Mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC.
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William Curtis
Botanist and entomologist. Born Alton, Hampshire. Worked at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Set up a garden at Bermondsey and a larger one, the London Botanic Garden at Lambeth Marsh. His publication 'F...
2 memorials
Earl of Rosse, William Parsons
Amateur astronomer. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.Born York.
1 memorial
Edward Westermarck
Philosopher and sociologist. Â Born Helsinki. Â Learnt English in order to read Darwin and others. Â Came to England in 1897 and frequently thereafter. Â Probably homosexual himself, he wrote on subjec...
1 memorial
William Forsyth
Botanist. Born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire. Trained as a gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, taking over the chief gardening position in 1771. In 1784, he was appointed superintendent of the ro...
1 memorial
Nicholas Culpeper
Physician, botanist, herbalist, astrologer and writer. Probably born at Ockley, Surrey. In about 1635 left Cambridge and came to London. This was prompted by the death of his intended. On her way t...
1 memorial
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