Chemist and dye manufacturer. See Atlas Dyeworks and Nicholson. From : Born Lancashire. 1861 living in Newington. 1868 retired. 1871 living in Brighton. Died London.
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George Maule
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Simpson, Maule and Nicholson
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Hipparchus
Astronomer, geographer, and mathematician.  190 BC – c. 120 BC.  Founder of trigonometry.  Possibly invented the armillary sphere, which we've discovered is occasionally used as a memorial, e.g. ...
1 memorial
Earl of Rosse, William Parsons
Amateur astronomer. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.Born York.
1 memorial
Leonardo da Vinci
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3 memorials
John Bird
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1 memorial
Galileo Galilei
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