Marc Isambard Brunel – Scientist of the Day
Marc Isambard Brunel, a British mechanical and civil engineer, was born Apr. 25, 1769.
Josiah Wood Whymper – Scientist of the Day
Josiah Wood Whymper, a British wood engraver, was born Apr. 24, 1813.
Augustus A. Gould – Scientist of the Day
Augustus Addison Gould, an American zoologist, malacologist (expert on mollusks) and conchologist (expert on shells), was born Apr. 23, 1805, in New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
Hans Christian Oersted – Scientist of the Day
On Apr. 21, 1820, according to tradition, the Danish experimental physicist Hans Christian Oersted (Ørsted to the Danes) made a famous accidental discovery in the classroom that launched the age of electromagnetism.
Jean-François d’Aubuisson de Voisins – Scientist of the Day
Jean François d'Aubuisson de Voisins, a French geologist and mining engineer, was born Apr. 19, 1769, the same annus mirabilis that produced Georges Cuvier, Alexander von Humboldt, Marc Isambard Brunel, and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Justus von Liebig – Scientist of the Day
Justus von Liebig, a German chemist, died Apr. 18, 1873, at the age of 69.
Jean Perrin – Scientist of the Day
Jean-Baptiste Perrin, a French physical chemist, died Apr. 17, 1942, at the age of 71.
Frederic Ward Putnam – Scientist of the Day
Frederic Ward Putnam, an American anthropologist, was born Apr. 16, 1839.
Friedrich G.W. von Struve
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, a German/Danish/Russian astronomer, was born Apr. 15, 1793.
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Thomas Thomson – Scientist of the Day
Thomas Thomson, a Scottish chemist, was born Apr. 12, 1773.
Lothar Meyer – Scientist of the Day
Lothar Meyer, a German chemist, died Apr. 11, 1895, at the age of 64.
Marshall Nirenberg – Scientist of the Day
Marshall Warrenn Nirenberg, an American biochemist, was born Apr. 10, 1927, in New York City. read more...
George Peacock – Scientist of the Day
George Peacock, an English mathematician, was born Apr. 9, 1791.
Johann Schweigger – Scientist of the Day
Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger, a German physicist and chemist, was born Apr. 8, 1779, in Erlangen, where he eventually became professor of philosophy at the university there.
Pope Urban VIII – Scientist of the Day
Maffeo Barberini, an Italian cleric, was baptized Apr. 5, 1568.
HMS Fury – Scientist of the Day
HMS Fury, a British Royal Navy vessel, was launched Apr. 4, 1814.
Charles Wilkes – Scientist of the Day
Charles Wilkes, an American naval officer, was born Apr. 3, 1798.
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