Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

male, deceased (1727) (london, United Kingdom)
physicist, classical mechanics, laws of motion, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, celestial mechanics, sir isaac newton…naturalphilosophy, natural philosopher
Sir Isaac Newton <small>&lt;nowiki>[&lt;/nowiki> OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726<nowiki&gt;]</nowiki></small&gt; was an English physicist, ma...
Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler

male, deceased (1630)
physics, planet, eponym, telescopic, Harmonices Mundi, 17th century…naturalphilosophy, philosophy
Johannes Kepler (December 27 1571 - November 15 1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century...
John Murray

John Murray

male, deceased (1914)
Stirling High School, Stirling High School alumni, British road accident victim, University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Challenger expedition…naturalphilosophy
Sir John Murray KCB (3 March 1841 – 6 March 1914) was a pioneering Scots-Canadian oceanographer and marine biologist. Murray was born at Cobourg, On...
John Dalton

John Dalton

male, deceased (1844)
Christian, kendal, color blindness, Colour blindness, Chemist, Meteorologist…naturalphilosophy
John Dalton (September 6, 1766 - July 27, 1844) was an English chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumbria. He is best...
William Gilbert

William Gilbert

male, deceased (1603)
Elektron, electrical engineering, magnetism, New Latin author, James VI and I, College of Physician…Aristotelian philosophy, naturalphilosophy, natural philosopher
William Gilbert, also known as Gilberd (Colchester, England, May 24, 1544 - London, England, November 30, 1603) was an English physician and a...
Ptolemy

Ptolemy

male, deceased (168)
Ægyptus, Philosophy of music, Astrological writer, ancient roman, mathematician, geographia…naturalphilosophy
Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in Roman Egypt....
Margaret Cavendish

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…naturalphilosophy
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-15 December 1673), was an English aristocrat and a prolific writer. Born Margaret Lucas,...

John Robison

male, deceased (1805)
professor, physicist, Scottish Enlightenment, inventor, Scottish, university of edinburgh…philosophy, naturalphilosophy, mechanical philosophy
John Robison (February 4, 1739 - January 30, 1805) was a Scottish physicist and inventor. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of...
John Leslie

John Leslie

male, deceased (1832)
From Fife, physicist, air, metal, capillary action, copper…naturalphilosophy
Sir John Leslie (April 10, 1766 - November 3, 1832) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best remembered for his research into heat. Leslie...
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

male, deceased (1494)
from the Province of Modena, Italian Renaissance humanist, Renaissance Latin author, naturalphilosophy, religion, philosophy
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (February 24, 1463 -November 17, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher. He was celebrated for the events of...