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George Boole

George Boole was a 19th-century English mathematician and logician whose work formalized the algebra of logic. His 1854...

Mathematics 19TH Century Computing British

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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Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was a British mathematical physicist and engineer. He played a central ro...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.5 Brilliant

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Charles Parsons

Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish engineer and inventor best known for developing the reaction steam turbine....

Engineering 19TH Century Mechanical British

9.5 Brilliant

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Thomas Young

Thomas Young (1773–1829) was a British polymath whose contributions spanned physics, physiology, linguistics, and medici...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.4 Excellent

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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin, born William Thomson, was a prominent Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer who worked in the...

Physics 19TH Century British Thermodynamics

9.4 Excellent

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Felix Hoffmann

Felix Hoffmann was a German chemist employed by Bayer. He developed and synthesized acetylsalicylic acid in 1897, creati...

German Chemistry Medicine 19TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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J.J. Thomson

Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940) was a British physicist who served as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory at the Un...

Physics 19TH Century British Electron Discovery

9.3 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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Charles Wheatstone

Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875) was an English physicist and inventor. He is best remembered for his contributions to the...

19TH Century British Electrical Telegraph

8.9 Great

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John Ambrose Fleming

John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945) was an English physicist and electrical engineer who made foundational contributions to...

19TH Century British Electronics Vacuum Tube

8.9 Great

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John Starley

John Kemp Starley was an English inventor and industrialist who fundamentally changed personal transportation with his b...

19TH Century Cycling British Transportation

8.9 Great

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Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel developed dynamite, a safer and more powerful explosive than previous formulations. His invention revolutio...

Chemistry 19TH Century Swedish Dynamite

8.7 Great

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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas was a British metallurgist whose innovation dramatically altered steel production. He developed...

19TH Century Steel British Metallurgy

8.7 Great

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Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) was a British scientist, mathematician, and classical scholar who invented the calo...

Photography 19TH Century Imaging British

8.7 Great

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Charles Macintosh

Charles Macintosh was a Scottish chemist and inventor associated with the development of practical waterproof fabric. In...

Chemistry 19TH Century Scottish Materials

8.6 Great

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Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick was a 19th-century British inventor renowned for pioneering advancements in steam technology. He desi...

Engine 19TH Century British Transport

8.5 Great

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David Edward Hughes

David Edward Hughes (1831–1900) was a British-American inventor and professor of music whose patents and experiments sig...

Communication 19TH Century British Microphone

8.4 Great

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John Walker

John Walker (1781–1859) was an English pharmacist based in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, who invented the first pract...

Consumer Chemistry 19TH Century British

8.3 Great