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    List of Cornish scientists

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    This is a list of scientists from Cornwall, a county of England, in the United Kingdom.

    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

    Biologists

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    • 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

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    • 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, geologist[19]
    • William Gregor, discoverer of titanium and clergyman[20]
    • John Hawkins, geologist, traveller[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, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineer[27]

    Physical scientists

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    • 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, 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, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital at Bath[32]
    • Roy Sambles, physicist[33]

    Others

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    • Lancelot Stephen Bosanquet, mathematician
    • Davies Gilbert, applied mathematician and technocrat, President of the Royal Society[34]
    • John Hellins, mathematician, curate of Constantine[35]
    • Sheila Oates Williams (born 1939), Australian mathematician

    See also

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    • List of Cornish engineers and inventors

    References

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    2. ^ "Jonathan Couch Papers". American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
    3. ^ G. T. Bettany, ‘Couch, Richard Quiller (1816–1863)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    4. ^ Vigurs, C. C. (1922) "F. Hamilton Davey" in: Thurston, E. & Vigurs, C. C. A Supplement to F. Hamilton Davey's "Flora of Cornwall". Truro: Oscar Blackford
    5. ^ "William Lobb in Ecuador and the Enigma of Solanum lobbianum". www.devoran.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
    6. ^ John G. Hawkes (1992). "William Lobb in Ecuador and the Enigma of Solanum lobbianum". Taxon. 41 (3): 471–475. doi:10.2307/1222817. JSTOR 1222817.
    7. ^ Marcus B. Simpson jun., ‘Lower, Richard (1631–1691)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    8. ^ "John Mayow". Rice University. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
    9. ^ F. H. N. Smith (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company
    10. ^ James H. Price, ‘Ralfs, John (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    11. ^ B. B. Woodward, ‘Rodd, Edward Hearle (1810–1880)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    12. ^ Radio Scilly Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
    13. ^ Sea Salt Cornwall Feature Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
    14. ^ "If it's nature you're after, take a hike". The Guardian. 13 May 2001. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021.
    15. ^ DNB
    16. ^ Denise Crook, ‘Carne, Elizabeth Catherine Thomas (1817–1873)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    17. ^ Denise Crook, ‘Carne, Joseph (1782–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    18. ^ Robert Hunt, ‘Edmonds, Richard (1801–1886)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    19. ^ Denise Crook, ‘Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    20. ^ Boase, G. C. (2004), ‘Gregor, William (1761–1817)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    21. ^ H. S. Torrens, ‘Hawkins, John (1761–1841)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    22. ^ Oxford DNB (2004)
    23. ^ Denise Crook, ‘Moyle, Matthew Paul (1788–1880)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    24. ^ David Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Charles William (1800–1886)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
    25. ^ David Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Benjamin Neeve (1842–1926)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2009
    26. ^ Michael J. Bishop, ‘Pengelly, William (1812–1894)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    27. ^ T. G. Bonney, ‘Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    28. ^ Roger Hutchins, ‘Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    29. ^ Christopher F. Lindsey, ‘Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 April 2008
    30. ^ Allan Chapman, ‘Dunkin, Edwin (1821–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    31. ^ Hewish, Antony (1974). "Autobiography". Antony Hewish The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
    32. ^ Anne Borsay, ‘Oliver, William (1695–1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    33. ^ Elston, S. & Sambles, R. (eds.) (1998) The Optics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. London: Taylor & Francis
    34. ^ Miller, David Philip (2004), ‘Gilbert [Giddy], Davies (1767–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
    35. ^ R. E. Anderson, ‘Hellins, John (d. 1827)’, rev. Adrian Rice, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008
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