Wikipedia:Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology
The following images are from the Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology.[1] Some of which are in the public domain (due to age).[citation needed]
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As of June, 13 2005 all articles in this list have images, except for (1) non-existent articles; and (2) articles for which the image may be new enough to attract copyright protection, e.g. Carl David Anderson. These articles are marked with a dagger †.
A[edit]
- Frederick Augustus Abel (1826–1902): Chemistry. [1]
- John Abernethy (1764–1831): Medicine. [2]
- Franz Carl Achard (1753–1821): Chemistry; Physics. [3]
- Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956): Astronomy. [4] †
- Louis Agassiz (1807–1873): Geology; Biology. [5] [6] [7]
- Henri Francois d'Aguesseau (1668–1751): Jurist. [8]
- George Biddell Airy (1801–1892): Astronomy. [9] [10] [11]
- Bernard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770): Biology. [12]
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783): Physics; Mathematics. [13] [14] [15]
- Thomas Allen (1542–1632): Mathematics. [16]
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836): Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
- Carl David Anderson (1905–1991): Physics. [22] †
- John Anderson (1833–1900): Geology; Biology. [23]
- Henry Andrews (1743–1820): Astronomy. [24] †
- Peter Apian (1495–1552): Astronomy; Geology. [25]
- François Arago (1786–1853): Physics; Astronomy. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
- Jean d'Arcet (1725–1801): Chemistry; Geology; Medicine. [34] †
- Richard Arkwright (1732–1792): Engineering. [35] [36] [37] [38]
- Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927): Chemistry; Physics. [39]
- Francis William Aston (1877–1945): Chemistry; Physics. [40] †
B[edit]
- Charles Babbage (1791–1871): Mathematics. [41]
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626): Physics. [42] [43] [44]
- Adolf von Baeyer (1835–1917): Chemistry. [45]
- Jean Sylvain Bailly (1763–1793): Astronomy. [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]
- Joseph Banks (1743–1820): Botany. [52] [53]
- Jean Philippe Baratier (1721–1740): Mathematics. [54]
- John Barclay (1758–1826): Biology. [55]
- Peter Barlow (1776–1862): Mathematics; Physics. [56]
- Jacques Barrelier (1606–1673): Biology. [57] †
- François de Barrême (1640–1703): Mathematics. [58] †
- Isaac Barrow (1630–1677): Mathematics. [59]
- Alexandre Edmond Becquerel (1820–1891): Physics. [60]
- Antoine-Henri Becquerel (1852–1908): Physics. [61]
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922): Engineering. [62]
- Charles Bell (1774–1842): Biology. [63]
- Jacob Bell (1810–1859): Chemistry. [64] †
- Johann Friedrich Benzenberg (1777–1846): Astronomy; Geology; Physics. [65] †
- Torbern Bergman (1735–1784): Chemistry; Geology; Biology. [66]
- Claude Bernard (1813–1878): Biology. [67]
- Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782): Biology; Mathematics; Physics. [68]
- Jean Bernoulli (1667–1748): Mathematics. [69] [70] [71] [72] [73]
- Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot (1827–1905): Chemistry. [74]
- Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822): Chemistry. [75] [76] [77]
- Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848): Chemistry. [78] [79] [80] [81]
- Henry Bessemer (1813–1898): Engineering. [82] [83]
- Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879): Industrialist; Science Patron. [84]
- Nicolas Bion (1652–1733): Engineering. [85] †
- Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774–1862): Physics. [86]
- Joseph Black (1728–1799): Chemistry; Physics; Medicine. [87] [88] [89]
- Clarence John Blake (1843–1919): Medicine. [90] †
- Marcus Eliesar Bloch (1723–1799): Medicine; Biology. [91]
- Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826): Astronomy. [92]
- Hermann Boerhaave (1668–1738): Biology; Chemistry. [93] [94] [95] [96]
- Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885–1962): Physics. [97]
- Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906): Physics. [98]
- Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848): Mathematics. [99]
- John Booker (1603–1667): Astrology. [100] †
- Max Born (1882–1970): Physics. [101]
- Charles Bossut (1730–1814): Mathematics; Technology; Engineering. [102]
- John Bostock (1773–1846): Chemistry. [103] †
- Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719): Chemistry. [104]
- Ismael Boulliau (1605–1694): Astronomy; Mathematics. [105] [106] †
- Matthew Boulton (1728–1809): Engineering. [107]
- Alexis Bouvard (1767–1843): Astronomy. [108]
- Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838): Astronomy. [109]
- Robert Boyle (1627–1691): Chemistry; Physics. [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121]
- James Bradley (1693–1762): Astronomy. [122] [123]
- Tycho Brahe (1546–1601): Astronomy. [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129]
- William Thomas Brande (1788–1866): Chemistry. [130] [131]
- Edouard Branly (1844–1940): Physics. [132] †
- David Brewster (1781–1868): Optics. [133] [134] [135] [136] [137] [138]
