Henry Kater

Henry Kater

male, deceased (1835)
physicist, Astronomer, Fellow of the Royal Society, German, English, From bristol…Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, Royal Military College at Sandhurst, standards of length and mass, order of St. Anne
Henry Kater (April 16, 1777 - April 26, 1835), English physicist of German descent, was born at Bristol. At first he purposed to study law; but...

William Morgan

male, deceased (1833)
Fellow of the Royal Society, from Glamorgan, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, scientist, bridgend, equitable life…equitable life assurance society, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, the actuarial profession
William Morgan, born Bridgend, Glamorganshire, 1750, died 1833. He first came to London for medical training at Guy's Hospital. He was appointed...
Giovanni Battista Beccaria

Giovanni Battista Beccaria

male, deceased (1781)
from the Province of Cuneo, From Piedmont, Italian, electricity, electrical, palermo…University of Palermo, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society, University of Turin, University of Rome La Sapienza
Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist, was born at Mondovì, and entered the religious order of the Pious Schools in 1732. He became p...
John Dollond

John Dollond

male, deceased (1761)
Astronomer, Fellow of the Royal Society, British, swedish, Optician, physics…PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety
John Dollond (June 10, 1706 - November 30, 1761) was an English optician. Dollond was the son of a Huguenot refugee, a silk-weaver at Spitalfields,...
John Frederic Daniell

John Frederic Daniell

male, deceased (1845)
apoplexy, physicist, inventor, Chemist, British, Academic of King's College London…Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, Introduction to the Study of Chemical Philosophy
John Frederic Daniell (12 March 1790 - 13 March 1845) was an English chemist and physicist. Daniell was born in London, and in 1831 became the...

Humphry Ditton

male, deceased (1715)
Christian, Salisbury, Theologian, mathematician, philosopher, mathematics…PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, Of the Tangents of Curves
Humphry Ditton (May 29, 1675-October 15, 1715), was an English mathematician. Ditton was born at Salisbury. He studied theology, and was for some...
Georg Joseph Kamel

Georg Joseph Kamel

male, deceased (1706)
Roman Catholic, Botanist, Jesuit, camellia, scientist, Pre-Linnaean botanist…Expatriate in the Philippines, Botanists active in the Philippines, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety
Georg Joseph Kamel (born 21 April 1661, Brno, Moravia, now Czech Republic - died 2 May 1706, Manila, Philippines), also known as Camellus, was a...

Henry Ellis

male, deceased (1806)
lieutenant governor, creek, Governor of Georgia, slave, governor, slavery…Explorer of North America, Royal Society, President of the Board of Trade, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
Henry Ellis was an explorer, author, and second colonial Governor of Georgia. Ellis was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He was educated in law at...

John Aitken

male, deceased (1919)
physicist, inventor, Scottish, Meteorologist, scientist, atmospheric science…Royal Society, Royal Medal, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, nuclei of cloudy condensation
John Aitken (1839-1919) (born Falkirk, Scotland), one of the founders of cloud physics and aerosol science, was a Scottish physicist and...

Emanuel Mendez da Costa

male, deceased (1791)
Jewish, Botanist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Naturalist, British, philosopher…Royal Society, Royal Society of London, Philosophical Transactions, PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety, Royal Antiquarian Society of London
Emanuel Mendez da Costa (June 5 1717 - May 31 1791), was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of...