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Born January 25, 1774 • London • England
Died May 13, 1852 (aged 78) • London • England
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English clergyman and scientist
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Edward Weston
Edward Weston
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Jesse Ramsden
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John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
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Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
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Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer
George Cayley, detail of an oil painting by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Cayley
British inventor and scientist
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
Edmund Cartwright, engraving by James Thomson
Edmund Cartwright
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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