2009 Anniversaries
500 Years
Telesio, Bernardino |
1509-1588 |
Natural philosophy |
Turner, William |
1509/10-1568 |
Natural history |
450 Years
Askham, Anthony |
c.1517-1559 |
Astronomy, almanac maker |
Lily, George |
d.1559 |
Cosmography |
Ries, Adam |
1492-1559 |
Mathematics |
400 Years
Dee, John |
1527-1609 |
Mathematics, astrology |
L'Écluse, Charles de |
1526-1609 |
Botany, medicine |
350 Years
Fatio, Jean-Christophe de duillier |
1659-1720 |
Mathematics, natural philosophy |
Gregory, David |
1659-1708 |
Mathematics, astronomy |
Saurin, Joseph |
1659-1737 |
Mathematics |
Sherard, William |
1659-1728 |
Botany |
300 Years
Glanville (née Goodricke), Eleanor |
1654-1709 |
Entomology |
La Mettrie, Julien Offray de |
1709-1751 |
Natural philosophy, medicine |
Lhuyd, Edward |
1659/60?-1709 |
Natural history |
Lhwyd, Edward |
1660-1709 |
Geology, botany |
Maraldi, Giovanni Domenico |
1709-1788 |
Astronomy |
Marggraf, Andreas Sigismund |
1709-1782 |
Chemistry |
Mounsey, James |
1709/10-1773 |
Medicine, natural history |
Steller, Georg Wilhelm |
1709-1746 |
Botany, zoology, medicine |
250 Years
Colson, John |
1680-1759 |
Mathematics |
Farish, William |
1759-1837 |
Chemistry |
Greig, John |
1758/9-1819 |
Arithmetic, astronomy |
Hailstone, John |
1759-1847 |
Geology |
Headrick, James |
bap. 1759-1841 |
Geology, agriculture |
Jack, Richard |
d.1759 |
Mathematics, military engineering |
Keith, Thomas |
bap. 1759-1824 |
Mathematics |
Kirby, William |
1759-1850 |
Entomology, natural history |
Knight, Thomas Andrew |
1759-1838 |
Horticulture, botany |
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de |
1698-1759 |
Mathematics, astronomy, natural history |
Menghini, Vincenzo Antonio |
1704-1759 |
Medicine, physiology |
Peyssonnel, Jean André |
1694-1759 |
Medicine, natural history |
Playfair, William |
1759-1823 |
Statistics, political economy |
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph |
1759-1840 |
Botany |
Reil, Johann Christian |
1759-1813 |
Physiology, anatomy |
Smith, James Edward |
1759-1828 |
Botany |
Tilloch, Alexander |
1759-1825 |
Inventor |
200 Years
Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox |
1809-1886 |
Natural history |
Barker, Thomas |
1722-1809 |
Meterology |
Brühl, John Maurice [Hans Moritz] |
1736-1809 |
Patron of science |
Cavallo, Tiberius |
1749-1809 |
Natural philosophy |
Dallas, Elmslie William |
1809-1879 |
Mathematics |
Darwin, Charles Robert |
1809-1882 |
Naturalist, geologist |
Drew, John |
bap.1809-d.1857 |
Astronomy |
Eyton, Thomas Campbell |
1809-1880 |
Natural history, agriculture |
Forbes, James David |
1809-1868 |
Physics, geology |
Ganly, Patrick |
1809-1899 |
Geology |
Gatty [née Scott], Margaret |
1809-1873 |
Natural history |
Glaisher, James |
1809-1903 |
Astronomy, meteorology |
Greville, Charles Francis |
1749-1809 |
Mineralogy, horticulture |
Hennedy, Roger |
1809-1876 |
Botany |
Hitchins, Malachy |
bap.1741-d.1809 |
Astronomy |
Holliday, Read |
1809-1889 |
Chemical manufacture |
Jeffreys, John Gwyn |
1809-1885 |
Conchology |
Kane, Sir Robert John |
1809-1890 |
Chemistry |
King, William |
1809-1886 |
Geology |
Liouville, Joseph |
1809-1882 |
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MacCullagh, James |
1809-1847 |
Mathematics |
Mann, Theodore Augustine [Abbé Mann] |
1735-1809 |
Natural philosophy |
May, John |
1809-1893 |
Chemical manufacture |
Menabrea, Luigi Federico |
1809-1896 |
Engineering, mathematics |
Müller, Johann (Heinrich Jacob) |
1809-1875 |
Mathematics, astronomy |
Normandy, Alphonse René Le Mire de |
1809-1864 |
Chemistry |
Peirce, Benjamin |
1809-1880 |
Mathematics |
Pratt, John Henry |
bap. 1809-d.1871 |
Mathematics |
Quenstedt, Friedrich |
1809-1889 |
Mineralogy, palaeontology |
Redtenbacher. Ferdinand Jakob |
1809-1863 |
Mechanical engineering |
Robinson, Elihu |
