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Born 1678? • near Dudley • England
Died March 8, 1717 • England
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Dud Dudley
English ironmaster
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William Fairbairn
Scottish civil engineer and inventor
John Wilkinson, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the Science Museum, London
John Wilkinson
English ironmaster
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August Thyssen
German industrialist
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Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
A photo of Jamsetji Tata.
Jamsetji Tata
Indian industrialist
Kelly, William
William Kelly
American inventor
Gayley, James
James Gayley
American metallurgist
Thyssen, Fritz
Fritz Thyssen
German industrialist
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Christian Lundeberg
Swedish politician
Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
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John Roebuck
British physician, chemist, and inventor
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John Chipman
American chemist and metallurgist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
British scientist
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist
Georgina Hope Rinehart at the Australian National Swimming Championships in Sydney, 2015
Georgina Hope Rinehart
Australian business executive
Schwab, Charles M.
Charles M. Schwab
American manufacturer
Daniel Cowan Jackling.
Daniel Cowan Jackling
American engineer
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Henry J. Kaiser
American industrialist

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