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Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

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Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist whose accidental discovery of x-rays in 1895 revolutionized science and medicine....

German Physics Medicine 19TH Century

9.6 Brilliant

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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace is recognized as the first computer programmer for her notes on Charles Babbages Analytical Engine. Her ins...

Software Algorithm Mathematics Computer Science

9.5 Brilliant

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John Harrison

John Harrison was a British horologist and inventor of the 18th century. He dedicated his life to solving the challengin...

18TH Century Navigation British Horology

9.5 Brilliant

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John Browning

John Browning was an American inventor primarily known for his groundbreaking work in firearms design during the 19th ce...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

9.0 Excellent

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Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer was a British engineer instrumental in transforming industrial manufacturing. His 1856 Bessemer process d...

19TH Century Steel Industrial British

8.9 Great

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William Fox Talbot

William Fox Talbot was a British inventor responsible for pioneering photography in the 19th century. His development of...

Photography 19TH Century British Calotype

8.9 Great

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Joseph Bramah

English inventor who patented an unpickable security lock in 1784 and invented the hydraulic press, both foundational co...

18TH Century Mechanical British Hydraulic Press

8.7 Great

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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas

British metallurgist who invented the basic steelmaking process in 1878, enabling efficient mass production of steel fro...

19TH Century Steel British Metallurgy

8.7 Great

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William Perkin

British chemist who accidentally synthesized mauveine, the world's first synthetic dye, in 1856 at age 18, founding the...

Chemistry 19TH Century British Synthetic Dye

8.6 Great

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Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick was a Cornish engineer who built high-pressure steam engines and ran an early steam locomotive in Wal...

Engine 19TH Century British Transport

8.5 Great

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Richard Gatling

American inventor who patented the Gatling gun in 1862, the first successful rapid-fire weapon, significantly influencin...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

8.5 Great

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John Walker

English chemist who invented the friction match around 1826 in Stockton-on-Tees, producing fire by striking a chemical-c...

Consumer Chemistry 19TH Century British

8.3 Great

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson was an English railway engineer whose firm built Rocket, the locomotive that won the 1829 Rainhill Tri...

Civil Engineering 19TH Century British Railway

8.2 Great

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Joseph Aspdin

Joseph Aspdin was an English bricklayer who patented Portland cement in 1824, naming it for its resemblance to Portland...

19TH Century Construction British Cement

8.2 Great

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Walter Hunt

American inventor who patented the safety pin in 1849 and also made early contributions to the lock-stitch sewing machin...

American Consumer 19TH Century Mechanical

8.1 Great

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Joseph Swan

Joseph Swan was a British physicist and inventor who demonstrated a practical incandescent electric lamp in England befo...

Light 19TH Century Electric British

7.8 Good

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Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins was an American inventor who received an 1834 British patent for a vapor-compression refrigeration system...

American Steam 19TH Century Mechanical

7.6 Good

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Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes was an English metallurgist who created Parkesine, an early man-made plastic exhibited at the 1862 Inte...

19TH Century Plastic British Materials

7.6 Good

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Josephine Cochrane

Josephine Cochrane was an American inventor who patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1886 and founded a company later lin...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Home Appliance

7.1 Good