1734-1809 |
Meteorology, horticulture |
Saunders, William Wilson |
1809-1879 |
Entomology, botany |
Senebier, Jean |
1742-1809 |
Botany |
Sigorgne, Pierre |
1719-1809 |
Mathematics |
St John, Charles George William |
1809-1856 |
Natural history |
Stenhouse, John |
1809-1880 |
Chemistry |
Wright, Thomas |
1809-1884 |
Palaeontology, medicine |
150 Years
Andrewes, Sir Frederick William |
1859-1932 |
Pathology, bacteriology |
Argyle, Jesse William |
1859-1924 |
Social science, statistics |
Benson, Margaret Jane |
1859-1936 |
Botany, palaeontology |
Broderip, William John |
1789-1859 |
Natural history |
Brown, John |
1780x85-1859 |
Geology, palaeontology |
Campbell, (William) Howard |
1859-1910 |
Entomology |
Collie, John Norman |
1859-1942 |
Organic chemistry |
Crosfield, Margaret Chorley |
1859-1952 |
Geology |
Dejerine-Klumpke, Augusta |
1859-1927 |
Medicine |
Eastwood, Alice |
1859-1953 |
Botany |
Ellis, Robert Leslie |
1817-1859 |
Mathematics |
Harker, Alfred |
1859-1939 |
Petrology |
Henfrey, Arthur |
bap. 1820-d. 1859 |
Botany |
Horsfield, Thomas |
1773-1859 |
Natural history, medicine |
Inman, James |
1776-1859 |
Mathematics, navigation |
Johnson, Manuel John |
1805-1859 |
Astronomy |
Lardner, Dionysius |
1793-1859 |
Science writing, physics |
Loeb, Jacques |
1859-1924 |
Biology |
Mather, William Williams |
1804-1859 |
Geology |
Meshchersky, Ivan Vsevolodovich |
1859-1935 |
Mathematics |
Meyerson, Émile |
1859-1933 |
Chemistry, philosophy of science |
Nichol, John Pringle |
1804-1859 |
Astronomy, political economy |
Nuttall, Thomas |
1786-1859 |
Botany |
Osborne, Thomas Burr |
1859-1929 |
Chemistry |
Palladin, Vladimir Ivanovich |
1859-1922 |
Botany, biochemistry |
Pertz, Dorothea Frances Matilda [Dora] |
1859-1939 |
Botany |
Poinsot, Louis |
1777-1859 |
Mathematics, physics |
Popov, Aleksandr Stepanovich |
1859-1906 |
Physics, electrical engineering |
Pringsheim, Ernst |
1859-1917 |
Physics |
Rambaut, Arthur Alcock |
1859-1923 |
Astronomer |
Rowe, Arthur Walton |
1859-1926 |
Geology, medicine |
Ruffer, Marc Armand |
1859-1917 |
Palaeopathology |
Salmon, John Drew |
1802-1859 |
Ornithology, botany |
Schweikart, Ferdinand Karl |
1780-1859 |
Mathematics |
Semon, Richard Wolfgang |
1859-1918 |
Biology, zoology |
Shatunovsky, Samuil Osipovich |
1859-1929 |
Mathematics |
Smith, Charles Hamilton |
1776-1859 |
Natural history |
Smith, Theobald |
1859-1934 |
Pathology, epidemiology |
Stodola, Aurel Boleslav |
1859-1942 |
Engineering |
Stutchbury, Samuel |
1798-1859 |
Geology, natural history |
Sutherland, William |
1859-1911 |
Physics, chemistry |
Termier, Pierre |
1859-1930 |
Geology |
Venetz, Ignatz |
1788-1859 |
Civil engineering, glaciology |
Walker, John |
1781-1859 |
Chemistry |
Walter, Henry |
1785-1859 |
Nat. philosophy, nat. history |
Welsh, John |
1824-1859 |
Meteorology |
Wilson, George |
1818-1859 |
Chemistry |
Workman, Fanny |
1859-1925 |
Geography |
Wright, Mabel |
1859-1934 |
Natural history |
100 Years
Abercrombie, Jane |
1909-1984 |
Zoology, education |
Apgar, Virginia |
1909-1974 |
Medicine |
Armstrong, Kenneth Frankland |
1909-1935 |
Chemistry |
Ayton, William Alexander |
1816-1909 |
Alchemy |
Bailey, Kenneth |
1909-1963 |
Biochemistry |
Baldwin, Ernest Hubert Francis |
1909-1969 |
Biochemistry |
Batten, Jean |
1909-1982 |
Aviation |
Bauerman, Hilary |
1835-1909 |
Mineralogy, geology |
Bhabha, Homi Jehangir |
1909-1966 |
Theoretical physics |
Bidwell, Shelford |
1848-1909 |
Physics, telephotography |
Blackburn, Hugh |
1823-1909 |
Mathematics |
Blackwood, Margaret |
1909-1986 |
Genetics |
Brezina, Maria |
1848-1909 |
Geology |
Bridge, Thomas William |
1848-1909 |
Zoology |
Dallinger, William Henry |
1842-1909 |
Biology |
Ducker, Sophie |
1909-2004 |
Botany |
Ellerman, Sir John Reeves |
1909-1973 |
Natural history |
Evans, Sir David Gwynne |
