Linda Hall Library

Henri Breuil – Scientist of the Day

Henri Breuil, a French archaeologist, died Aug. 14, 1961, at the age of 84.

Leland W. Sprinkle – Scientist of the Day

Leland W. Sprinkle. an American engineer and organist, was born on Aug. 13, 1908. 

Ernst Boris Chain – Scientist of the Day

Ernst Boris Chain, a German/British biochemist, died Aug. 12, 1979, at the age of 73.

George of Trebizond  – Scientist of the Day

George of Trebizond, a Greek scholar sometimes referred to as Georgius Trapezuntius, was born in Crete around 1395.

Jonas Moore – Scientist of the Day

Greenwich Observatory was founded on Aug. 10, 1675, when the first foundation stone was laid.

Hipparchus – Scientist of the Day

Hipparchus of Nicaea, an Ancient Greek astronomer, was born about 187 BCE and died sometime after 127 BCE.  

Josef Pallenberg – Scientist of the Day

Josef Pallenberg, a German sculptor, animalier, and proto-paleoartist, was born on Aug. 6, 1882, in Cologne.

Octavius Morgan – Scientist of the Day

Charles Octavius Morgan, nearly always known by his middle name Octavius, died Aug. 5, 1888, at the age of 84.

Walther Flemming – Scientist of the Day

Walther Flemming, a German cell biologist, died on Aug. 4, 1905, at the age of 62.

Clifford Simak – Scientist of the Day

Clifford D. Simak, an American science fiction writer and newspaperman, was born Aug. 3, 1904, in Millville, Wisconsin.

John Ericsson – Scientist of the Day

John Ericsson, a Swedish/American engineer, was born on July 31, 1803, in Långban, a tiny village in Värmland, Sweden.

Guillaume Rondelet – Scientist of the Day

Guillaume Rondelet, a French physician and naturalist, died on July 30, 1566, at the age of 58.

William Beebe, an American ornithologist, traveler, deep-sea explorer, and author, was born in Brooklyn on July 29, 1877. He grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, and developed an interest in wildlife through the American Museum of Natural History...

Francis Crick – Scientist of the Day

Francis Crick, a molecular biologist and neuroscientist, died July 28, 2004, at age 88.

Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis  – Scientist of the Day

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, a French mathematician and natural philosopher, died on July 27, 1759, at the age of about 61.

Frans Lindqvist  – Scientist of the Day

Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a Swedish inventor, was born in 1862; we do not know his birthday or date of death, so we chose today to celebrate.

Glenn Curtiss – Scientist of the Day

Glenn Hammond Curtiss, an American engine-maker, aviator, and motorcyclist, died July 23, 1930, at the age of 52.