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1. Louis de Broglie (1892 - 1987) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Broglie/

   19 Mar 2025: The French National Scientific Research Centre awarded him its gold medal in 1956. ... J L Heilbron, A R Weill-Brunschvicg, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

2. George Darwin (1845 - 1912) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Darwin/

   18 Apr 2025: Pritchard was about that time attracting the attention of thoughtful men by his pioneer work in scientific education. ... 51 (1916), 863-864. E W Brown, The scientific work of Sir George Darwin, in G H Darwin, Scientific papers 5 (Cambridge, 1916),

3. Andrew Forsyth (1858 - 1942) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Forsyth/

   18 Apr 2025: Not everyone had such a high opinion of Forsyth, however. Read what Roth thought of him atG J Whitrow, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

4. Peter Barlow (1776 - 1862) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   1 Mar 2025: H I Sharlin, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Peter Barlow, Dictionary of National Biography. SeeOther pages about Peter Barlow:.

5. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Leonardo/

   19 Mar 2025: See [28] for more details of this quotation and more of Leonardo's ideas about the Universe. ... M Clagett, K D Keele, A Marinoni, l Reti, C J Schneer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

6. William Young (1863 - 1942) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   30 Apr 2025: J C Burkill, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... J C Burkill, William Henry Young, Dictionary of National Biography 1941-1950 (Oxford, 1959), 984-985.

7. Thomas Heath (1861 - 1940) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Heath/

   18 Apr 2025: He died at Merry Hall in Ashtead, Surrey. J F Scott, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

8. Horace Lamb (1849 - 1934) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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   22 Apr 2025: the passing of the scientific memoir, which in the hands of a Lagrange or a Poisson had a completeness and austerity of a great work of art. ... He received honorary doctorates from seven universities. K E Bullen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific

9. Robert Grosseteste (1168 - 1253) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Grosseteste/

   28 Feb 2025: He wrote a commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics and Physics and many treatises on scientific subjects including De Generatione Stellarum, Theorica Planetarum. ... Roger Bacon was Grosseteste's student. A C Crombie, Biography in Dictionary of

10. Robert Woodhouse (1773 - 1827) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Woodhouse/

    13 May 2025: E Koppelmann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Biography by Harvey W Becher, in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004).