This is a list of scientists from Cornwall , a county of England, in the United Kingdom .
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
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 [ edit ]
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]
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^ "Jonathan Couch Papers" . American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008 .
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^ "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 .
^ 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 .
^ Marcus B. Simpson jun., ‘Lower, Richard (1631–1691)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press , 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
^ "John Mayow" . Rice University. Retrieved 21 October 2009 .
^ F. H. N. Smith (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly . Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company
^ James H. Price, ‘Ralfs, John (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press , 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
^ B. B. Woodward, ‘Rodd, Edward Hearle (1810–1880)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press , 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
^ Radio Scilly Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ Sea Salt Cornwall Feature Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ "If it's nature you're after, take a hike" . The Guardian . 13 May 2001. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021.
^ DNB
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^ Robert Hunt , ‘Edmonds, Richard (1801–1886)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press , 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
^ 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
^ 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
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^ Oxford DNB (2004)
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^ Roger Hutchins, ‘Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press , 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
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^ Elston, S. & Sambles, R. (eds.) (1998) The Optics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals . London: Taylor & Francis
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