Dictionary of Scientists


Here are authoritative and up-to-date biographies of the world's scientists, from ancient times to the cutting edge. All areas of science are represented, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology, plus key figures in the fields of mathematics and technology.
On this page: Cagniard de la Tour, Charles to Clarke, Cyril Astley, Sir.

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Calvin, Melvin (American chemist & educator)
Camerarius, Rudolph Jacob (German botanist & physician)
Cannizzaro, Stanislao (Italian chemist)
Cannon, Annie Jump (American astronomer)
Cannon, Walter Bradford (American anatomist)
Cardano, Gerolamo (Italian physician & mathematician)
Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi (French physicist)
Carothers, Wallace Hume (American chemist)
Carrel, Alexis (American surgeon & biologist)
Cartan, Elie Joseph (French mathematician)
Carter, Brandon (British physicist)
Carver, George Washington (Inventor / Botanist)
Castner, Hamilton Young (American chemist)
Cavalieri, Francesco Bonaventura (Italian mathematician & theologian)
Caventou, Jean Bienaimé (French chemist)
Cayley, Arthur (English mathematician)
Cech, Thomas Robert (American microbiologist)
Celsius, Anders (Swedish astronomer)
Cesalpino, Andrea (Italian botanist & anatomist)
Chain, Ernst Boris (English biologist & chemist)
Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder (American geologist)
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (American physicist)
Chaptal, Jean Antoine Claude (French chemist, businessman & statesman)
Charcot, Jean-Martin (French physician)
Charpak, Georges (French physicist)
Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich (Russian physicist)
Chevreul, Michel Eugène (French chemist)
Clairaut, Alexis Claude (French mathematician)
Clark, Alvan Graham (American astronomer)