- James Brindley (1716–1772): Engineering. [139]
- John Brinkley (1763–1835): Astronomy; Mathematics. [140]
- Selig Brodetsky (1888–1954): Mathematics. [141] †
- Benjamin Brodie (1783–1862): Biology. [142]
- Louis-César-Victor-Maurice de Broglie (1875–1960): Physics. [143] †
- Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847): Geology. [144] †
- John Charles Brooke (1748–1794): Archaeology. [145] †
- Joshua Brookes (1761–1833): Biology. [146] †
- John Brown (1819–1822): Biology. [147]
- Thomas Brown (1778–1820): Physics; Biology. [148]
- Franz Ernest Brückmann (1697–1753): Medicine. [149] †
- Marc Brunel (1769–1849): Engineering. [150] [151]
- William Buchan (1729–1805): Medicine. [152] †
- Ludwig Friedrich Karl Christian Buechner (1824–1899): Biology. [153]
- Christian Wilhelm Buettner (1716–1801): Biology. [154] †
- Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707–1788): Biology. [155] [156]
- Robert Bunsen (1811–1899): Chemistry. [157] [158]
- Jean Charles Burckhardt (1773–1825): Astronomy; Mathematics. [159] [160] †
- Ogier Ghislain de Busbeck (1522–1592): Biology. [161] †
- Friedrich Büthner (1622–1701): Mathematics. [162] †
- William Butler (1535–1618): Medicine. [163]
C[edit]
- Alessandro Cagliostro (1743–1795): Alchemy. [164]
- John Caius (1510–1573): Medicine. [165] [166]
- Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani (1725–1813): Astronomy. [167]
- Octave Callandreau (1852–1904): Mathematics; Astronomy. [168] †
- Joachim Camerarius (1534–1598): Medicine. [169]
- Moritz Cantor (1829–1920): Mathematics. [170]
- Anthony Carlisle (1768–1840): Medicine. [171] †
- Lazare Carnot (1753–1823): Physics; Engineering; Mathematics. [172] [173]
- Francis Howard Carr (1874–1969): Chemistry. [174] †
- Charles Carroll (1737–1832): Politics. [175]
- Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823): Medicine. [176]
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712): Astronomy; Geodesy. [177] [178]
- Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748–1845): Astronomy; Geodesy. [179] [180]
- Augustin Louis Cauchy (1789–1857): Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy. [181] [182] [183] [184]
- Tiberius Cavallo (1749–1809): Physics. [185]
- Arthur Cayley (1821–1895): Mathematics; Astronomy. [186] [187] [188]
- Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (1719–1806): Engineering. [189] †
- Claude Chappe (1763–1805): Engineering. [190]
- Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (1756–1832): Chemistry. [191] [192] [193] [194] [195]
- Michel Chasles (1793–1880): Mathematics. [196]
- Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706–1749): Physics. [197]
- Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889): Chemistry; Medicine. [198]
- Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756–1827): Physics. [199] [200] [201]
- Robert Christison (1797–1882): Medicine. [202] †
- Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765): Mathematics; Astronomy. [203]
- Christoph Clavius (1538–1612): Mathematics; Astronomy. [204]
- Agnes Mary Clerke (1842–1907): Astronomy. [205]
- Carolus Clusius (1526–1609): Botany. [206]
- Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776): Botany. [207]
- Peter Collinson (1694–1768): Biology. [208]
- Christopher Columbus (1451–1506): Exploration. [209] [210] [211]
- Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet (1743–1794): Mathematics. [212] [213]
- François-Alexandre-Henri Conneau (1803–1877): Medicine. [214] †
- Hermann Conring (1606–1681): Physics; Medicine. [215] †
- James Cook (1728–1779): Exploration. [216] [217]
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543): Astronomy. [218] [219] [220] [221] [222] [223] [224] [225]
- Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier (1777–1861): Geology; Engineering. [226] †
- George Costard (1710–1782): Astronomy. [227] †
- Adam de Craponne (1527–1576): Engineering. [228] †
- Samuel Crompton (1753–1827): Invention. [229]
- William Crookes (1832–1919): Chemistry; Physics. [230] [231]
- Marie Curie (1867–1934): Physics. [232]
- James Curley (1796–1889): Astronomy; Mathematics. [233]
- Georges Cuvier (1769–1832): Zoology. [234] [235] [236] [237]
D[edit]
- Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851): Photography. [238]
- John Dalton (1766–1844): Physics; Chemistry; Meteorology. [239] [240]
- James Dwight Dana (1813–1895): Geology. [241] [242]
- Vincenzo Dandolo (1758–1819): Chemistry. [243] †
- Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882): Biology. [244]
- Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802): Medicine; Botany; Engineering. [245] [246]
- George Howard Darwin (1845–1912): Mathematics; Astronomy. [247]
- Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716–1800): Medicine; Geology. [248]
- William Davis (mathematician) (1771–1807): Mathematics. [249]
- Humphry Davy (1778–1829): Chemistry. [250] [251] [252] [253] [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259]
- John Dee (1527–1608): Mathematics. [260] [261]
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749–1822): Astronomy; Geodesy. [262] [263]
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869): Classics. [264]
