Arts

Biography of Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel – German astronomer. Name: Caroline Lucretia Herschel Date of Birth: 16 March 1750 Place of Birth: Hanover, Electorate of…

Biography of Mary Anning Mary Anning – English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. Name: Mary Anning Date of Birth: 21 May 1799 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Mary Somerville Mary Somerville – Scottish science writer and polymath. Name: Mary Somerville Date of Birth: 26 December 1780 Place of Birth: Jedburgh,…

Biography of Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin – English Chemist and X-ray Crystallographer. Name: Rosalind Elsie Franklin Date of Birth: 25 July 1920 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Joseph Lister Joseph Lister – British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. Name: Joseph Lister Date of Birth: 5 April 1827 Place…

Biography of Edward Jenner Edward Jenner – English physician and scientist. Name: Edward Jenner Date of Birth: 17 May 1749 Place of Birth: Berkeley, Gloucestershire,…

Biography of Michael Faraday Michael Faraday – British scientist. Name: Michael Faraday Date of Birth: 22 September 1791 Place of Birth: Newington Butts, England Date…

Biography of Charles Babbage Charles Babbage – English Inventor and Mathematician. Name: Charles Babbage Date of Birth: 26 December 1791 Place of Birth: London (likely…

Biography of Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier – French lawyer, economist and chemist. Name: Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier Date of Birth: 26 August 1743 Place…

Biography of James Watt James Watt- Scottish Inventor, Mechanical Engineer, and Chemist. Name: James Watt Date of Birth: 19 January 1736 Place of Birth: Greenock,…

Biography of John Harrison John Harrison- English carpenter and clockmaker. Name: John Harrison Date of Birth: 3 April (O.S. 24 March) 1693 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler – German Mathematician, Astronomer, and Astrologer. Name: Johannes Kepler Date of Birth: December 27, 1571 Place of Birth: Free…