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Wikipedia Biographical Summary ==" Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRS (c. 1653 – 9 April 1709) was a wealthy English landowner, art-collector and public figure, who lived at Sprotbrough House, near Do...

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary ==" Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRS (c. 1653 – 9 April 1709) was a wealthy English landowner, art-collector and public figure, who lived at Sprotbrough House, near Do...

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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in...

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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in...

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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP (/bɜːrˈnɛl/; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radi...

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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP (/bɜːrˈnɛl/; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radi...

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NOT ENOUGH FOR GOODENOUGH John Bannister Goodenough (born 25 July 1922) is an American professor and solid-state physicist. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science a...

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NOT ENOUGH FOR GOODENOUGH John Bannister Goodenough (born 25 July 1922) is an American professor and solid-state physicist. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science a...

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Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton , FRS (8 September 1918 – 16 March 1998) was a British organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry in 1969 : "for his contributions to the development of the c...

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Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton , FRS (8 September 1918 – 16 March 1998) was a British organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry in 1969 : "for his contributions to the development of the c...

10/15/2017

Peter D. Mitchell English biochemist. Born: 29 September 1920, Mitcham, United Kingdom. Died: 10 April 1992, Bodmin, United Kingdom. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1978, "for his contribution to the underst...

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Peter D. Mitchell English biochemist. Born: 29 September 1920, Mitcham, United Kingdom. Died: 10 April 1992, Bodmin, United Kingdom. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1978, "for his contribution to the underst...

10/15/2017

Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS (/ˈwiːtstən/), was an English scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for di...

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Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS (/ˈwiːtstən/), was an English scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for di...

10/5/2017

Mohammad Abdus Salam NI, SPk, KBE (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد عبد السلام‎; pronounced [%C9%99bd%CC%AA%CA%8As səlɑm]) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th century theoretical physics, ...

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Mohammad Abdus Salam NI, SPk, KBE (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد عبد السلام‎; pronounced [%C9%99bd%CC%AA%CA%8As səlɑm]) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th century theoretical physics, ...

10/3/2017

Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM was a British physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory. His biographer and one-time student, George Batchelor, described him as "one of the mo...

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Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM was a British physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory. His biographer and one-time student, George Batchelor, described him as "one of the mo...

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Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls , CBE was a German-born British physicist who had a major role in Britain's nuclear programme, and also had a role in many modern sciences. His obituary in Physics Today descri...

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Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls , CBE was a German-born British physicist who had a major role in Britain's nuclear programme, and also had a role in many modern sciences. His obituary in Physics Today descri...

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Prof. Friedrich Woehler MP (1800 - 1882)

Friedrich Wöhler was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.

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Prof. Friedrich Woehler MP (1800 - 1882)

Friedrich Wöhler was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.

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Carl EDUARD Adolph Suess MP (1831 - 1914)

Wikipedia Biographical Summary:== Eduard Suess (August 20, 1831 – April 26, 1914) was an Austrian geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major...

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Carl EDUARD Adolph Suess MP (1831 - 1914)

Wikipedia Biographical Summary:== Eduard Suess (August 20, 1831 – April 26, 1914) was an Austrian geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major...

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John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683 - 1744)

"Jean Theophil Desagillers", "Jean Théophile Désaguliers"

John Theophilus Desaguliers was a French-born British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. He h...

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John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683 - 1744)

"Jean Theophil Desagillers", "Jean Théophile Désaguliers"

John Theophilus Desaguliers was a French-born British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. He h...

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Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie , 1st Baronet, PRS was an English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease.

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Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie , 1st Baronet, PRS was an English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease.

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Sir John Warcup Cornforth . Born: 7 September 1917, Sydney, Australia, Australian-born English chemist, Nobel Prize of Chemistry, 1975 (jointly with Vladimir Prelog) "for his work on the stereochemistr...

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Sir John Warcup Cornforth . Born: 7 September 1917, Sydney, Australia, Australian-born English chemist, Nobel Prize of Chemistry, 1975 (jointly with Vladimir Prelog) "for his work on the stereochemistr...

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 Sir John B. Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka John B. Gurdon Winner of Wolf Prize in Medicine - 1989 Sir John Bertrand Gurdon FRS FMedSci (born 2 October 1933), is ...

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 Sir John B. Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka John B. Gurdon Winner of Wolf Prize in Medicine - 1989 Sir John Bertrand Gurdon FRS FMedSci (born 2 October 1933), is ...

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Sir Paul Maxime Nurse FRS FREng (born 25 January 1949), is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded t...

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Sir Paul Maxime Nurse FRS FREng (born 25 January 1949), is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded t...

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Sir Andre Konstantin Geim, FRS, HonFRSC, HonFInstP (born 21 October 1958) is a Soviet-born Dutch-British physicist working in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.Geim wa...

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Sir Andre Konstantin Geim, FRS, HonFRSC, HonFInstP (born 21 October 1958) is a Soviet-born Dutch-British physicist working in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.Geim wa...

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Sir John Anthony Pople , KBE, FRS, (October 31, 1925 – March 15, 2004) was a Nobel-Prize winning theoretical chemist. Born in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, he attended Bristol Grammar School. He w...

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Sir John Anthony Pople , KBE, FRS, (October 31, 1925 – March 15, 2004) was a Nobel-Prize winning theoretical chemist. Born in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, he attended Bristol Grammar School. He w...

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Frederick Sanger ,OM, CH, CBE, FRS, FAA /ˈsæŋər/ (13 August 1918 – 19 November 2013) was a British biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice, the only person to have done so. In 1958 he wa...

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Frederick Sanger ,OM, CH, CBE, FRS, FAA /ˈsæŋər/ (13 August 1918 – 19 November 2013) was a British biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice, the only person to have done so. In 1958 he wa...

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