- John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744): Physics. [265] [266]
- René Descartes (1596–1650): Physics; Mathematics. [267] [268] [269]
- René Louiche Desfontaines (1751–1833): Botany. [270]
- Nicolas Deyeux (1745–1837): Medicine. [271] †
- Denis Diderot (1713–1784): Encyclopedist. [272] [273]
- Kenelm Digby (1603–1665): Physics. [274] [275] [276] [277] [278] [279]
- Thomas Dimsdale (1712–1800): Medicine. [280] †
- Johann Wolfgang Doebereiner (1780–1849): Chemistry. [281] [282]
- John Dollond (1706–1761): Physics. [283]
- Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801): Geology. [284] †
- Franciscus Cornelis Donders (1818–1889): Medicine. [285] †
- Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr (1671–1750): Astronomy; Mathematics; Physics. [286] †
- Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–1879): Meteorology; Physics. [287] [288] †
- Paul Drude (1863–1906): Physics. [289] †
- Johann Dryander (1500–1560): Mathematics; Medicine. [290] †
- Robert Dudley (1574–1649): Engineering. [291]
- Pierre Louis Dulong (1785–1838): Chemistry; Physics. [292] †
- Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800–1884): Chemistry. [293] [294]
- André Marie Constant Dumeril (1774–1860): Zoology; Medicine. [295] †
- Thomas Cochrane Dundonald (1775–1860): Military. [296] [297]
- Charles Dupin (1784–1873): Mathematics; Economics. [298] †
E[edit]
- Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944): Astronomy. [299]
- Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933): Physics. [300]
- Tatjana Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa (1876–1964): Mathematics. [301]
- Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915): Medicine. [302]
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955): Physics. [303] [304] [305] [306] [307] [308]
- Wilhelm Friedrich Eisenlohr (1799–1872): Physics. [309] †
- Havelock Ellis (1859–1939): Psychology; Biology. [310] †
- Johann Franz Encke (1791–1865): Astronomy. [311]
- Henry Englefield (1752–1822): Astronomy; Botany. [312] †
- Karl Oswald Victor Engler (1842–1925): Chemistry. [313] †
- Desiderius Erasmus (1469–1536): Humanist. [314]
- Andreas von Ettingshausen (1796–1878): Physics; Medicine. [315] †
- Leonhard Euler (1707–1783): Mathematics; Astronomy; Physics. [316] [317] [318] [319]
- John Evans (1680–1730): Astrology. [320] †
- Oliver Evans (1755–1819): Engineering. [321]
- Johann Albert Eytelwein (1764–1848): Engineering. [322] †
F[edit]
- Guy-Crescent Fagon (1638–1718): Botany; Medicine. [323] †
- Michael Faraday (1791–1867): Chemistry; Physics. [324] [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] [330]
- Hervé Faye (1814–1902): Astronomy; Geodesy. [331]
- Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801–1887): Physics. [332]
- James Ferguson (1710–1776): Astronomy; Scientific Instruments. [333] [334] [335]
- Jean François Fernel (1497–1558): Medicine. [336] †
- Cyrus West Field (1819–1892): Science Patron. [337]
- Oronce Fine (1494–1555): Mathematics; Geography. [338] [339] †
- Armande-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau (1819–1896): Physics. [340] [341]
- Camille Flammarion (1842–1925): Astronomy. [342] [343] †
- John Flamsteed (1646–1719): Astronomy. [344]
- Robert Fludd (1574–1637): Alchemy. [345] [346]
- Martin Folkes (1690–1754): Antiquities. [347]
- Simon Forman (1552–1611): Medicine; Astrology. [348] †
- Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1755–1809): Chemistry; Medicine. [349] [350] [351] [352] [353]
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830): Mathematics; Physics. [354] [355]
- George Fownes (1815–1849): Chemistry. [356] †
- John Wakefield Francis (1789–1861): Medicine. [357] †
- James Franck (1882–1964): Physics. [358] †
- Adolph Frank (1834–1916): Chemistry. [359] †
- Edward Frankland (1825–1899): Chemistry. [360]
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790): Physics. [361] [362]
- John Franklin (1786–1847): Exploration. [363] [364]
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826): Physics; Scientific Instruments. [365]
- Edmond Fremy (1814–1894): Chemistry. [366] [367]
- Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788–1827): Physics. [368]
- Robert Fulton (1765–1808): Engineering. [369] [370] [371]
G[edit]
- John Gadbury (1627–1704): Astrology. [372] [373] †
- François-Benjamin Gaillon (1782–1839): Biology. [374] †
- Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828): Medicine. [375]
- Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655): Physics; Astronomy. [376]
- Luca Gaurico (1476–1558): Mathematics; Astronomy; Astrology. [377] †
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855): Mathematics. [378] [379] [380]
- Hubert Gautier (1660–1737): Engineering. [381] †
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850): Chemistry; Physics. [382] [383] [384]
- Cornelius Gemma (1535–1579): Medicine; Astronomy. [385] †
- Gemma Frisius (1508–1555): Mathematics. [386]
- Johannes Gesner (1709–1790): Botany; Geology. [387] †
- Davies Gilbert (1767–1839): Engineering; Science Patron. [388] †
- Pierre-Simon Girard (1765–1836): Engineering. [389] †
- Stephen Girard (1750–1831): Banker. [390]
