Martin Richards

Martin Richards

male
Martin Richards is a British computer scientist, best known for his development of the BCPL programming language, which is both the earliest major...

Hensleigh Wedgwood

deceased (1891)
Hensleigh Wedgwood (21 January 1803 - 2 June 1891) was a British etymologist, philologist and barrister, author of "A Dictionary of English...

Oscar Browning

male, deceased (1923)
Oscar Browning (January 17, 1837-October 6, 1923) was an English writer, historian and educational reformer, born in London, the son of a merchant,...
Herchel Smith

Herchel Smith

male
Herchel Smith (1925 - 2001) was the inventor of key intellectual property and patents behind oral and injectable contraceptives. In later life, he...
Philippa Fawcett

Philippa Fawcett

female, deceased (1948)
Philippa Garrett Fawcett (April 4, 1868 - June 10, 1948) was an English mathematician and educationalist. She was the daughter of Millicent...
Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

male, deceased (1908)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman was the first man to be given official use of the title 'Prime Minister'. Known as CB, he was a firm believer in free...

William Ridgeway

male, deceased (1926)
Sir William Ridgeway (6 August, 1858 - 12 August, 1926) was a classical scholar and Disney Professor of Archaeology. Ridgeway was educated at...
Francis Maitland Balfour

Francis Maitland Balfour

male, deceased (1882)
Francis Maitland Balfour (November 10, 1851 - July 19, 1882) was a British biologist. The younger brother of the politician, Arthur Balfour, he was...
James Hopwood Jeans

James Hopwood Jeans

male, deceased (1946)
Sir James Hopwood Jeans (September 11 1877 in Ormskirk, Lancashire - September 16 1946 in Dorking, Surrey) was a British physicist, astronomer and...
Ralph H. Fowler

Ralph H. Fowler

male, deceased (1944)
Sir Ralph Howard Fowler FRS (January 17 1889 - July 28 1944) was a British physicist and astronomer. Fowler was initially educated at home but then...