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Born	September 6, 1908 • Nottingham • England
Died	August 24, 1997 (aged 88) • England
Subjects Of Study	speed of light

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Alexander Stanley Elmore

English metallurgist

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Francis Edward Elmore

English metallurgist

John Herschel

Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet

English astronomer

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

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

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

George Cayley, detail of an oil painting by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir George Cayley

British inventor and scientist

Godfrey N. Hounsfield, 1979.

Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield

British engineer

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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe

British aircraft designer

Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson

British engineer

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge.

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge

British physicist

John Ambrose Fleming.

Sir John Ambrose Fleming

British engineer

Philip Henry Gosse, portrait miniature by W. Gosse, 1839; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Philip Henry Gosse

British naturalist

Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright

Sir Richard Arkwright

British industrialist and inventor