Mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. Best known for his laws of planetary motion.
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Johannes Kepler
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Marquis Pierre Simon de La Place
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace, was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, the fourth of the five children of Pierre Laplace and Marie-Anne Laplace née Sochon. His father wa...
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Bicycle - hobby horse
From the picture source website: "The forerunner of the bicycle, the 'Hobby' or 'Dandy Horse' was invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais in France in 1817. It was introduced to England by Deni...
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Sir William Siemens
Born Germany. Electrical engineer, inventor and businessman. Came to England in 1843 with an electro-plating invention. Became naturalised British subject in 1859. Also worked with the regenerativ...
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Sir Julian Huxley
Zoologist and philosopher.  Born 61 Russell Square. Son of Leonard Huxley and grandson of zoologist Thomas Huxley.  Brother of novelist Aldous Huxley. Researched in support of Darwin's theory of e...
2 memorials
John Dolland
Optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets. The business, founded in 1750, became Dollond & Aitchison in 1927, and was su...
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