Edward Troughton

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Born	October 1753 • England
Died	June 12, 1835 (aged 81) • London • England
Awards And Honors	Copley Medal (1809)
Subjects Of Study	sextant

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British chemist

Sir John A. Pople

British mathematician and chemist

John Frederic Daniell

British chemist

Sir James Dewar

British scientist

Sir Charles Wheatstone

British physicist

Gowin Knight

English scientist

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician

Alessandro Volta

Italian scientist

Robert Bunsen

German chemist

Sir Christopher Cockerell

British inventor

Richard Trevithick

English engineer

James Lovelock

English chemist, doctor, and author

James Dyson

British inventor and industrial designer

Charles Babbage

British inventor and mathematician

Tim Berners-Lee

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Robert William Thomson

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