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Charles Wheatstone
Born: February 6, 1802
Sciencean English scientist and inventor. He is best known for his contributions in the development of the Wheatstone bridge, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistancemore…Giorgio Vasari
Born: July 30, 1511
Art.Westan Italian painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, best known for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architectsmore…Norman Lockyer
Born: May 17, 1836
Sciencean English scientist and astronomer, co-credited with discovering the gas heliummore…Johann Wilhelm Ritter
Born: December 16, 1776
Sciencea German chemist, physicist and philosopher known for achievements in electrochemistry and ultraviolet lightmore…Jean-François Millet
Born: October 4, 1814
Art.Westa French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural Francemore…Georg Ernst Stahl
Born: October 22, 1660
Sciencea German chemist, physician and philosopher. He was a supporter of vitalism, and until the late 18th century his works on phlogiston were accepted as an explanation for chemical processes.more…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
