"Member of the Lunar Society"

James Watt male, deceased (1819): MemberoftheLunarSociety, steam power, University and college namesakes, from Inverclyde, steam engine, Alumni of the University of Glasgow…Lunar Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society; James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the...

Matthew Boulton male, deceased (1809): MemberoftheLunarSociety, Toymaker, Lunar Society, engineer, Toy industry, English; Matthew Boulton (September 3, 1728 - 18 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and engineer. Boulton was born in Birmingham, England where his...

Erasmus Darwin male, deceased (1802): MemberoftheLunarSociety, Darwin-Wedgwood family, English, physician, derby, Lichfield…Lunar Society, Fellow of the Royal Society; Erasmus Darwin, was an English physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, inventor and poet. He was one of the founder members of the Lunar...

Benjamin Franklin male, deceased (1790): inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist…signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Inventor of writing systems, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MemberoftheLunarSociety, University of Pennsylvania; Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...

William Withering male, deceased (1799): MemberoftheLunarSociety, British, physician, Mycologist, Geologist, Chemist…Lunar Society, Fellow of the Royal Society, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh; William Withering (March 17, 1741, Wellington, Shropshire - October 6, 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the...

James Keir male, deceased (1820): 61st Regiment, MemberoftheLunarSociety, 61st Regiment of Foot, manufactory, forged, forge…university of edinburgh, Lunar Society, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh; James Keir (20 September 1735 - 1820), chemist, geologist, industrialist and inventor, was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was a member of the...

William Small male, deceased (1775): MemberoftheLunarSociety, Marischal College, college of william and mary, Birmingham, England, Lunar Society, Forfarshire; William Small was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire (now Angus), Scotland, the son of a Presbyterian minister, James Small and his wife Lillias Scott....

John Smeaton male, deceased (1792): Yorkshireman, MemberoftheLunarSociety, death by stroke, From Leeds, FRS, Lighthouse builder…Lunar Society, Fellow of the Royal Society; John Smeaton, <small>FRS</small>, (June 8, 1724 - October 28, 1792) was a civil engineer - often regarded as the "father of civil engineering" -...

Martin Smith male: MemberoftheLunarSociety, Robot Wars, Techno Games, Academic of the Open University, open university, robotics…Chairman of the IEE London Centre, Department of Electrical, Cybernetics Society, Guild of Freemen, Lunar Society of Birmingham; Martin Smith is Visiting Research Professor in Robotics at the Open University. He is also President of the Cybernetics Society in the UK. Previous...

Samuel Galton Jr. male, deceased (1832): Smethwick, Darwin-Wedgwood family, MemberoftheLunarSociety, Duddeston, Lunar Society Moonstones, From Birmingham, England…Religious Society of Friends, Lunar Society, Fellow of the Royal Society; Samuel "John" Galton Jr. FRS (June 18 1753 - June 19 1832), born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England. Despite being a Quaker he was an arms...

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