List of Cornish scientists
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This is a list of scientists from Cornwall, a county of England, in the United Kingdom.
Biologists[edit]
- Henry Charlton Bastian, physiologist and neurologist
- Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Nicholson Betts, Indian Army officer and ornithologist
- George Carter Bignell, entomologist
- William Borlase, naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan
- William Clift, naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society [1]
- Jonathan Couch, naturalist and physician[2]
- Richard Quiller Couch, naturalist[3]
- Frederick Hamilton Davey, botanist[4]
- Jean Golding, epidemiologist
- Henry Brougham Guppy, naturalist and botanist
- Charles Alexander Johns, botanist and clergyman
- Oscar Kempthorne, statistician and geneticist
- William Lobb, plant collector[5][6]
- John Keast Lord, veterinarian and naturalist
- Richard Lower, blood transfusion pioneer[7]
- John Mayow, physiologist[8]
- William Noye of Paul, entomologist[9]
- Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, entomologist
- John Ralfs, botanist[10]
- Edward Hearle Rodd, ornithologist[11]
- John Coulson Tregarthen, naturalist
- Ethelwynn Trewavas, ichthyologist
- Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart, MP for Cornwall and scientist
- William Wagstaff, ornithologist and naturalist[12][13][14]
- Elizabeth Andrew Warren, botanist
Earth scientists[edit]
- William Borlase, naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan
- Edward Budge, geologist and clergyman[15]
- Elizabeth Carne, geologist and philanthropist[16]
- Joseph Carne, geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal Society[17]
- Richard Edmonds, geologist and antiquary[18]
- Robert Were Fox, FRS, geologist[19]
- William Gregor, discoverer of titanium and clergyman[20]
- John Hawkins, geologist, traveller and FRS[21]
- Robert Hunt, mineralogist and writer[22]
- Matthew Paul Moyle, meteorologist and mining writer[23]
- Charles William Peach, naturalist and geologist[24]
- Benjamin Neeve Peach, geologist[25]
- William Pengelly, geologist and archaeologist[26]
- John Arthur Phillips, FRS, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineer[27]
Physical scientists[edit]
- John Couch Adams, co-discoverer of the planet Neptune[28]
- Herbert Stanley Allen, physicist
- Edmund Davy, chemist[29]
- Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, chemist and inventor
- Edwin Dunkin, FRS, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institution of Cornwall[30]
- Antony Hewish, astronomer[31]
- Sir William Lower (1570 – 1615), astronomer and Member of Parliament
- William Oliver, FRS, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital at Bath[32]
- Roy Sambles, physicist[33]
Others[edit]
- Lancelot Stephen Bosanquet, mathematician
- Davies Gilbert, applied mathematician and technocrat, President of the Royal Society[34]
- John Hellins, FRS, mathematician, curate of Constantine[35]
- Sheila Oates Williams (born 1939), Australian mathematician
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Phillip R. Sloan, ‘Clift, William (1775–1849)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "Jonathan Couch Papers". American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ G. T. Bettany, ‘Couch, Richard Quiller (1816–1863)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Vigurs, C. C. (1922) "F. Hamilton Davey" in: Thurston, E. & Vigurs, C. C. A Supplement to F. Hamilton Davey's "Flora of Cornwall". Truro: Oscar Blackford
- ^ "William Lobb in Ecuador and the Enigma of Solanum lobbianum". www.devoran.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ John G. Hawkes (1992). "William Lobb in Ecuador and the Enigma of Solanum lobbianum". Taxon. 41 (3): 471–475. doi:10.2307/1222817. JSTOR 1222817.
- ^ Marcus B. Simpson jun., ‘Lower, Richard (1631–1691)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ "John Mayow". Rice University. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ F. H. N. Smith (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company
- ^ James H. Price, ‘Ralfs, John (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ B. B. Woodward, ‘Rodd, Edward Hearle (1810–1880)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Radio Scilly Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sea Salt Cornwall Feature Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "If it's nature you're after, take a hike". The Guardian. 13 May 2001. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021.
- ^ DNB
- ^ Denise Crook, ‘Carne, Elizabeth Catherine Thomas (1817–1873)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Denise Crook, ‘Carne, Joseph (1782–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Robert Hunt, ‘Edmonds, Richard (1801–1886)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Denise Crook, ‘Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Boase, G. C. (2004), ‘Gregor, William (1761–1817)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ H. S. Torrens, ‘Hawkins, John (1761–1841)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Oxford DNB (2004)
- ^ Denise Crook, ‘Moyle, Matthew Paul (1788–1880)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ David Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Charles William (1800–1886)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
- ^ David Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Benjamin Neeve (1842–1926)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2009
- ^ Michael J. Bishop, ‘Pengelly, William (1812–1894)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ T. G. Bonney, ‘Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Roger Hutchins, ‘Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Christopher F. Lindsey, ‘Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 April 2008
- ^ Allan Chapman, ‘Dunkin, Edwin (1821–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Hewish, Antony (1974). "Autobiography". Antony Hewish The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ Anne Borsay, ‘Oliver, William (1695–1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ Elston, S. & Sambles, R. (eds.) (1998) The Optics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. London: Taylor & Francis
- ^ Miller, David Philip (2004), ‘Gilbert [Giddy], Davies (1767–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
- ^ R. E. Anderson, ‘Hellins, John (d. 1827)’, rev. Adrian Rice, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008