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Born September 20, 1842 • Scotland
Died March 27, 1923 (aged 80) • London • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1916)
Inventions vacuum flask • cordite
Subjects Of Study Dewar benzene • low-temperature phenomenon

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Frederick Augustus Abel, engraving.
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British chemist
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes
British chemist
John Frederic Daniell, undated engraving
John Frederic Daniell
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Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
British physicist
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
German chemist
Francis William Aston.
Francis William Aston
British physicist
Swan, Joseph
Joseph Swan
English physicist and chemist
Nicholson, William
William Nicholson
English chemist and inventor
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Edward Davy
British inventor
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
British physicist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
English chemist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
British scientist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
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Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
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Patrick Blackett
British physicist
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John Canton
British physicist
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Gowin Knight
English scientist
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician

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