- John Hall Gladstone (1827–1902): Chemistry. [391] †
- James Glaisher (1809–1903): Meteorology. [392]
- Leopold Gmelin (1788–1853): Chemistry. [393]
- Ambrose Godfrey (1660–1741): Chemistry. [394] †
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832): Biology; Geology; Physics. [395]
- Thomas Graham (1805–1869): Chemistry; Physics. [396] [397]
- James Gregory (1638–1675): Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy. [398]
- Olinthus Gregory (1774–1841): Mathematics. [399] [400]
- William Gregory (1803–1858): Chemistry; Biology. [401] †
- Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712): Biology. [402]
- William Robert Grove (1811–1896): Physics; Chemistry. [403] [404] [405]
- Franz von Paula Gruithuisen (1774–1852): Medicine; Astronomy. [406]
- Simon Grynaeus (1493–1541): Geography. [407] †
- Otto von Guericke (1602–1686): Engineering; Physics. [408] [409]
H[edit]
- Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843): Medicine; Chemistry. [410] [411]
- Matthew Hale (1609–1676): Mathematics; Jurist. [412] †
- Stephen Hales (1677–1761): Biology. [413]
- Henry Halford (1766–1844): Medicine. [414] †
- Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777): Anatomy. [415] [416] [417] [418]
- Edmund Halley (1656–1742): Astronomy; Geophysics. [419] [420]
- Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873): Physics; Astronomy. [421]
- Robert Hare (1781–1858): Chemistry. [422] †
- John Harrison (1693–1776): Scientific Instruments. [423]
- William Harvey (1578–1657): Medicine. [424] [425] [426] [427]
- René Just Haüy (1743–1822): Geology. [428] [429]
- Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925): Physics. [430]
- Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976): Physics. [431]
- Lorenz Heister (1683–1758): Anatomy. [432] †
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894): Physics. [433] [434]
- Joseph Henry (1797–1878): Physics. [435]
- Jean Hermann (1738–1800): Medicine; Botany; Chemistry. [436] †
- John Frederick William Herschel (1792–1871): Astronomy; Physics; Chemistry. [437] [438] [439] [440]
- William Herschel (1738–1822): Astronomy. [441] [442]
- Johannes Heurnius (1543–1603): Medicine. [443] †
- Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687): Astronomy. [444]
- Urban Hiarne (1641–1724): Medicine; Chemistry. [445] †
- Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679): Physics. [446]
- James Hodgson (1672–1755): Mathematics. [447] †
- Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742): Medicine. [448] [449]
- August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892): Chemistry. [450] [451]
- Robert William Holley (1922–1993): Biochemistry. [452] †
- Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911): Botany. [453] [454]
- Hanns Hörbiger (1860–1931): Engineering; Astronomy. [455] †
- Eben Norton Horsford (1818–1893): Chemistry. [456] †
- Joseph Huddart (1741–1816): Geology. [457] †
- David Edward Hughes (1831–1900): Engineering. [458] †
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859): Biology; Geology. [459] [460] [461] [462] [463] [464] [465]
- William Hunter (1718–1783): Anatomy. [466]
- Charles Hutton (1737–1823): Mathematics. [467]
- John Huxham (1692–1768): Medicine. [468] [469] †
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895): Biology. [470] [471] [472]
- Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695): Mathematics; Physics. [473]
I[edit]
J[edit]
- Karl Gustav Jakob Jacobi (1804–1851): Mathematics. [474]
- Moritz Hermann Jacobi (1801–1874): Physics. [475] †
- Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834): Engineering. [476]
- Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (1727–1817): Medicine. [477]
- Robert Jameson (1774–1854): Geology. [478]
- Edme-Sébastien Jeaurat (1724–1803): Astronomy; Engineering; Geography. [479] †
- Edward Jenner (1749–1823): Medicine. [480] [481]
- William Jenner (1815–1898): Medicine. [482]
- David Starr Jordan (1851–1931): Zoology. [483]
- Hadrianus Junius (1511–1575): Medicine. [484] [485] †
- Bernard de Jussieu (1699–1777): Botany. [486]
K[edit]
- Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner (1719–1800): Mathematics. [487] [488]
- Robert Kane (1809–1890): Chemistry. [489]
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): Physics. [490] [491] [492]
- August Kekule (1829–1896): Chemistry. [493]
- William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (1824–1907): Physics. [494] [495] [496] [497] [498] [499]
- Johannes Kepler (1571–1630): Astronomy; Physics. [500] [501] [502] [503]
- Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680): Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry. [504] [505]
- Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887): Physics. [506]
- Martin Heinrich Klapproth (1743–1817): Chemistry. [507] [508]
- Gowin Knight (1713–1772): Physics. [509] †
- Emanuel Konig (1658–1731): Physics; Medicine. [510] †
- Nicholas Kratzer (1487–1550): Mathematics; Astronomy. [511] †
- Johannes Kunckel (1631–1703): Chemistry. [512] †
L[edit]
- Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813): Physics; Astronomy; Mathematics. [513] [514]
- Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (1732–1807): Astronomy. [515] [516] [517] [518] [519]
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777): Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy. [520]
- Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779–1825): Biology. [521] †
- Michel Ange Lancret (1774–1807): Mathematics; Architecture. [522] †
- Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827): Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy. [523] [524] [525] [526] [527] [528]
- Dominique Jean Larrey (1776–1842): Medicine. [529]
- André Laugier (1770–1832): Chemistry. [530] †
- Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794): Chemistry. [531] [532] [533]
- John Bennet Lawes (1814–1900): Agriculture. [534]
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723): Biology. [535]
- Adrien Marie Legendre (1752–1833): Mathematics. [536]
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): Mathematics. [537] [538] [539] [540]
- Claude-Hugues Lelièvre (1752–1835): Geology. [541] †
- Emil Khristianovich Lenz (1804–1865): Physics; Geology. [542] †
- John Leslie (1766–1832): Physics. [543] [544] [545]
- Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894): Engineering. [546] [547]
- Antoine-Jean Letronne (1787–1848): Geography. [548]
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799): Physics. [549]
- Justus Liebig (1803–1873): Chemistry. [550] [551] [552] [553] [554]
- William Lilly (1602–1681): Medicine. [555]
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913): Astronomy. [556] †
- Carl von Linné (1707–1778): Biology; Geology; Medicine. [557] [558] [559] [560] [561] [562] [563] [564]
- Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899–1986): Biochemistry. [565]
- Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle (1688–1768): Astronomy. [566] †
- Friedrich List (1789–1846): Economics. [567]
- John Locke (1632–1704): Physics. [568] [569]
- Oliver Lodge (1851–1940): Physics. [570]
- Roger Long (1680–1770): Astronomy. [571]
- John Lubbock (1834–1913): Biology; Anthropology. [572] [573]
- Paul Luther (1533–1593): Medicine; Chemistry. [574] †
- Charles Lyell (1797–1875): Geology; Biology. [575]
M[edit]
- Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746): Mathematics. [576] [577]
- Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794–1874): Astronomy. [578]
- Michael Maestlin (1550–1631): Astronomy; Mathematics. [579] †
- Gustav Magnus (1802–1870): Chemistry; Physics. [580]
- Dortous de Mairan (1678–1771): Physics. [581] [582] †
- Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826): Geography. [583]
- Etienne Louis Malus (1775–1812): Physics. [584]
- Eustachio Manfredi (1674–1739): Astronomy; Hydraulics. [585] †
- James Jay Mapes (1806–1866): Chemistry. [586] †
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793): Medicine. [587] [588]
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937): Engineering; Physics. [589] [590] [591]
- Benjamin Martin (1705–1782): Physics. [592] †
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937): Philosophy. [593]
- Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811): Astronomy. [594] [595] [596]
- Claude-Louis Mathieu (1783–1875): Astronomy. [597] †
- Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698–1759): Mathematics; Biology; Physics. [598] [599] [600] [601]
- Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840–1916): Invention. [602] [603]
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879): Physics. [604] [605] [606]
- Julius Robert von Mayer (1814–1878): Physics. [607]
- Walther Mayer (1887–1948): Mathematics. [608] †
- John Mayow (1641–1679): Medicine; Chemistry. [609]
- Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809–1884): Agriculture. [610]
- Donald McKay (1810–1880): Engineering. [611]
- Samuel M'Clellan (1800–1853): Anatomy. [612] †
- Richard Mead (1673–1754): Medicine. [613]
- Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560): Mathematics. [614]
- Daniel Melanderhjelm (1726–1810): Astronomy. [615] †
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884): Biology. [616]
- Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815): Medicine. [617]
- Lothar Meyer (1830–1895): Chemistry. [618]
- Albert Abraham Michelson (1852–1931): Physics. [619] [620]
- Hugh Middleton (c. 1560–1643): Engineering — †
- Robert Andrews Millikan (1868–1953): Physics. [621] [622]
- Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909): Mathematics. [623]
- Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854): Botany. [624] = Image:Charles-François Brisseau-Mirbel.jpg
- Richard von Mises (1883–1953): Mathematics; Engineering. [625]
- Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831): Biology; Geology. [626]
- Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794–1863): Chemistry. [627] [628] [629] †
- Gaspard Monge (1746–1818): Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics. [630] [631] [632] [633] [634]
- Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625–1672): Geology. [635]
- Geminiano Montanari (1633–1687): Astronomy. [636]
- Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745–1799): Aeronautics. [637] [638]
- Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799): Mathematics. [639] †
- Campbell Morfit (1820–1897): Chemistry. [640] †
- Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician) (1583–1656): Medicine. [641] †
- Samuel Morland (1625–1695): Mathematics. [642]
- Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826): Geography. [643]
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872): Engineering. [644] [645] [646] [647] [648] [649] [650]
- Albert Mousson (1805–1890): Physics. [651] †
- Ronald Impey Murchison (1792–1871): Geology. [652] [653] [654] †
- William Murdoch (1754–1834): Engineering. [655]
- James Sheridan Muspratt (1821–1871): Chemistry. [656] †
N[edit]
- Felix Nadar (1820–1910): Photography; Aeronautics. [657] = image:Felix_Nadar.jpg
- John Napier (1550–1617): Mathematics. [658]
- Robert Napier (1791–1876): Engineering. [659] = Image:Robert_Napier_(engineer).jpg
- James Nasmyth (1808–1890): Astronomy; Engineering. [660]
- Gabriel Naude (1600–1653): Bibliography; Medicine. [661] = Image:Gabriel_Naude.jpg †
- Walther Nernst (1864–1941): Chemistry. [662] [663] [664]
- Simon Newcomb (1835–1909): Astronomy. [665] [666]
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727): Physics; Mathematics; Astronomy. [667] [668] [669] [670] [671] [672] [673] [674] [675] [676] [677]
- Peter Nicholson (1765–1844): Mathematics; Architecture. [678] = image:Peter_Nicholson.jpg †
- Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896): Chemistry. [679]
- Leopoldo Nobili (1784–1835): Physics. [680]
- Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700–1770): Physics. [681] = image:Jean-Antoine_Nollet.jpg †
O[edit]
- Hermann Oberth (1894–1989): Physics. [682]
- Wilhelm Olbers (1758–1840): Astronomy; Medicine. [683]
- Denison Olmsted (1791–1859): Physics; Astronomy. [684]
- Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787–1853): Chemistry; Physics. [685] [686] [687]
- Barnaba Oriani (1752–1832): Astronomy. [688]
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851): Physics. [689] [690] [691] [692] [693]
- Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598): Geography. [694] [695]
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932): Chemistry. [696]
- Richard Owen (1804–1892): Medicine; Paleontology. [697] [698] [699]
P[edit]
- Paul Painlevé (1863–1933): Mathematics. [700]
- Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788): Astronomy; Astrology; Physics. [701] [702]
- Samuel Parkes (1759–1825): Chemistry. [703] [704]
- John Parkinson (1567–1650): Botany; Medicine. [705] †
- Charles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931): Engineering. [706]
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662): Mathematics; Physics. [707] [708]
- Louis Pasteur (1822–1895): Chemistry. [709] [710]
- Linus Pauling (1901–1994): Chemistry; Physics. [711]
- Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637): Mathematics; Astronomy. [712] [713]
- John Pender (1816–1896): Engineering. [714] †
- Johann Friedrich Penther (1693–1749): Mathematics; Economics. [715] †
- Claude Perrault (1613–1688): Biology; Medicine. [716]
- Jean Petitot (1607–1691): Art. [717] †
- William Petty (1623–1687): Economics; Geography. [718]
- Joseph Petzval (1807–1891): Mathematics. [719] †
- Kaspar Peucer (1525–1602): Mathematics; Medicine. [720] †
- Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837): Medicine. [721]
- Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1846): Astronomy. [722]
- Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752–1825): Physics. [723] †
- Max Planck (1858–1947): Physics. [724]
- John Playfair (1748–1819): Mathematics; Geology. [725]
- Lyon Playfair, Baron Playfair (1818–1898): Chemistry. [726] [727] [728]
- Julius Plucker (1801–1868): Mathematics; Physics. [729]
- Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796–1877): Physics. [730]
- Henri Poincaré (1854–1912): Mathematics. [731] [732]
- Louis Poinsot (1777–1859): Mathematics; Physics. [733]
- Siméon-Denis Poisson (1781–1840): Mathematics. [734] [735]
- Jean Victor Poncelet (1788–1867): Mathematics; Engineering. [736]
- Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant (1795–1874): Astronomy. [737] †
- Josef Popper-Lynkeus (1838–1921): Aeronautics. [738] †
- John Pordage (1607–1681): Medicine; Astrology. [739] †
- Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet (1790–1868): Physics; Engineering. [740] [741]
- Johann Praetorius (1537–1616): Mathematics. [742] †
- Joseph Priestley (1733–1804): Chemistry; Physics. [743] [744]
- Claude Antoine Prieur-Duvernois (1763–1832): Engineering. [745]
- John Pringle (1707–1782): Medicine. [746]
- Richard Anthony Proctor (1837–1888): Astronomy. [747] [748]
- Gaspard-François-Clair-Marie Riche, Baron de Prony (1755–1839): Engineering; Mathematics. [749]
- Richard Pulteney (1730–1801): Botany. [750] = image:Richard_Pulteney.jpg †
- Michael I. Pupin (1858–1935): Physics. [751]
- Jan Evangelista Purkyne (1787–1869): Medicine. [752]
- Pythagoras (580 BCE–500 BCE): Mathematics; Astronomy —
Q[edit]
R[edit]
- Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988): Physics. [753] †
- John Radcliffe (1650–1714): Medicine. [754]
