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This is a list of scientists from Cornwall , a county of England, in the
United Kingdom .
Biologists
Henry Charlton Bastian , physiologist and neurologist
Lieutenant-Colonel
Frederick Nicholson Betts , Indian Army officer and ornithologist
George Carter Bignell , entomologist
William Borlase , naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan
William Clift , naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society
[1]
Jonathan Couch ,
naturalist and
physician
[2]
Richard Quiller Couch , naturalist
[3]
Frederick Hamilton Davey , botanist
[4]
Jean Golding , epidemiologist
Henry Brougham Guppy , naturalist and botanist
Charles Alexander Johns , botanist and clergyman
Oscar Kempthorne , statistician and geneticist
William Lobb , plant collector
[5]
[6]
John Keast Lord , veterinarian and naturalist
Richard Lower ,
blood transfusion pioneer
[7]
John Mayow , physiologist
[8]
William Noye of Paul , entomologist
[9]
Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe , entomologist
John Ralfs , botanist
[10]
Edward Hearle Rodd , ornithologist
[11]
John Coulson Tregarthen , naturalist
Ethelwynn Trewavas , ichthyologist
Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart , MP for Cornwall and scientist
William Wagstaff ,
ornithologist and
naturalist
[12]
[13]
[14]
Elizabeth Andrew Warren , botanist
Earth scientists
William Borlase , naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan
Edward Budge , geologist and clergyman
[15]
Elizabeth Carne , geologist and philanthropist
[16]
Joseph Carne , geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal Society
[17]
Richard Edmonds , geologist and antiquary
[18]
Robert Were Fox , FRS, geologist
[19]
William Gregor , discoverer of
titanium and clergyman
[20]
John Hawkins , geologist, traveller and FRS
[21]
Robert Hunt , mineralogist and writer
[22]
Matthew Paul Moyle , meteorologist and mining writer
[23]
Charles William Peach , naturalist and geologist
[24]
Benjamin Neeve Peach , geologist
[25]
William Pengelly ,
geologist and archaeologist
[26]
John Arthur Phillips , FRS, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineer
[27]
Physical scientists
John Couch Adams , co-discoverer of the planet
Neptune
[28]
Herbert Stanley Allen , physicist
Edmund Davy , chemist
[29]
Sir
Humphry Davy , 1st Baronet,
chemist and inventor
Edwin Dunkin , FRS, President of the
Royal Astronomical Society and the
Royal Institution of Cornwall
[30]
Antony Hewish , astronomer
[31]
Sir
William Lower (1570 – 1615), astronomer and Member of Parliament
William Oliver , FRS, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the
Royal Mineral Water Hospital at Bath
[32]
Roy Sambles , physicist
[33]
Others
See also
References
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^
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^ G. T. Bettany, ‘Couch, Richard Quiller (1816–1863)’, rev. Yolanda Foote,
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^
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^ B. B. Woodward, ‘Rodd, Edward Hearle (1810–1880)’, rev. Yolanda Foote,
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^
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Archived 2010-10-31 at the
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^
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^
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^ DNB
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^
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^
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^ Oxford DNB (2004)
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^ Michael J. Bishop, ‘Pengelly, William (1812–1894)’,
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