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BE List of 100 Most Influential Scientists

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BE#DOBPOBLN, FNDODNotabilityBE pages
BE001~624Thales of Miletus~546Remembered primarily for his cosmology1-2.
BE002~580GreekPythagoras~500Philosopher, mathemaitician and foundation of mathemaitics2-3.
BE003~360GreekHippocrates~375Physician, father of medicine3-5, 13, 28.
BE004~428GreekPlato~348Philosopher3, 5-7, 8, 10, 11, 28, 37.
BE005384GreekAristotle322Philosopher and scientist1, 7-12, 28, 33, 37, 45,58, 66, 67, 89.
BE006~500Egypt, Greek-RomanEuclid~322Mathematician12-15.
BE007~285GreekArchimedes~212Mathematician and inventor16-18.
BE00823 ADRomanPliny the Elder79 ADSavant and author18-22.
BE009~100 AD Egypt Ptolemy ~170 ADAstronomy, mathematics, geography22-26, 44, 46, 54, 71.
BE010129 AD GreekGalen of Perganum~216 ADPhysician, writer and philosopher26-29, 49, 52.
BE011~780MuslimAl-Khwarizmi~850Mathematician and Astronomer29-31.
BE012980IslamAvicenna1037Most influential of Islam's philosopher-scientists.31-34, 49.
BE0131220EnglishBacon, Roger1292Philosopher and educational reformer34-37.
BE0141452ItalianDa Vinci, Leonardo1519Painter, draftman, sculptor, architect amd engineer37-43.
BE0151473PolishCopernicus, Nicolaus1543Astronomer43-47, 67, 70-71.
BE0161493German-SwissParacelsus1543Physician and alchemist47-51.
BE0171514FlemishVesalius, Andreas1564Physician and alchemist29, 51-53.
BE0181546DanishBrahe, Tycho1601Astronomer23, 53-56, 71 72, 74.
BE0191548ItalianBruno, Giordano1600Astronomer56-59.
BE0201561EnglishBacon, Francis1626Lawyer, statesman60-65.
BE0211564ItalianGalilei, Galileo1642Philosopher, astronomer and mathematecian18, 45, 65-70, 73.
BE0221571GermanKepler, Johannes1630Astronomer18, 45, 70-75.
BE0231578EnglishHarvey, William1657Physician75-77.
BE0241596FrenchDescartes, Réné1650Mathematician, scientist and philosopher18, 45, 78-82, 89.
BE0251627BritishBoyle, Robert1691Natural philosopher82-85,
BE0261635BritishHooke, Robert1701Natural philosopher82-85,
BE0271627English Ray, John1705Naturalist85-88,
BE0281642English Newton, Isaac1727Physcsist and mathematecian45, 56, 74, 88-95, 133, 251, 252, 253, 254,
BE0291646GermanLeibniz, Gottfried Willhelm,1716Mathematician and philosopher95-98.
BE0301707SwissEuler, Leonhard1783Mathematician and physicist98-100.
BE0311707SwiedishLinnaeus, Carolus1778Naturalist and exporer88, 100-104.
BE0321707French Leclerc, Georges-Louis, comte de Buffon1788Naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste104-106.
BE0331717French Le Rond d'Alembert, Jean1783Mathematician and scientist107-110, 133.
BE0341731EnglishCavendish, Henry1810Research chemist and physicist110-115.
BE0351733EnglishPriestley, Joseph1798Clergyman, political theorist and physical scientist112, 115-118, 130.
BE0361736EnglishWatt, John1819Instrument maker and inventor112-113, 118-121.
BE0371737ItalianGalvani, Luigi1798Physicist121-123.
BE0381745ItalianVolta, Alessandro1827Physicist121-123.
BE0391738German, BritishHerschel, William1822Astronomer124-127.
BE0401750German, BritishHerschel, Caroline1848Astronomer124-127.
BE0411743FrenchLavoisier, Antoine-Laurent1794Chemist112, 113, 117-118, 128-132, 133, 151.
BE0421749Frenchde Laplace, Pierre-Simon1827Mathematician, astronomer and physicist132-135.
BE0431749EnglishJenner, Edward1823Surgeon and explorer135-137.
BE0441769FrenchCuvier, Georges1832Zoologist and statesman137-140, 170, 173.
BE0451769Germanvon Humboldt, Alexander1859Naturalist and explorer140-145.
BE0461776FrenchGermain, Sophie1831Mathematician145-147.
BE0471777GermanGauss, Carl Friedrich1855Mathematician and astronomer147-150.
BE0481778EnglishDavy, Humphry1829Chemist111, 151-153, 154, 159.
BE0491779SwedenBerzelius, Jöns Jacob1848Physicist and chemist154-157.
BE0501785EnglishAubudon, John James1851Ornithologist, artist and naturalist157-159.
BE0511791EnglishFaraday, Michael1848Chemist153, 159-165, 203.
BE0521791EnglishBabbage, Charles1871Mathematician 165-169.
BE0531815EnglishKing, Ada1852Babbage's associate165-169.
BE0541797ScottishLyell, Charles1875Geologist169-172, 176, 178, 181, 200.