- Walter Raleigh (1552–1618): Exploration. [755] [756]
- David Ramsay (1749–1815): Medicine. [757]
- William Ramsay (1852–1916): Chemistry. [758]
- Petrus Ramus (1515–1572): Mathematics; Astronomy; Physics. [759] [760]
- François-Vincent Raspail (1794–1878): Biology; Medicine. [761] †
- Walther Rathenau (1867–1922): Industrialist; Electrical Engineering. [762]
- John Ray (1627–1705): Biology. [763]
- René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757): Mathematics; Engineering; Biology. [764]
- Francesco Redi (1626–1698): Medicine. [765]
- Abraham Rees (1743–1825): Encyclopedist. [766]
- Johannes Regiomontanus (1436–1476): Astronomy; Mathematics. [767]
- Victor Regnault (1810–1878): Chemistry; Physics. [768]
- Karl Reichenbach (1788–1869): Biology. [769] †
- John Rennie (1794–1874): Engineering. [770] [771]
- Josef Ressel (1793–1857): Physics. [772] [773]
- Franz Reuleaux (1829–1905): Engineering. [774]
- Henry Revell Reynolds (1745–1811): Medicine. [775] †
- Mark Ridley (1560–1624): Medicine. [776] †
- Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866): Mathematics. [777]
- Antoine Risso (1777–1845): Biology. [778] †
- David Rittenhouse (1732–1796): Engineering; Astronomy. [779] [780]
- Alexis-Marie de Rochon (1741–1817): Astronomy. [781] †
- Jacques Rohault (1620–1675): Physics. [782] †
- Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915): Chemistry. [783]
- Heinrich Rose (1795–1864): Chemistry. [784]
- William Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1800–1867): Astronomy. [785]
- Henry Augustus Rowland (1848–1901): Physics. [786] [787]
- William Roxburgh (1751–1815): Botany. [788] = Image:William Roxburgh.jpg
- Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814): Physics. [789]
- Prince, Count Palatine Rupert (1619–1682): Physics; Military. [790] [791] [792]
- Benjamin Rush (1746–1813): Medicine; Chemistry. [793] [794]
- Henry Chamberlaine Russell (1836–1907): Astronomy; Meteorology. [795] †
- Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937): Physics; Chemistry. [796]
- Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892): Astronomy. [797] †
- Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731): Botany; Medicine. [798]
S[edit]
- Balthazar Georges Sage (1740–1824): Geology; Chemistry. [799] [800] †
- Jules Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1895): Classics. [801]
- William Salmon (1644–1713): Medicine. [802] †
- Jacques-Noël Sané (1740–1831): Engineering. [803] †
- Paolo Sarpi (1552–1623): Physics. [804]
- Nicholas Saunderson (1682–1739): Mathematics. [805] [806]
- Joseph Saxton (1799–1873): Scientific Instruments. [807] [808] [809] †
- Joseph Juste Scaliger (1540–1609): Classics. [810]
- John Martin Schaeberle (1853–1924): Astronomy. [811]
- Carl Scheibler (1827–1899): Chemistry. [812] †
- Ernst Christian Julius Schering (1824–1889): Mathematics. [813] †
- Rudolf Schmitt (1830–1898): Chemistry. [814] †
- Christian Schönbein (1799–1868): Chemistry. [815]
- Johann Schöner (1477–1547): Astronomy; Geography. [816] †
- Christoph Schorer (1618–1671): Medicine. [817] †
- Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961): Physics. [818]
- Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745–1816): Astronomy. [819]
- Anton, Ritter von Kristelli Schrötter (1802–1875): Chemistry. [820] †
- Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850): Astronomy; Geodesy. [821]
- Daniel Schwenter (1585–1636): Mathematics. [822] [823] †
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912–1999): Chemistry. [824]
- Angelo Secchi (1818–1878): Astronomy. [825]
- Johann Andreas von Segner (1704–1777): Mathematics; Physics. [826] †
- Alois Senefelder (1771–1834): Invention. [827] [828]
- George Shaw (1751–1813): Biology. [829]
- Friedrich Siemens (1826–1904): Invention; Engineering. [830] †
- Werner von Siemens (1816–1892): Electrical Engineering. [831] [832]
- Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823–1883): Engineering. [833] †
- Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889–1972): Aeronautics. [834]
- Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864): Chemistry; Geology. [835] [836]
- Hans Sloane (1660–1753): Medicine; Biology. [837] [838]
- John Smeaton (1724–1792): Engineering. [839] [840]
- William Smith (1769–1839): Geology. [841] †
- Arthur Smithells (1860–1939): Chemistry. [842] †
- Willebrord Snellius (1580–1626): Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy. [843] †
- Samuel Thomas von Soemmering (1755–1830): Medicine. [844] [845] †
- James Sowerby (1757–1822): Biology; Geology. [846]
- Herbert Spencer (1820–1903): Physics; Biology. [847] [848] [849]
- Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904): Exploration. [850]
- Jozef Stefan (1835–1893): Physics. [851]
- Carl August Steinheil (1801–1870): Physics; Astronomy. [852] [853] [854] [855] †
- George Stephenson (1781–1848): Engineering. [856] [857]
- Robert Stephenson (1803–1859): Engineering. [858]
- Dugald Stewart (1753–1828): Physics; Mathematics. [859]
- George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903): Physics; Mathematics. [860]
- Leonhard Christoph Sturm (1669–1719): Mathematics; Engineering. [861] †
