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British writer

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer

English poet and artist

English chemist

English chemist and physicist

English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

British statesman who founded Singapore

English botanist and botanical illustrator

Scottish mathematician

English navigator and cartographer

English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister

British dramatist and antiquarian

Geologist, cartographer, social theorist

English poet and translator

English geologist, political economist and politician

British admiral

Scottish botanist , discoverer of the cell nucleus and of Brownian Motion

British astronomer

English author and novelist

British chemist

Scottish botanist

British writer and barrister

British lawyer and geologist

British Adventurer and Writer

British aeronautics engineer

English polymath

English scientist and philanthropist

British writer

British army major, Royal engineer and botanical collector

British geologist credited with the first nationwide map

English polymath

First Surveyor-General of Western Australia and explorer

English mathematician, astronomer, chemist and photographer

Australian botanist

British botanist

British scientist and obstetrician

English naval officer and hydrographer

English engraver and natural history author

Businessperson, chemist, industrialist