| |  | Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th... |  | William Thomson (February 11, 1819 - December 25, 1890) was an English church leader, Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death. He was born at... |  | Sir Christopher Wren was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53... |  | Baden Powell, MA, FRS, FRGS (22 August 1796 - 11 June 1860) was an English mathematician: He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University... |  | Sir Archibald Geikie, OM, PRS (December 28, 1835 - November 10, 1924), Scottish geologist, was born at Edinburgh. The elder brother of James... |  | Commodore Sir William James (1720 - 16 December 1783) was a notable British naval commander. A poor Welsh miller's son, James ran away to sea in... |  | Hugh Falconer MD, FRS (February 29 1808 - January 31 1865), was a distinguished Scottish geologist, botanist, palaeontologist and... |  | Adam Sedgwick (March 22nd, 1785-January 27, 1873) was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological... |  | Samuel Butler, FRS (30 January 1774 - 4 December 1839), was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster at Shrewsbury, and Bishop of Lichfield.... | | | Sir David King ScD FRS is Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, and consequently head of the Office of Science and Innovation. He is also... | |
