

190 BCE - 127 BCE
287-212 BCE, mathematician, Greek

Archimedes

288 - 213
1851-1934, mathematician; physicist, German-born; British

Schuster, Sir Arthur

1851 - 1934
1755-1839, mathematician; engineer, French

Prony, Gaspard de

1755 - 1839
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

Gregory, James

1638 - 1675
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Donne, Benjamin

1729 - 1798
1794-1855, astronomer, British

Sheepshanks, Richard

1794 - 1855
1845-1912, mathematician; geophysicist, British; English

Darwin, Sir George Howard

1842 - 1912
1788-1867, mathematician; engineer, French

Poncelet, Jean Victor

1788 - 1867
active 1885, mathematician, French

Lucas, Édouard

1842 - 1891
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Viviani, Vincenzo

1622 - 1703
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Pascal, Blaise

1623 - 1662
1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Ellis, Alexander John

1814 - 1890
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Nicholson, Peter

1765 - 1844
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Doppelmayr, Johan Gabriel

1677 - 1750
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

1646 - 1716
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832
1849-1922, lawyer; mathematician, British

Kempe, Sir Alfred Bray

1849 - 1922
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
1767-1839, scientific administrator; mathematician, British

Gilbert, Davies

1767 - 1839
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Ohm, Georg Simon

1789 - 1854
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
1804-1867, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, Swiss

Secretan, Marc Francois Louis

1894 - 1867
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Heiden, Christian

1526 - 1576
first baronet 1819-1903, physicist; professor of mathematics; lecturer, Irish

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel

1819 - 1903
1916-2014, mathematician, Hungarian born, Canadian

Dienes, Zoltan

1916 - 2014
1819-1912, active 1865-1875, mathematician; inventor of chronograph, British

Bashforth, Francis

1819 - 1912
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650
1838-1922, chemist; mathematican, Scottish; British

Brown, Alexander Crum

1838 - 1922
Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898, writer; mathematician; photographer, British; English

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge

1832 - 1898
1733-1799, mathematician, French

Borda, Jean Charles de

1733 - 1799
1815-1897, mathematician, Prussian; German

Weierstrass, Karl Theodor Wilhelm

1815 - 1897
1749-1826, astronomer; mathematician; priest; Italian

Piazzi, Giuseppe

1749 - 1826
1813-1872, mathematician, British

Smith, Archibald

1813 - 1872
1775-1836, physicist; mathematician, French

Ampere, Andre-Marie

1775 - 1836
1854-1912, physicist; mathematician, French

Poincaré, Jules Henri

1854 - 1912
1802-1877, artist, mathematician; photographer, British; Welsh

Jones, Calvert Richard

1804 - 1877