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Born 1783 • near Leeds • England
Died January 22, 1831 (aged 48) • Leeds • England
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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
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James Nasmyth
Scottish engineer
Sir Christopher Cockerell
British inventor
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
James Lovelock
James Lovelock
English chemist, doctor, and author
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
British inventor
James Dyson
James Dyson
British inventor and industrial designer
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
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Tim Berners-Lee
British scientist
Robert William Thomson, Scottish inventor; engraving after a photograph, 1873.
Robert William Thomson
Scottish engineer and entrepreneur
Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
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
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John Frederic Daniell
British chemist
Swan, Joseph
Joseph Swan
English physicist and chemist
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
British metallurgist
Thomas Newcomen
British engineer and inventor
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
British chemist and physicist James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British scientist
William Fairbairn
British engineer

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