- Johann Georg Sulzer (1720–1779): Physics. [862] †
- Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689): Medicine. [863] [864] [865]
- James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897): Mathematics. [866]
T[edit]
- Niccolò Tartaglia (1499–1557): Mathematics. [867]
- Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689): Exploration. [868]
- Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–1880): Chemistry. [869] = image:Alfred_Swaine_Taylor.jpg †
- John Taylor (1703–1772): Medicine. [870] †
- Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer (1685–1744): Physics; Chemistry; Medicine. [871] = image:Hermann_Friedrich_Teichmeyer.jpg †
- William Thaw (1818–1889): Science Patron. [872] = image:William_Thaw.jpg †
- Louis Jacques Thénard (1777–1857): Chemistry. [873]
- Hans Peter Jörgen Julius Thomsen (1826–1909): Chemistry. [874] = image:Hans_Peter_Jörgen_Julius_Thomsen.jpg
- André Thouin (1747–1824): Botany. [875] = image:André_Thouin.jpg †
- Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899): Aeronautics. [876]
- Johann Daniel Titius (1729–1796): Mathematics; Physics. [877]
- Abraham Trembley (1710–1784): Zoology. [878]
- Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne Turgot (1727–1781): Economics. [879]
- Daniel Turner (1667–1741): Medicine. [880] = image:Daniel_Turner.jpg †
- John Tyndall (1820–1893): Physics. [881] [882] [883] [884] [885] [886]
- Thomas Tyrer (1844–1918): Chemistry. [887] = image:Thomas_Tyrer.jpg †
U[edit]
- Francis Robbins Upton (1852–1921): Mathematics; Physics. [888] †
- Donato Bramante (1444–1514): Architecture. [889] †
- Andrew Ure (1778–1857): Chemistry. [890] = image:Andrew_Ure.jpg
V[edit]
- Martin Vahl (1744–1804): Botany. [891]
- Pierre Varignon (1654–1722): Mathematics; Physics. [892]
- Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782): Physics. [893]
- Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763–1829): Chemistry. [894]
- Georg Freiherr von Vega (1754–1802): Mathematics. [895] = image:Georg_Vega.jpg
- Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746–1822): Physics. [896]
- Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564): Medicine. [897] [898]
- Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512): Exploration; Geography. [899] [900]
- François Viète (1540–1603): Mathematics. [901]
- Francois Villette (1621–1698): Engineering. [902] = image:Francois_Villette.jpg †
- Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821–1902): Medicine; Anthropology. [903] [904] [905]
- Vincenzio Viviani (1622–1703): Mathematics. [906] = image:Vincenzio_Viviani.jpg †
- Edward William Voelcker (1857–1930): Chemistry. [907] = image:Edward_William_Voelcker.jpg †
- Alessandro Volta (1745–1827): Physics. [908]
- Zanino Volta (1795–1869): Physics. [909] = image:Zanino_Volta.jpg †
- Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577–1649): Physics. [910]
- Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527–c. 1604): Architecture. image:Hans_Vredeman_de_Vries.jpg †
W[edit]
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923): Physics. [911]
- Francis Amasa Walker (1840–1897): Mathematics; Economics. [912] = image:Francis_Amasa_Walker.jpg
- John Wallis (1616–1703): Mathematics. [913] [914]
- Emil Gabriel Warburg (1846–1931): Physics. [915] = image:Emil_Gabriel_Warburg.jpg †
- Joshua Ward (1685–1761): Medicine; Chemistry. [916] = image:Joshua_Ward.jpg †
- Seth Ward (1617–1689): Astronomy. [917]
- William Watson (1715–1787): Physics; Botany; Medicine. [918] [919]
- James Watt (1736–1819): Engineering; Chemistry. [920] [921] [922] [923] [924] [925] [926]
- Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891): Physics. [927]
- Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897): Mathematics. [928]
- Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817): Geology. [929] [930]
- Edward Weston (1850–1936): Chemistry; Physics. [931]
- Hermann Weyl (1885–1955): Mathematics. [932]
- Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875): Physics. [933] [934] [935] [936]
- William Whewell (1794–1866): Physics. [937]
- William Whiston (1667–1752): Mathematics. [938]
- Thomas Willis (1621–1675): Medicine. [939]
- Richard Willstatter (1872–1942): Chemistry. [940]
- Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865–1945): Mathematics. [941] = image:Wilhelm_Wirtinger.jpg †
- Caspar Wistar (1761–1818): Anatomy. [942] = image:Caspar_Wistar.jpg
- Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882): Chemistry. [943] [944]
- Christian, Freiherr von Wolff (1679–1754): Physics; Mathematics. [945] [946] = image:Christian Freiherr von Wolff.jpg
- William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1878): Chemistry; Physics; Medicine. [947] [948] [949]
- Thomas Wright (1711–1786): Astronomy. [950]
X[edit]
Y[edit]
- Thomas Young (1773–1829): Physics. [951] [952]
Z[edit]
- Franz Xaver, Freiherr von Zach (1754–1832): Astronomy. [953]
- Johann Zeisold (1599–1677): Physics. [954] = image:Johann_Zeisold.jpg †
- Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917): Aeronautics. [955]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology". Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Retrieved June 16, 2012.