Born Bradford. Physicist. Professor at King's College London. Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924.
Died Edinburgh.
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Sir Edward Appleton
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Edward Appleton
Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate I...
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Marcellin Berthelot
Organic and physical chemist. Born and died in Paris. Very successful and well-known in his lifetime. Achieved high office in the Chemical Society of Paris and in the French Academy of Sciences.
Sir Roderick Murchison
Born Tarradale, Ross and Cromarty. Had a successful army career and was set to dedicate the rest of his life to fox-hunting, before, with his wife's encouragement, turning to science. Geologist. Wo...
Sir Hans Sloane
Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...
Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland
Reginald Ruggles Gates
Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. His marriage to Marie Stopes was a very public failure. Co-authored a book entitled "The Inheritance of Hairy Ear Ri...
Robert Brown
Botanist. Born Montrose, Scotland. Librarian and curator of Joseph Banks' collection in Soho Square from 1810, and on Banks' death in 1820 Brown inherited the library and collection and was provid...
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