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19th-century chemists

38 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alfred NobelPhotographer · PhotographyAlfred Bernhard Nobel (noh-BEL; Swedish: [ˈǎlːfrɛd nʊˈbɛlː]; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman.
Ambrose LomaxPhotographer · Photography
Andrés Martínez TruebaAuthor · BooksAndrés Martínez Trueba (11 February 1884 – 19 December 1959) was the President of Uruguay from 1951 to 1955.
Arthur Herbert ChurchArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Arthur Herbert Church
Cyril Norman HinshelwoodArtist · PaintingsSir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (19 June 1897 – 9 October 1967) was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics.
Désiré van MonckhovenPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven.
Edmond BecquerelPhotographer · PhotographyAlexandre-Edmond Becquerel (lang; 24 March 1820 – 11 May 1891) was a French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity, and optics.
Ellen Swallow RichardsAuthor · BooksEllen Henrietta Swallow Richards (Swallow; December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the…
Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesFerdynand Antoni Ossendowski (fɛrˈdɨnant anˈtɔɲi ɔssɛnˈdɔfskʲi; 27 May 1876 – 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist.
Frank Styant BrownePhotographer · PhotographyFrank Styant Browne (10 July 1854 – 17 April 1938), also known as Styant Browne, was an Australian pharmacist, artist, photographer and X-ray pioneer from Tasmania.
Friedrich Adolf PanethPhotographer · PhotographyFriedrich Adolf Paneth (31 August 1887 – 17 September 1958) was an Austrian-born British chemist. Fleeing the Nazis, he escaped to Britain.
Gaston TissandierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gaston Tissandier; photograph by Alphonse Liébert
Harold UreyAuthor · BooksHarold Clayton Urey ForMemRS (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.
Harvey Washington WileyAuthor · BooksHarvey Washington Wiley (October 18, 1844 – June 30, 1930) was an American physician and chemist who advocated successfully for the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906…
Heinrich BiltzAuthor · BooksHeinrich Biltz (26 May 1865 – 29 October 1943) was a German chemist and professor.
Henri Victor RegnaultPhotographer · PhotographyHenri Victor Regnault ForMemRS (ɑ̃ʁi viktɔʁ ʁəɲo; 21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of…
Hermann KronePhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Self-portrait, circa 1850
Hermann Wilhelm VogelAuthor · BooksHermann Wilhelm Vogel (26 March 1834 – 17 December 1898) was a German photochemist and photographer who discovered dye sensitization, which is of great importance to photography.
Jagadish Chandra BoseAuthor · BooksSir Jagadish Chandra Bose (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction.
James Leonard Brierley SmithAuthor · BooksJames Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor.
John William DraperAuthor · BooksJohn William Draper (May 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882) was an English polymath: a scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer.
Josef Maria EderPhotographer · PhotographyJosef Maria Eder (16 March 1855 – 18 October 1944) was an Austrian chemist who specialized in the chemistry of photography, and who wrote a comprehensive early history of the technical…
Josiah P. CookeAuthor · BooksJosiah Parsons Cooke (October 12, 1827 – September 3, 1894) was an American chemist who worked at Harvard University and was instrumental in the measurement of atomic weights, inspiring…
Julius NeubronnerPhotographer · PhotographyJulius Gustav Neubronner (8 February 1852 – 17 April 1932) was a German apothecary, inventor, company founder, and a pioneer of amateur photography and film.
Justus von LiebigAuthor · BooksJustus Freiherr von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873) was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural…
Liberty Hyde BaileyAuthor · BooksLiberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and advocate for rural reform in the United States.
Louis FiguierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Louis Figuier
Louis LumièrePerson · Film memorabiliaLouis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948) was a French engineer and industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema.
Louis-Auguste BissonDesigner · DesignLouis-Auguste Bisson (lang; 1814–1876) was a 19th-century French photographer.
Nikolay MorozovAuthor · BooksNikolai Aleksandrovich Morozov (7 July 1854, Borok – 30 July 1946) was a Russian revolutionary who spent about 25 years in prison for revolutionary activities against the Tsarist…
Pompeu FabraAuthor · BooksPompeu Fabra i Poch (20 February 1868 – 25 December 1948) was a Catalan engineer, linguist, and grammarian.
Ragnar SohlmanDesigner · DesignRagnar Sohlman (26 February 1870 – 9 July 1948) was a Swedish chemical engineer, manager, civil servant, and creator of the Nobel Foundation.
Robert LeyAuthor · BooksRobert Ley (15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945.
Santiago Ramón y CajalPhotographer · Photography
Sergei Prokudin-GorskiiPhotographer · PhotographySergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ prɐˈkudʲɪn ˈɡorskʲɪj]; August 30 [O.S.
Wilhelm OstwaldArtist · PaintingsWilhelm Friedrich Ostwald (– 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher.
William CrookesPhotographer · PhotographySir William Crookes (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on…
William Robert GrovePhotographer · PhotographySir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE (11 July 1811 – 1 August 1896) was a Welsh judge and physical scientist.[1] He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a…

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