Benjamin Huntsman: Quick Facts

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Born	June 4, 1704 • Lincolnshire • England
Died	June 20, 1776 (aged 72) • England

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Alexander Stanley Elmore

English metallurgist

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Francis Edward Elmore

English metallurgist

Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley

English clergyman and scientist

John Herschel

Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet

English astronomer

Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer

English inventor and engineer

Lovell, Sir Bernard

Sir Bernard Lovell

English radio astronomer

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Lord Rayleigh

British scientist

Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.

Richard Trevithick

British engineer and inventor

Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Thomas Tompion

English clockmaker

Edward Gordon Craig, 1890.

Edward Gordon Craig

British actor and director

Josiah Wedgwood.

Josiah Wedgwood

English craftsman

George Stephenson

George Stephenson

English engineer and inventor

William Oughtred, watercolour by George Perfect Harding after an engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

William Oughtred

English mathematician

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Louis Essen

British physicist

Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge

British photographer

The discoverer of the principle of the aplanatic focus

Joseph Jackson Lister

British opticist

Starling

Ernest Henry Starling

British physiologist

Frank Whittle

Sir Frank Whittle

British inventor and aviator

Sir Martin Ryle.

Sir Martin Ryle

British astronomer

Francis William Aston.

Francis William Aston

British physicist