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12 famous people found
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Isaac NEWTON
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian
1643 - 1727 -
James Smithson
English chemist and mineralogist, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name
1765 - 1829 -
John GOODRICKE
English amateur astronomer
1764 - 1786 -
Thomas SYDENHAM
English physician
1624 - 1689 -
Erasmus DARWIN
English physician
1731 - 1802 -
Jethro TULL
English agricultural pioneer from Berkshire who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution
1674 - 1740 -
Benjamin Thompson
British physicist and inventor
1753 - 1814 -
William Henry Smyth
Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist
1788 - 1865 -
Brook TAYLOR
English mathematician
1685 - 1731 -
Edward JENNER
English physician and scientist
1749 - 1823 -
Henry CAVENDISH
British natural philosopher, scientist, noted for his discovery of hydrogen
1731 - 1810 -
John ARBUTHNOT
Physician, satirist and polymath
1667 - 1735