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1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778
1864-1963, inventor; scientist, Swedish

Carl Edvard Johansson

1864 - 1943
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Arthur Mason Worthington

1852 - 1916
1854-1915, scientist (hematology, immunology and chemotherapy), German

Paul Ehrlich

1854 - 1915
1908-1991, reproductive biologist, China, Chinese

Min Chueh Chang

1908 - 1991
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Charles Algernon Parsons

1854 - 1931
1908-1974, mathematician, poet, humanist. British.

Jacob Bronowski

1908 - 1974
1856-1937, pioneer motorist; engineer; scientist, British

Henry Capel Lofft Holden

1856 - 1937
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

1833 - 1896
1759-1837, scientist; chemist; university professor; minister of religion, English; British

William Farish

1759 - 1837
1908-1999, explorer; scientist, British

Vivian Fuchs

1908 - 1999
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

CHARLES WHEATSTONE

1802 - 1875
1903-1990, scientist, engineer and high-speed photographer, American

Harold Eugene Edgerton

1903 - 1990
1816-1904, scientist, industrialist (iron and steel), director (railway company), MP, British

Isaac Lowthian Bell

1816 - 1904
1838-1922, industrial chemist; scientist; industrialist; philanthropist, Belgian

Ernest Solvay

1838 - 1922
RAE Farnborough scientist

William Watt

Unknown - 1985
1861-1930, scientist; explorer; diplomat; humanitarian, Norwegian

Fridtjof Nansen

1861 - 1930
1881-1965, scientist; civil engineer; mechanical engineer; inventor, Romanian

George Constantinescu

1881 - 1965
1601-1667, 2nd Marquis of Worcester; courtier; scientist, English; British

Edward Somerset

1601 - 1667
1878-1960, industrial chemist; scientist; explosives expert, British

Oswald John Silberrad

1878 - 1960
1841-1912, scientist; music theorist, British

Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet

1841 - 1912
inventor, scientist, engineer; 1881-1963; USA

Herbert T Kalmus

1881 - 1963
1886-1957, scientist; politician, Anglo-German; British

Frederick Alexander Lindemann

1886 - 1957
1852-1911, chemist; scientist; inventor, Dutch

Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff

1852 - 1911
1903-1987, scientist, Canberra, Australia

James Dwyer McGee

1903 - 1987
1785-1865, physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer, Scottish; British

John Richardson

1787 - 1865
1903-2003, physicist, television pioneer, British

William Francis Tedham

1903 - 2000
1753-1814, scientist; natural philosopher; philanthropist, American-born; British?

Benjamin Thompson

1753 - 1814
active 1820-1882, toxicologist, Edinburgh, Scotland

Robert Christison

1797 - 1882
1858-1929, scientist; inventor, Austrian

Carl Auer von

1858 - 1929
1810-1881, scientist; physician; surgeon, Russian

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov

1810 - 1881
1793-1867, active 1807-1867, optical instrument maker (telescopes), German

Georg Merz

1793 - 1867
1789-1857, Arctic scientist; divine, British

William Scoresby

1789 - 1857
d. 1803, scientist; inventor, English

George Biggin

Unknown - 1803
1852-1882, musician; physicist; scientist, French; Alsacian

Frédéric Kastner

1852 - 1882
1884-1962, scientist; inventor; explorer, Swiss

Auguste Piccard

1884 - 1962
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727
1688-1742, scientist; professor at the University of Leiden, Dutch

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande

1688 - 1742
d. 1837, artist, scientist; parachutist, English

Robert Cocking

Unknown - 1837
1853-1939, engineer; scientist; architect, Russian

Vladimir Shukhov

1853 - 1939
1822-1884, Augustinian priest; scientist (in former Austrian empire), Austrian

Gregor Mendel

1822 - 1884
b. 1947, scientist, German

Gerd Binnig

1947
c. 1864-1943, scientist; botanist; educator; inventor, African American

George Washington Carver

1864 - 1943
1868-1933, scientist; physicist; astrophysicist; chemist, Irish

Edmund Edward Fournier D'Albe

1868 - 1933
1907-1966, scientist; rocket engineer and designer for Soviet space programme, Russian

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev

1907 - 1966
1758-1803, ironmaster; scientist; British; English

William Reynolds

1758 - 1803
1713-1788, horologist; scientist, British

John Whitehurst

1713 - 1788
1688-1772, scientist; philosopher; mystic; theologian, Swedish

Emanuel Swedenborg

1688 - 1772