"Royal Society of London"

John Herschel male, deceased (1871): From Slough, Colour blindness, German-English, Sir William Herschel, Tripos Wranglers, uranus…Pioneer of photography, Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, Royal Guelphic Order, Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge; Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH (March 7, 1792-May 11, 1871) was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and...

George Boole male, deceased (1864): from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Boolean logic, philosopher, mathematician, computer pioneer, British…Fellow of the Royal Society, RoyalSocietyofLondon; George Boole, (November 2, 1815 - December 8, 1864) was a British mathematician and philosopher. As the inventor of Boolean algebra, the basis of...

Pierre Curie male, deceased (1906): physicist, 1859-1906, piezoelectric effects, French road accident victim, sorbonne, jacques…Discoverer of chemical elements, Professor of physics, RoyalSocietyofLondon, Academy of Sciences, elected to the Academy of Sciences; Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in...

Margaret Cavendish female, deceased (1673): The Blazing World, Women poet, English women writer, Women dramatists and playwright, Women writer, A True Relation of my Birth, Breeding, and Life…1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, RoyalSocietyofLondon; Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-15 December 1673), was an English aristocrat and a prolific writer. Born Margaret Lucas,...

Michael Berry male, 68 years old: Sir Michael Victor Berry, Academic of the University of Bristol, Jewish, FRSE, Erdős number 3, Wolf Prize in Physics recipient…Alumni of the University of Bristol, Proceedings of the Royal Society, RoyalSocietyofLondon, Alumni of the University of St Andrews, Fellow of the Royal Society; Sir Michael Victor Berry, FRS FRSE (born 14 March 1941), is a mathematical physicist at the University of Bristol. He was elected a fellow of the...

Samuel Hartlib male, deceased (1662): Polish Briton, inventor, Letter writer, Alumni of the University of Cambridge, British, agriculturalist…Royal Society, University of Cambridge, RoyalSocietyofLondon, Commonwealth of England, Royal Prussia; Samuel Hartlieb (ca. 1600 - 1662), was a polymath - meaning an expert in many subjects. He was interested in science, medicine, agriculture,...

Calestous Juma male, 56 years old: Standard, business daily, Royal Academy of Engineering, Kennedy School of Government, RoyalSocietyofLondon, Harvard University…Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Kenya National Academy of Sciences, World Academy of Art and Science, National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society; Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project. He...

Josiah Willard Gibbs male, deceased (1903): physicist, Mathematical analyst, second law of thermodynamics, chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry, Ph.D.…craters of the Moon named after them, American Mathematical Society, RoyalSocietyofLondon, On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances; Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 - April 28, 1903) was a preeminent American mathematical-engineer, theoretical physicist, and chemist noted...

Seth Ward male, deceased (1689): Oxford University, Salisbury, Worcester, Astronomer, Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician…order of the garter, Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop of Exeter, RoyalSocietyofLondon, Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; Seth Ward (1617 - 6 January 1689) was an English mathematician, astronomer, and bishop. He was born in Hertfordshire, and educated at Sidney Sussex...

Endel Tulving male, deceased (1927) (Canada): Washington University, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, Fellow of the Royal Society, Gairdner Foundation International Award, Canadian, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada…Royal Society of Canada, Order of Canada, university of toronto, RoyalSocietyofLondon, Officer of the Order of Canada; Cognitive psychologists study the human mind. "Cognitive" comes from the Latin verb cognoscere , to know, so cognitive psychologists study how...

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