Chemist. Born Penzance. Wrote "Researches, Chemical and Philosophical". Discovered potassium, sodium, barium, strontium, etc. Invented the safety lamp for coal miners.
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Sir Humphry Davy
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Roger Bacon
Philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born Somerset. An early proponent of the modern scientific method. He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.
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George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham
Born Yorkshire. 1967 Nobel Laureate for his work on photosynthesis relating to the potential use of hydrogen to supply energy.
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William Tegetmeier
Naturalist and journalist. Born William Bernhardt Tegetmeier at High Street, Colnbrook Buckinghamshire. A founding member of the Savage Club, and a writer and journalist. He befriended Charles Darw...
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DNA structure discovery
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. Although the discovery of its double heli...
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