SettingsEnlightenment scientists
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was an Italian physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in the 1800s.
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was an Italian physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in the 1800s.
Benjamin Bell
Benjamin Bell of Hunthill FRSE FRCSEd is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon.
Benjamin Bell of Hunthill FRSE FRCSEd is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon.
Charles-François Dupuis
Charles François Dupuis was a French savant, a professor of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris, who studied for the law in his spare time and was received as avocat in 1770.
Charles François Dupuis was a French savant, a professor of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris, who studied for the law in his spare time and was received as avocat in 1770.
Cornelius de Pauw
Cornelius Franciscus de Pauw or Cornelis de Pauw (Corneille de Pauw in French; 18 August 1739 — 5 July 1799) was a Dutch philosopher, geographer and diplomat at the court of Fred...
Cornelius Franciscus de Pauw or Cornelis de Pauw (Corneille de Pauw in French; 18 August 1739 — 5 July 1799) was a Dutch philosopher, geographer and diplomat at the court of Fred...
Eugenio Espejo
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, 1747–1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador.
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, 1747–1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador.
Francis Home
Francis Home FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish physician who made the first attempt to vaccinate against measles.
Francis Home FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish physician who made the first attempt to vaccinate against measles.
Franz Samuel Karpe
Franz Samuel Karpe, Franc Samuel Karpe, František Samuel Karpe (November 17, 1747 - September 04, 1806) was a Slovene philosopher and rector of University of Olomouc.
Franz Samuel Karpe, Franc Samuel Karpe, František Samuel Karpe (November 17, 1747 - September 04, 1806) was a Slovene philosopher and rector of University of Olomouc.
Georg Forster
Johann Georg Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary.
Johann Georg Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary.
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influent...
Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influent...
James Hutton
James Hutton was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist.
James Hutton was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist.
John Anderson (natural philosopher)
John Anderson was a Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application of science to technology in the industrial revolution, and of the education and advance...
John Anderson was a Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application of science to technology in the industrial revolution, and of the education and advance...
John H. D. Anderson
John Anderson FRS was a Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application of science to technology in the industrial revolution, and of the education and adva...
John Anderson FRS was a Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application of science to technology in the industrial revolution, and of the education and adva...
Josef Vratislav Monse
Josef Vratislav Monse (June 15, 1733 - February 6, 1793) was a Moravian lawyer and historian.
Josef Vratislav Monse (June 15, 1733 - February 6, 1793) was a Moravian lawyer and historian.
Joseph Black
Joseph Black FRSE FRCPE FPSG (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physician and chemist, known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide.
Joseph Black FRSE FRCPE FPSG (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physician and chemist, known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide.
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley, FRS (13 March 1733 (O.S.) – 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who pu...
Joseph Priestley, FRS (13 March 1733 (O.S.) – 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who pu...
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer whose work was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy and statistics.
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer whose work was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy and statistics.
Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales, FRS, DD was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology.
Stephen Hales, FRS, DD was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology.
Vasily Karazin
Vasily Nazarovych Karazin (Василь Назарович Каразін, Vasyl Nazarovych Karazin; January 30, 1773 – November 4, 1842) was a Ukrainian Enlightenment intellectual, inventor, and scientific publi...
Vasily Nazarovych Karazin (Василь Назарович Каразін, Vasyl Nazarovych Karazin; January 30, 1773 – November 4, 1842) was a Ukrainian Enlightenment intellectual, inventor, and scientific publi...
William Buckland
The Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus.
The Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus.