Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling

male, deceased (1994)
scientist, Biophysicist, atheist, Chemist, Erdős number 4, Humanist…metallurgy
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 - August 19, 1994) was an American quantum chemist and biochemist. He was also acknowledged as a...
Abdul Qadeer Khan

Abdul Qadeer Khan

male, 74 years old
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction, Pakistan's nuclear program, Metallurgical Engineer, metallurgy, nuclear weapons technology proliferation, Pakistan's nuclear programme
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (b. 1935) is a Pakistani Scientist and Metallurgical Engineer widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program....
Vannoccio Biringuccio

Vannoccio Biringuccio

male, deceased (1539)
potassium nitrate, foundry, iron, Italian, mining, scientist…metallurgy
Vannoccio Biringuccio, sometimes spelt Vannocio Biringuccio, (1480-1539) was an Italian metallurgist. He is best known for his manual on...
Cyril Stanley Smith

Cyril Stanley Smith

male, deceased (1992)
University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Metallurgist, historian, Manhattan Project, Historian of science…metallurgy
Cyril Stanley Smith (October 4, 1903-August 25, 1992) was a renowned metallurgist and historian of science. Smith is perhaps most famous for his...

Robert W. Cahn

male, 85 years old
Jewish, Fürth, dislocation, uranium, metallurgy, scientist…physical metallurgy
Robert W. Cahn (1924-2007) was a metallurgist whose contributions to physical metallurgy demonstrated the properties of dislocations. Cahn...
Robert Hadfield

Robert Hadfield

male, deceased (1940)
Metallurgist, Fellow of the Royal Society, metallurgy, baronet, steel, casting
Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield (born November 28, 1858, Sheffield; died September 30, 1940, Surrey) was an English metallurgist, noted for his 1882...
Su Song

Su Song

male, deceased (1101)
Botanist, tian ti, mechanical engineer, Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao, celestial, Medieval astronomer…metallurgy
Su Song (style Zirong was a renowned Chinese statesman, astronomer, cartographer, horologist, pharmacologist, mineralogist, zoologist, botanist,...

William Kelly

male, deceased (1888)
coke, inventor, coal, metallurgy, American, wrought iron
William Kelly (August 22, 1811 - February 11, 1888), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American inventor. Kelly studied metallurgy at the...
Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart

male, deceased (1946)
Anglican, Strabane, Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Sifton, premier, Canadian politician…metallurgy
Charles Stewart, PC (Strabane, Ontario August 26, 1868 - December 6, 1946 Ottawa) was a Canadian politician who was Premier of Alberta from 1917 to...

Morris Cohen

male, deceased (2005)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kyoto Prize, National Medal of Science, National Medal of Science recipient, ASM International…metallurgy
Morris Cohen (November 27, 1911 - May 27, 2005). Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Cohen spent his entire career affiliated with MIT. He graduated...