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René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur: Quick Facts

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Born February 28, 1683 • France
Died October 17, 1757 (aged 74) • France
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John Wilkinson, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the Science Museum, London
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Gustave-Auguste Ferrié
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Jean Henri Fabre
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Joseph Priestley
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William Hyde Wollaston
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Henry Bessemer
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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
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Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
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Charles M. Schwab
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John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
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