David Brewster

David Brewster

male, deceased (1868)
Principal of the University of Edinburgh, lighthouses, rector, mathematician, writer, inventor…PhilosophicalTransactions
Sir David Brewster,FRS, (11 December 1781 - 10 February 1868) was a Scottish scientist, inventor and writer. He was born at Jedburgh, where his...
Henry Oldenburg

Henry Oldenburg

male, deceased (1677)
Pall Mall, Bexley, theology, restoration, bremen, Fellow of the Royal Society…PhilosophicalTransactions
Henry Oldenburg (c.1619 - September, 1677) worked as a diplomat and a natural philosopher. Born in Bremen, Germany, he trained in theology and...
Richard Price

Richard Price

male, deceased (1791)
glamorgan, Enlightenment philosopher, Statistician, philosopher, leicestershire, welsh…PhilosophicalTransactions
Richard Price (February 23, 1723 - April 19, 1791), was a Welsh moral and political philosopher. He was born at Tynton, Glamorgan, the son of a...
Martin Lister

Martin Lister

male, deceased (1712)
Radclive, Dorsa Lister, University of Oxford, physician, fossil, epsom…PhilosophicalTransactions
Martin Lister (c. 1638, Radclive, England - February 2, 1712, Epsom), English naturalist and physician, was born at Radclive, near Buckingham. He...
Nehemiah Grew

Nehemiah Grew

male, deceased (1712)
Botanist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician, anatomist, coventry…PhilosophicalTransactions
Nehemiah Grew (September 1641 - March 25, 1712) was an English vegetable anatomist and physiologist. Grew was the only son of Obadiah Grew...
Robert Plot

Robert Plot

male, deceased (1696)
Fellow of the Royal Society, University of Oxford, Royal Society, PhilosophicalTransactions, Megalosaurus, Subterranean
Robert Plot (13 December 1640-April 30 1696) was an English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first...
Thomas Pennant

Thomas Pennant

male, deceased (1798)
Whitford, Flintshire, coral, wrexham, fulham, Naturalist, British…PhilosophicalTransactions
Thomas Pennant (June 14, 1726 - December 16, 1798) was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary. The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of...
Paul Dudley

Paul Dudley

male, deceased (1751)
Massachusetts Attorney General, Inner Temple, Harvard University alumni, new england, Harvard, temple…Transactions, PhilosophicalTransactions
Paul Dudley (September 3, 1675 - January 25, 1751), Attorney-General of Massachusetts, was the son of Joseph Dudley. After graduating at Harvard in...
Robert Simson

Robert Simson

male, deceased (1768)
. In 1749, was published, from North Ayrshire, treatise, West Kilbride, Sectionum conicarum libri V, Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow…PhilosophicalTransactions
Robert Simson (October 14, 1687 - October 1, 1768) was a British mathematician and professor of mathematics. The eldest son of John Simson of...
John Horsley

John Horsley

male, deceased (1732)
Presbyterian, historian, Archaeologist, British, glorious revolution, morpeth…PhilosophicalTransactions
John Horsley (c. 1685-12 January, 1732) was a British archaeologist famous for his book "Britannia Romana". John Hodgson, the historian of...