Thomas Thomson

Thomas Thomson

male, deceased (1852)
Thomas Thomson was a Scottish chemist. Born Crieff, Perthshire, he was educated at the University of St. Andrews in classics, mathematics and...

Frater Albertus

male, deceased (1984)
Frater Albertus Spagyricus (1911–1984); founder of the Paracelsus Research Society in Salt Lake City, which later evolved into the Paracelsus Co...
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

male, deceased (1765)
Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722 - 1765) was a Swedish chemist who discovered nickel in 1751. He described it as "kupfernickel" (the devil's...

Thomas Webster

male, deceased (1844)
Thomas Webster, Scottish geologist, was born in Orkney, and was educated at Aberdeen. He subsequently went to London and studied architecture, the...
Norman L. Bowen

Norman L. Bowen

male, deceased (1956)
Norman Levi Bowen was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 21, 1887 and died on September 11, 1956. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology...

Johan August Arfwedson

male, deceased (1841)
Johan August Arfwedson (January 12, 1792 - October 28, 1841), Swedish chemist and the discoverer of lithium (1817). Arfwedson belonged to a wealthy...
Thomas Pennant

Thomas Pennant

male, deceased (1798)
Thomas Pennant (June 14, 1726 - December 16, 1798) was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary. The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of...
John Joly

John Joly

male, deceased (1933)
John Joly (November 1 1857 - December 8 1933) was an Irish scientist, possibly most famous for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of...
Wilhelm Hisinger

Wilhelm Hisinger

male, deceased (1852)
Wilhelm Hisinger was a Swedish chemist who in 1807, working in coordination with Jöns Jakob Berzelius, noted that in electrolysis any given s...
William Hallowes Miller

William Hallowes Miller

male, deceased (1880)
William Hallowes Miller (April 6, 1801 - May 20, 1880), British mineralogist and crystallographer, was born at Velindre near Llandovery,...