David Rittenhouse

David Rittenhouse

male, deceased (1796)
University of Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia, Astronomer, Autodidact, mathematician, German-American…americanphilosophicalsociety, American
David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 - June 26, 1796) was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument...

William Smith

male, deceased (1803)
Clergy in the American Revolution, Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Anglican priest, Scottish clergy, From Aberdeen, William Smith…american revolution, americanphilosophicalsociety
The Rev. Dr. William Smith (1728-1803) was the first president of the University of Pennsylvania. He was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, to Thomas and...
John Bartram

John Bartram

male, deceased (1777)
Botanist, quaker, ohio river, americanphilosophicalsociety, botany, Botanists active in North America…American, Religious Society of Friends, father of American Botany
John Bartram (May 23, 1699 O.S., Darby, Pennsylvania - September 22, 1777, Philadelphia) was an American botanist. Carolus Linnaeus said he was the...
Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock

female, deceased (1992)
University of Missouri–Columbia faculty, Erasmus Hall High School alumni, National Academy of Sciences, crossing-over, genetic map, centromere…American, Vice President of the Genetics Society of America, Botanical Society of America, americanphilosophicalsociety
Barbara McClintock was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists. McClintock received her PhD in...
Benjamin Smith Barton

Benjamin Smith Barton

male, deceased (1815)
University of Philadelphia, medicine, university of edinburgh, zoology, americanphilosophicalsociety, botany…American
Benjamin Smith Barton was an American botanist. Barton studied medicine at Philadelphia until 1786, when he transferred to the University of...
Owen Gingerich

Owen Gingerich

male, 79 years old
Member of ISSR, American Mennonites, Harvard University, Mennonites, Mennonite writer, Templeton Foundation…American Scientific Affiliation, americanphilosophicalsociety, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American, American Institute of Physics
Owen Gingerich is professor for astronomy and the history of astronomy at Harvard University; in 1992-93 he chaired Harvard's History of Science...
Caspar Wistar

Caspar Wistar

male, deceased (1818)
University of Pennsylvania, Wisteria, Botanist, quaker, Wistaria, German…americanphilosophicalsociety, American, Religious Society of Friends, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, president of the American Philosophical Society
Caspar Wistar was an American physician and anatomist. He was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Wistar and Mary Waln Wistar and...
Robert Patterson

Robert Patterson

male, deceased (1824)
University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, professor, from Philadelphia, Irish-American, naturalized citizen of the United States…americanphilosophicalsociety, American, American Revolutionary War
Robert Patterson (1743-1824) was an American educator and director of the mint. He was born near Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, emigrated...
Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

male, 72 years old
author, Guns, Germs, and Steel, collapse, Evolutionary biologist, Pulitzer Prize winner, geography…American, Jewish American, American Academy of Arts, member of the board of the Society, americanphilosophicalsociety
Jared Mason Diamond (b. 10 September, 1937) is an American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and nonfiction author. Diamond works...

Thomas Bond

male, deceased (1784)
quaker, from Maryland, American Colonies, surgeon, physician, American…americanphilosophicalsociety, founder of the American Philosophical Society
Thomas Bond was an American physician and surgeon. In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American...