| | | Matthew Boulton (September 3, 1728 - 18 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and engineer. Boulton was born in Birmingham, England where his... | | Wayne T. Horkan (born 1970) is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the UK and Ireland at Sun Microsystems (Sun). Horkan lives in Castle... | | Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,... | | Joseph Priestley (March 13, 1733 (old style)–February 8, 1804) was a British natural philosopher, Dissenting clergyman, political theorist, th... | | Erasmus Darwin, was an English physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, inventor and poet. He was one of the founder members of the Lunar... | | Martin Smith is Visiting Research Professor in Robotics at the Open University. He is also President of the Cybernetics Society in the UK. Previous... | | James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the... | | William Withering (March 17, 1741, Wellington, Shropshire - October 6, 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the... | | William Small was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire (now Angus), Scotland, the son of a Presbyterian minister, James Small and his wife Lillias Scott.... | | Samuel "John" Galton Jr. FRS (June 18 1753 - June 19 1832), born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England. Despite being a Quaker he was an arms... | |