1909-1984 |
Microbiology |
Gaskell, Holbrook |
1813-1909 |
Chemical manufacturing |
Haimendorf, Christoph von Fürer- |
1909-1995 |
Anthropology |
Harris, Sir Charles Herbert Stuart- |
1909-1996 |
Virology |
Hudleston [formerly Simpson], Wilfrid Hudleston |
1828-1909 |
Geology, natural history |
Hulme, Frederick Edward |
1841-1909 |
Natural history |
Humphries, Carmel |
1909-1986 |
Limnology |
King, Sir George |
1840-1909 |
Botany |
Kompfner, Rudolf |
1909-1977 |
Electronic engineering, physics |
Maltsev, Anatoly Ivanovich |
1909-1967 |
Mathematics |
Mee [née Brown; other married name Bartlett], Margaret Ursula |
1909-1988 |
Botany |
Minkowski, Hermann |
1864-1909 |
Mathematics |
Mitchell, Joseph Stanley |
1909-1987 |
Radiotherapy, physics |
Mond, Ludwig |
1839-1909 |
Chemistry |
Newcomb, Simon |
1835-1909 |
Astronomy, mathematics |
Parloa, Maria |
1843-1909 |
Home economics |
Penney, William George, Baron Penney |
1909-1991 |
Mathematical physics |
Perey, Marguerite |
1909-1975 |
Nuclear physics |
Polunin, Nicholas Vladimir |
1909-1997 |
Botany |
Praagh, Gordon Van |
1909-2003 |
Chemistry |
Price, William Charles |
1909-1993 |
Physics and spectroscopy |
Reade, Thomas Mellard |
1832-1909 |
Geology |
Ritz, Walter |
1878-1909 |
Theoretical physics |
Rose, Francis Leslie |
1909-1988 |
Industrial chemistry |
Russell, William James |
1830-1909 |
Chemistry |
Scott, Sir Peter Markham |
1909-1989 |
Ornithology |
Seeley, Harry Govier |
1839-1909 |
Palaeontology, geology |
Shackleton, Robert Millner |
1909-2001 |
Geology |
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler |
1847-1909 |
Ornithology |
Shilling, Beatrice |
1909-2990 |
Aeronautics |
Shtokman, Vladimir Borisovich |
1909-1968 |
Geophysics |
Smith, Sir (James) Eric |
1909-1990 |
Marine biology |
Southwell, Thomas |
1831-1909 |
Natural history |
Sprung, Adolf Friedrich Wichard |
1848-1909 |
Meteorology |
Taylor, James Haward |
1909-1968 |
Geology |
Thomsen, Hans Peter Jörgen Julius |
1826-1909 |
Chemistry |
Tonolli, Livia |
1909-1985 |
Limnology |
Vailati, Giovanni |
1863-1909 |
Mathematics, history of science |
Yoshida, Yoyoi |
1909-1980 |
Nuclear physics |
50 Years
Bennett, George Macdonald |
1892-1959 |
Chemistry |
Copisarow, Maurice |
1889-1959 |
Chemistry |
Eckersley, Thomas Lydwell |
1886-1959 |
Physics, engineering |
Egerton, Sir Alfred Charles Glyn |
1886-1959 |
Chemistry |
Goodyear, Edith |
1879-1959 |
Geology |
Gosse, Philip Henry George |
1879-1959 |
Medicine, natural history |
Heilbron, Sir Ian Morris [formerly Isidor Morris] |
1886-1959 |
Chemistry |
Holmyard, Eric John |
1891-1959 |
History of science |
Jordan, (Heinrich Ernst) Karl |
1861-1959 |
Entomology |
L'Esperance, Elise |
1878-1959 |
Pathology |
Loeb, Leo |
1869-1959 |
Pathology |
Marshall, Sir Guy Anstruther Knox |
1871-1959 |
Entomology |
Mills, William Hobson |
1873-1959 |
Chemistry |
Newson, Mary |
1869-1959 |
Mathematics |
Pearce, Louise |
1885 -1959 |
Pathology |
Richardson, Owen Willans |
1879-1959 |
Physics |
Rose, Flora |
1874-1959 |
Home Economics |
Ross, Sir Ian Clunies |
1899-1959 |
Veterinary science, scientific administration |
Schmidt, Erhard |
1876-1959 |
Mathematics |
Sexton, Alice |
1868-1959 |
Zoology |
Smekal, Adolf Gustav Stephan |
1895-1959 |
Physics |
Spencer, Leonard James |
1870-1959 |
Mineralogy, geology |
Tizard, Sir Henry Thomas |
1885-1959 |
Physical chemistry, scientific administration |
Ver Eecke, Paul |
1867-1959 |
Mathematics |
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees |
1869-1959 |
Physics |
Windaus, Adolf Otto Reinhold |
1876-1959 |
Chemistry |
Wright, William Hammond |
1871-1959 |
Astronomy |
Wu, Hsien |
1893-1959 |
Biology |
Yuasa, Toshiko |
1871-1959 |
Medicine |
Zarankiewicz, Kazimierz |
1902-1959 |
Mathematics |
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