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: Waage, Peter to Willstätter, Richard.

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Waage, Peter (Norwegian chemist)
Wagner-Jauregg, Julius (Austrian psychiatrist)
Waksman, Selman Abraham (Russian–American biochemist)
Walcott, Charles Doolittle (American paleontologist)
Wald, George (American biochemist)
Walden, Paul (Russian–German chemist)
Walker, John Ernest (British molecular biologist)
Wallach, Otto (German chemist)
Wallis, John (English mathematician and theologian)
Warburg, Otto Heinrich (German physiologist)
Wassermann, August von (German bacteriologist)
Watson, William, Sir (British physicist, physician, and botanist)
Weber, Ernst Heinrich (German physiologist and psychologist)
Weber, Joseph (American physicist)
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard (German physicist)
Weierstrass, Karl Wilhelm Theodor (German mathematician)
Weinberg, Steven (American physicist)
Weller, Thomas Huckle (American microbiologist)
Werner, Abraham Gottlob (German mineralogist and geologist)
Werner, Alfred (French chemist)
West, Harold Dadford (American biochemist)
Weyl, Hermann (German mathematician)
Wheatstone, Charles, Sir (British physicist)
Wheeler, John Archibald (American theoretical physicist)
Whipple, Fred Lawrence (American astronomer)
Whipple, George Hoyt (American physician and physiologist)
Whiston, William (British mathematician and geologist)
Whitehead, Alfred North (British mathematician and philosopher)
Whittington, Harry Blackmore (British geologist)
Whittle, Frank, Sir (British aeronautical engineer)
Wieland, Heinrich Otto (German chemist)
Wiener, Norbert (American mathematician)
Wieschaus, Eric (American biologist)
Wiesel, Torsten Nils (Swedish neurophysiologist)
Wigglesworth, Vincent Brian, Sir (British entomologist)
Wigner, Eugene Paul (Hungarian–American physicist)
Wildt, Rupert (German–American astronomer)
Wilkes, Maurice Vincent (British computer scientist)
Wilkins, John (English mathematician and scientist)
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (New Zealand–British biophysicist)
Wilkinson, Geoffrey, Sir (British inorganic chemist)
Williams, Robert R. (American chemist)
Williams, Robley Cook (American biophysicist)
Willstätter, Richard (German chemist)