Brouncker, William, second Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620–1684), mathematician and first president of the Royal Society of London, was born at Newcastle Lyons, co. Dublin in 1620, probably in April, the eldest son of Sir William Brouncker (1585–1645), gentleman of the privy chamber to ...
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Brouncker, William, second Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620–1684), mathematician and first president of the Royal Society of London
G. S. McIntyre
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Christie, Samuel Hunter (1784–1865), experimental philosopher and scientific administrator
Frank A. J. L. James
Christie, Samuel Hunter (1784–1865), experimental philosopher and scientific administrator, was born on 22 March 1784, the son of James Christie (c.1739–1825), tailor, and his wife, Sarah Margaret Pomroy (c.1737–1813). From a very early age Christie displayed great mathematical ability, and he was first educated at the school in ...
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Gilbert [formerly Giddy], Davies (1767–1839), scientific administrator and applied mathematician
David Philip Miller
Gilbert [formerly Giddy], Davies (1767–1839), scientific administrator and applied mathematician, was born on 6 March 1767 at St Erth, Cornwall, as Davies Giddy, the son of Edward Giddy (1734–1814), curate, and Catherine (1728–1803), daughter and heir of John Davies of Tredrea, St Erth...
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Hector, Sir James (1834–1907), colonial geologist and geological administrator
Alan Mason
Hector, Sir James (1834–1907), colonial geologist and geological administrator, was born on 16 March 1834 in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Alexander Hector, lawyer and writer to the signet, and his second wife, Margaret Macrostie. He was educated at the Academy and at the high school in ...
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Henderson, David Willis Wilson (1903–1968), immunologist and scientific administrator
Michael Worboys
Henderson, David Willis Wilson (1903–1968), immunologist and scientific administrator, was born on 23 July 1903 at Partick, Glasgow, the only child of John Henderson, accountant, and his wife, Mary Wilson. He was educated at Hamilton Academy where he enjoyed science and found ways to avoid working on subjects he disliked. On leaving school he chose a career in farming, but abandoned this abruptly because of his dismay at its unscientific methods. He instead enrolled for a degree in agricultural bacteriology at the ...
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Henderson, Sir William MacGregor [Gregor] (1913–2000), veterinary virologist and scientific administrator
Fred Brown
Henderson, Sir William MacGregor [Gregor] (1913–2000), veterinary virologist and scientific administrator, was born on 17 July 1913 at 14 Cameron Park, Edinburgh, the son of William Simpson Henderson (b. 1870), manager of a Christmas card works, and his wife, Catherine Alice Marcus (...
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Liversidge, Archibald (1846–1927), chemist and promoter of science in Australia
Roy M. MacLeod
Liversidge, Archibald (1846–1927), chemist and promoter of science in Australia, was born on 17 November 1846, at Turnham Green, Middlesex, the fourth son and eighth of nine children of John Liversidge (1810–1887), wheelwright and coachbuilder, and his wife, Caroline Sophia Jarratt (1813–1865), of ...
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Marsden, Sir Ernest (1889–1970), physicist and scientific administrator
Lawrence Badash
Marsden, Sir Ernest (1889–1970), physicist and scientific administrator, was born on 19 February 1889 in Rishton, near Blackburn, Lancashire, the second of the five children of Thomas Marsden (1864–1925), successively a weaver, household draper, and hardware merchant, and his wife, Phoebe, the daughter of ...
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Oldenburg, Henry [Heinrich] (c. 1619–1677), scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society
Marie Boas Hall
Oldenburg, Henry [Heinrich] (c. 1619–1677), scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society, was born in the free city of Bremen, Germany, one of two children of Heinrich Oldenburg (d. 1634), a teacher at the Bremen Paedegogium and later a professor at ...
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Snow, Charles Percy, Baron Snow (1905–1980), writer and scientific administrator
Stanley Weintraub
Snow, Charles Percy, Baron Snow (1905–1980), writer and scientific administrator, was born at 40 Richmond Road, Leicester, on 15 October 1905, the second of four sons of William Edward Snow (1869–1954) and his wife, Ada Sophia Robinson (1871–1944). William Snow was a clerk in a shoe factory and a church organist....
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Tizard, Sir Henry Thomas (1885–1959), physical chemist and science administrator
G. J. Piller
Tizard, Sir Henry Thomas (1885–1959), physical chemist and science administrator, was born on 23 August 1885 at Gillingham, Kent, the only son and third of five children of Thomas Henry Tizard (1839–1924), naval officer and hydrographer, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (d...