BE0551807Swiss-born USAgassiz, Louis1873Naturalist, geologist and teacher172-174.
BE0561809English Darwin, Chales1882Naturalist644, 87, 171, 175-185, 189, 200, 201, 205.
BE0571811FrenchGalois, Évariste1832Mathematician 185-188.
BE0581822FrenchGalton, Francis1911Explorer, anthropologist ane engenidist183, 188-190.
BE0591822AustrianMendel, Gregor1884Botanist, teacher and prelate191-194, 236-237.
BE0601822FrenchPasteur, Louis1895Chemist and microbiologist194-198.
BE0611823BritishWallace, Alfred Russel1913Naturalist, geographer and social critic181, 198-201.
BE0621824ScottishThomson, William1907Engineer, mathematician and physicist163, 201-206.
BE0631831ScottishMaxwell, James Clerk1879Physicist164, 206-208, 251, 252, 302.
BE0641834RussianMendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich1907Chemist209-212.
BE0651843GermanKoch, Robert1910Physician and a founder of bacteriology212-216.
BE0661845GermanCantor, Georg1918Physician and a founder of bacteriology216-219.
BE0671854FrenchPoincaré, Henri1912Mathematician 219-223, 235, 252.
BE0681856FrenchFreud, Sigmund1939Neurologist, founder of phychoanalysis223-230, 245, 246.
BE0691856Serbian-AmericanTesla, Nikola1943Engineer and inventor 230-232.
BE0701858GermanPlanck, Max1947Theoretical physicist232-236, 252, 263, 268.
BE0711862EnglishBateson, William1926Biologist236-237.
BE0721867Polish-born FrenchCurie, Marie1934Physicist238-240.
BE0731859FrenchCurie, Pierre1906Physicist238-240.
BE0741871New ZealandRutherford, Ernest1937Physicist241-244, 262
BE0751875SwissJung, Karl Gustav1961Psychologist and psychiatrist245-248.
BE0761879German-bornEinstein, Albert1955Physicist222, 235, 236, 248-259, 263, 265, 268, 278, 279, 285, 297.
BE0771880GermanWegener, Alfred Lothar1930Meteorologist and geophysicist259-261.
BE0781881ScottishFleming, Alexander1955Bacteriologist 261-262.
BE0791885DanishBohr, Niels1962Physicist235, 262-267, 284.
BE0801887AustrianSchrödinger, Erwin1961Theoretical physicist267-269.
BE0811887IndianRamanujan, Srinivasa1920Mathematician270-271.
BE0821889AmericanHubble, Edwin Powell1953Astronomer255, 271-273.
BE0831901Italian-born AmericanFermi, Enrico1954Astronomer273-277, 288.
BE0841901IHungarian-born AmericanNeuman, John von 1954Astronomer277-281.
BE0851904Russian-born AmericanGamow, George 1968Nuclear physicist and cosmologist281-283.
BE0861904AmericanOppenheimer, J. Robert 1967Nuclear physicist and cosmologist280, 281, 283-286.
BE0871906Austrian-born AmericanGödel, Kurt1978Mathematician, Logician and Godel's proof author219, 281, 286-287, 293.
BE0881906German-born AmericanBethe, Hans Albrecht2005Theoretical physicist287-290, 302.
BE0891907AmericanCarson, Rachel1964Biologist291-292.
BE0901912AmericanTuring, Alan M.1954Mathematician and logician292-295.
BE0911914AmericanBorlaug, Norman Ernest2009Agricultural scientist and plant pathologist296.
BE0921915BritishHoyle, Fred2001Mathematician and astronomer297-298.
BE0931916EnglishCrick, Francis Harry Compton2004Biophysicist298-301, 321.
BE0941928Watson, James DeweyBiophysicist298-301, 321
BE0951918Feynman, Richard P.1988Theoretical physicist301-305.
BE0961920BritishFranklin, Rosalind1958Scientist299, 305-306.
BE0971923AmericanKilby, Jack2005Engineer306-308.
BE0981928AmericanNash, , Jack Forbes Jr.2015Mathematician 308-309.
BE0991934AmericanWilson, Edward O.Ethologist309-311.
BE1001929AmericanGoodall, Jane2015Biologist312.
BE1011939English-born AmericanKroto, Harold Walter2016Chemist313-315..
BE1021943AmericanSmalley, Richard E.2005Chemist313-315.
BE1031933AmericanCurl, Robert F.Chemist313-315.
BE1041941AmericanGould, Stephen Jay2002Paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer315-316.
BE1051942EnglishHawkins, Stephen W.Theoretical physicist317-318.
BE1061946AmericanVenter, J. Craig W.Scientist318-321.
BE1071950AmericanCollins, FrancisScientist318-321.
BE1081954Canadian-born AmericanPinker, StevenPsychologist321-323.
BE1091955BritishBerners-Lee, TimComputer scientist323-324.


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Bernard, could you add a very short introduction to the table, explaining what "BE" stands for, what is the BE#, and a reference to the book (I suppose) of which pages number refer to. All things the casual reader of this page can only guess. Thanks!
posted by Bernard Vatant