Botanist. Born Montrose, Scotland.
Librarian and curator of Joseph Banks' collection in Soho Square from 1810, and on Banks' death in 1820 Brown inherited the library and collection and was provided with accommodation in the back part of the building. In 1822 he leased the front part to the Linnean Society. In 1827 he presented the library and collection to the British Museum.
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Mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC.
Inventor of the marine chronometer. Born Yorkshire. Died London. Buried at St John's Church, Hampstead, strangely, since he died in Red Lion Square and had no connections with Hampstead. The pictu...
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire.  Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by  George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He travelled widely around the world, bringing back many species of plants to Britain. Became director ...
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