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19th-century physicists

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

Adolf MiethePhotographer · PhotographyAdolf Miethe (lang; 25 April 1862, Potsdam – 5 May 1927, Berlin) was a German scientist, lens designer, photochemist, photographer, author and educator.
Alfred North WhiteheadAuthor · BooksAlfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher.
Arthur Herbert ChurchArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Arthur Herbert Church
Benedict FriedlaenderAuthor · BooksBenedict Friedlaender (8 July 1866 – 21 June 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a German Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist.
Bruno WinawerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bruno Winawer, ca.
Carl ZeissPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Zeiss (German: [kaʁl ˈtsaɪs]; 11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman.
Dayton MillerPerson · Music memorabiliaDayton Clarence Miller (March 13, 1866 – February 22, 1941) was an American physicist, astronomer, acoustician, and accomplished amateur flautist.
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.
Edward Adrian WilsonArtist · PaintingsEdward Wilson (disambiguation)
Edward AndradeAuthor · BooksEdward Neville da Costa Andrade (27 December 1887 – 6 June 1971) was a British physicist, writer, and poet.
Émile ReynaudPhotographer · PhotographyCharles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the praxinoscope (an animation device patented in 1877 that improved on the zoetrope) and was…
Ernst MachPhotographer · PhotographyErnst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach (18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who contributed to the understanding of the physics of shock waves.
Ernst, Baron von FeuchterslebenAuthor · BooksBaron Ernst von Feuchtersleben (full name: Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben; 29 April 18063 September 1849), was an Austrian medical doctor, poet and philosopher.
Esteban Terradas IllaPhotographer · PhotographyThe authority record describes Esteban Terradas Illa as Esteban Terradas Illa studied at ETSEIB, Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Complu
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.
Franz RiklinArtist · PaintingsFranz Beda Riklin (lang; 22 April 1878, St. Gallen – 4 December 1938, Küsnacht) was a Swiss psychiatrist.
Frederic Eugene IvesPhotographer · PhotographyFrederic Eugene Ives (February 17, 1856 – May 27, 1937) was a U.S. inventor who was born in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Friedrich AdlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Friedrich Adler, about 1917
Gabriel LippmannPhotographer · PhotographyJonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 12 July 1921) was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a…
Gaston BachelardAuthor · BooksGaston Louis Pierre Bachelard (lang; 27 June 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher.[8] He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science.
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.
Henri PoincaréAuthor · BooksJules Henri Poincaré (29 April 185417 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science.
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…
Hertha AyrtonAuthor · BooksPhoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton (born Phoebe Sarah Marks; 28 April 1854 – 26 August 1923), known in her adult life as Hertha Ayrton, was an English electrical engineer, mathematician, physicist…
Ivan PuliuiAuthor · BooksIvan Pavlovych Puluj (pron; Johann Puluj; 2 February 1845 – 31 January 1918) was a Ukrainian physicist and inventor known for his early research into X-rays.
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 Clerk MaxwellPhotographer · PhotographyJames Clerk Maxwell FRSE (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the…
John Lighton SyngeAuthor · BooksJohn Lighton Synge FRSC (23 March 1897 – 30 March 1995) was an Irish mathematician and physicist, whose seven-decade career included significant periods in Ireland, Canada, and the USA.
John Logie BairdAuthor · BooksJohn Logie Baird (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January…
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 StefanAuthor · BooksJosef Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Štefan; 24 March 1835 – 7 January 1893) was a Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire.
Joseph PetzvalPhotographer · PhotographyContributions to geometrical optics, photography, cinematography
Kenneth MeesPhotographer · PhotographyCharles Edward Kenneth Mees FRS (26 May 1882 – 15 August 1960) was a British scientist and photographic researcher.
Leon ThereminPerson · Music memorabiliaLev Sergeyevich Termen (18963 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin, was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical…
Lewis Fry RichardsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Louis-François-Clement BreguetArtist · WatchesLouis Clément François Breguet (22 December 1804 – 27 October 1883) was a French physicist and watchmaker, noted for his work in the early days of telegraphy.
Margaret Lindsay HugginsPhotographer · PhotographyMargaret Lindsay, Lady Huggins (née Murray; 14 August 1848 – 24 March 1915) was an Irish-English scientific investigator and astronomer.
Matthew Fontaine MauryAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American…
Max ValierAuthor · BooksMax Valier (9 February 1895 – 17 May 1930) was an Austrian rocketry pioneer. He was a leading figure in the world's first large-scale rocket program, Opel-RAK, and helped found the German…
Milutin MilankovićAuthor · BooksMilutin Milanković (sometimes anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; Милутин Миланковић, pron;
Nils StrindbergPhotographer · PhotographyNils Strindberg (4 September 1872 – October 1897) was a Swedish photographer and scientist.
Oliver LodgeAuthor · BooksSir Oliver Joseph Lodge (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the…
Pavel FlorenskyAuthor · BooksPavel Alexandrovich Florensky (also P. A. Florenskiĭ, Florenskii, Florenskij; Pavel Florenski;
Peter SalcherPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Peter Salcher
Pieter ZeemanPhotographer · PhotographyPieter Zeeman (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical…
Sigmund RieflerArtist · WatchesSigmund Riefler (9 August 1847 – 21 October 1912) was a German physicist, inventor and precision clockmaker.
Spiru HaretAuthor · BooksSpiru C. Haret (ˈspiru haˈret; 15 February 1851 – 17 December 1912) was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician.
Thomas EdisonPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution…
Torahiko TeradaAuthor · BooksTorahiko Terada was a Japanese physicist and author who was born in Tokyo. He was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, a researcher at RIKEN, and worked on a wide range of topics in…
Vladimir ShukhovPhotographer · PhotographyVladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (– 2 February 1939) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for…
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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