James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
explorer, From Middlesbrough, Explorer of Australia, Royal Navy, endeavour, MeRchAnT NavY…RoyalSociety, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Navy officer
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...
Joseph Banks

Joseph Banks

male, deceased (1820)
Old Harrovian, Botanical collectors active in Australia, Old Etonian, Botanists active in Australia, Explorer of the Pacific, President of the Royal Society…Fellow of the Royal Society, RoyalSociety, Linnean Society, royal horticultural society
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, PRS (13 February 1743 - 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and science patron. He took part in Cook's...

David King

male
Sir David King, Office of Science and Innovation, Master of Downing College, Cambridge, Federal government of the United States, Rumford Medal, failing to take up the challenge of global warming…RoyalSociety, Fellow of the Royal Society
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...
Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren

male, deceased (1723)
Astronomer, Geometer, designer, sir christopher wren, buried at St Paul's Cathedral, sir isaac newton…President of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society, RoyalSociety
Sir Christopher Wren was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53...
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

female, 84 years old
war leader, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British female MP, From grantham, The Iron Lady, inventor of soft ice…Fellow of the Royal Society, RoyalSociety
She was born Margaret Hilda Roberts on October 13 , 1925 , in the town of Grantham , the daughter of a grocer. Educated at Somerville College,...
William James

William James

male, deceased (1783)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Naval commander, goa, British, navy, miller…Royal Navy officer, RoyalSociety
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...
Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford

male, deceased (1937)
Lord Rutherford, buried at Westminster Abbey, Scottish New Zealander, English New Zealander, nucleus, Member of the Order of Merit…President of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society, RoyalSociety
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM PC FRS (30 August 1871 - 19 October 1937), widely referred to as Lord Rutherford, was a...
Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

male, deceased (1903)
buried at Highgate Cemetery, From Derby, functionalism, evolutionism, The Origin of Species, agnostic…society, President of the Chemical Society, RoyalSociety, Philosophical Society, Chemical Society
Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and prominent classic-liberal political theorist. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of...
Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham

male, deceased (1869)
FRS, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chemical Society of London, Scottish, church of scotland, Master of the Mint…Royal College of Science and Technology, RoyalSociety, Royal College of Science, president of the Chemical Society of London
Thomas Graham FRS (December 21, 1805 – September 16, 1869) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Graham's father was a successful textile manufacturer, an...
William Thomson

William Thomson

male, deceased (1890)
Archbishop of York, archbishop, Church of England, cumberland, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, theology…RoyalSociety, Royal Geographical Society
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...