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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
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  James Smithson

  English chemist and mineralogist, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name

  1765 - 1829
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  John GOODRICKE

  English amateur astronomer

  1764 - 1786
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  Thomas SYDENHAM

  English physician

  1624 - 1689
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  Erasmus DARWIN

  English physician

  1731 - 1802
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  Jethro TULL

  English agricultural pioneer from Berkshire who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution

  1674 - 1740
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  Benjamin Thompson

  British physicist and inventor

  1753 - 1814
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  William Henry Smyth

  Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist

  1788 - 1865
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  Brook TAYLOR

  English mathematician

  1685 - 1731
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  Edward JENNER

  English physician and scientist

  1749 - 1823
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  Henry CAVENDISH

  British natural philosopher, scientist, noted for his discovery of hydrogen

  1731 - 1810
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  John ARBUTHNOT

  Physician, satirist and polymath

  1667 - 1735