Who is the most famous Welsh scienceist?

Answer 1

Here is a list of some welsh scientists

　

Alfred Wallace

Conferred with Darwin (and Darwin with him) regarding evolution of species and acknowledged as theory co -founder by Darwin in his 'On the Origin of Species'.

Ronald Lockley

Famous naturalist and author. Best known for his life on Skokholm Island off Pembrokeshire 1927-1940 and at Orielton in 1950's early 1960's.

Herbert Stuart

Developed and patented a compression ignition engine by 1885. Diesel only had his version working twelve years later in 1897.

Donald Davies

Proposed and developed packet switching an important part of the internet.

Bill Frost

Welsh carpenter who patented the aeroplane in 1894 and took to the skies in a powered flying machine the following year, eight years before the Wright brothers attempt at Kitty Hawk.

Harry Grindell-Matthews

Wacky inventor of so called 'Death Ray' and various electrical devices including burglar alarms, projectors and automatic street lighting.

Sir Tudor Thomas

World famous Welsh eye surgeon from Cardiff. He Pioneered ophthalmic corneaplasty in the 1930's.

Pryce Pryce-Jones

Gave mail-order (catalogue) shopping to the world.(circa 1859)

William Grove

Invented the Fuel Cell.

Dudson

Invented the DUDSON Valve (the needle type) used to inflate sports balls everywhere.

Robert Recorde

Very influential physician and mathematician. Robert published some of the most important books of his era including the first English language book on Algebra which incidentally is where the equals symbol is first seen in use! He achieved high office too, being not only the king's physician but also the controller of the Royal Mint (which is now based in Pontyclun, South Wales).

As is true today, positions of power attract enemies and sadly it was his high profile that lead to his downfall. Robert was broken by a law suit and as a bankrupt was sent to debtours jail at Southwark where he died.

Dr Richard Pryce

Was developer of the times tables as a teaching aid and re-introduced cremation to Britain.

Francis Lewis

Signatory of the US 'Declaration of Independence' as one of the representatives from New York.

Eddie Bowen

Pioneer of Radar. Worked at 'Woomera Rocket Testing Base' in Australia. Invented artificial rain in the 1950's.

Terence Matthews

'Mitel' and 'Newbridge' Networks founder. Billionaire.

　

　

Edward Lloyd

Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and the foremost Celtic scholar of his time.

Samuel Jones

Inventor, writer and Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA.

Ernest Jones

He introduced psychoanalysis into Britain and North America.

Sir Clifford Darby

Geographer and leader in promoting the relationships between geography and other subjects. Knighted in 1988.

Earl Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, mathematician and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell is one of the most highly regarded academics of the 20th century. Helped perhaps by a great sense of humour, he popularized the mathematics and proposed many ground breaking theories. As significant as they are, his theories were not entirely responsible for his reputation. He felt free to comment at an international level on matters as diverse as the Cold War, Kennedy's assassination and the Vietnam War. So much so, that at the height of his reputation many of his devout followers regarded him as a guru.

Martha Cannon

A pioneer in Women and Children's medicine. The State of Utah's Health Department is named in her honour.

Brian Trubshaw

Test Pilot for Concorde.

William Jones

A noted mathematician, published author and early naval navigator. First to use 'Pi' (1706) as a mathematical symbol. He was a friend of Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley. Father of William Jones the philologist who identified the Indo-European language group which connects many early languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin - even Welsh) together.

David Hughes

First transmission of radio waves. Inventor of the microphone and printing telegraph system. A musician and philosopher.

Brian Josephson

Nobel prize winning physicist; gave his name to 'Josephson Effects'.

Evan Williams

Distinguished physicist, discoverer of the Meson Particle.

John Houghton

Distinguished meteorologist. Inspiration behind major international conferences on global warming (Rio, Kyoto, Buenos Aires).

Dyfrig Jones

Theory of 'Planetary Radiation'.

Thomas Morgan

Nobel prize for medicine 1933. A pioneer in genetics.

Wendell Stanley

Nobel prize for Chemistry.

David Brunt

Pioneer of modern meteorology; head of Meteorological Office, secretary of Royal Society.

Isaac Roberts

He pioneered deep space photography at the end of the nineteenth century.

Frank Hope-Jones

Developed the 'Synchronize' electric clock system. He devised the 'pip' time signal first broadcast by the BBC and later by most of the world's major broadcasting organisations.

John Chiplin

Founded 'Geneformatics', leading biotech company in 1999. Founded 'Newstar Music' 1995 and creative vehicle for the band, 'Vita Nuova'.

Sir John Thomas (Prof)

Former Director of the Royal Institution. Previously held Chair of Physical Sciences at Cambridge. Before that Professor and Head of Chemistry Department at Aberystwyth. Member of the Bardic Circle of the National Eisteddfod.

　

　

Yale

The Inventors of Yale Locks.

Kevin Morgan

Groundbreaking work in the field of Pharmaceutical powder compacting.

Edward Roberts

Biochemistry

Sir Chris Evans

Britain's most colourful biotech entrepreneur, 'The Welsh wizard'.

Laurence Matthews

He was a scientist who helped clone the first sheep who became known as Dolly.

Gaynor Morgan

Inventing and patenting the 'inco-stop'.

John Maddox

Knighted for services to science. Author of several books.

Alan Beckwith

Films include 'The China Syndrome' in 1979. TV series including 'The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case' and 'From here to Eternity'.

John Ddu

The outstanding British scientist of his time. Founder of the new school of English mathematical scientists in 1500's. One of the greatest polymaths of all time.

Bernard Knight

Forensic pathologist, barrister and writer. Creator of the 'Crowner John' series, historic crime fiction. As a forensic pathologist, worked on the infamous Fred West case, recovering all twelve bodies!

Ernest Willows

Pioneering aviator. In 1910 became the first person to cross the English channel in airship.

Richard Roberts

Textile machinery, railway locomotives and other industrial inventions.

Thomas Davies

Along with his brother Walter he invented the 'Stepney Spare Wheel' used on almost all early motor cars.

William Morgan

Inventor of the Vacuum Tube, Coolidge Tube, Britain's first actuary, founding father of modern actuarial science, and wait for it! The discoverer of x-rays, a hundred and ten years before Roentgen!

John Jeffreys

He was one of the greatest conchologists (someone who studies shells) of the 19th century. His main set of five books is much sought after as a collector's item. His collection became the world's greatest for the time. He helped pioneer deep-sea dredging. He corresponded with men like Charles Darwin and was involved with a number of scientific associations

　

Willam Jones

A brilliant linguist William studied and eventually related the Indo European language family which connects Greek, Latin and even Welsh! He also met with Ben Franklin to discuss a peaceful settlement in the American War of Independence.

Alan Cox

Alan Cox (born 1968) is a programmer heavily involved in the development of the linux kernel since its early days (1991). He then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel. This is an extremely important contribution to the 'Open Source' software community.

Sir William Preece

William Henry Preece was an electrical engineer who was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain.

Steve Jones

Professor of genetics at the Galton Laboratory and University College, London.

John Lloyd

According to 'Kremers and Urdang's History of Pharmacy' was 'one of the greatest pharmacists and chemists America has ever had'. Won three Ebert Prizes and Remington Medal. Served as president of American Pharmaceutical Association 1887 to 1888. Numerous inventions.

Archie Cochrane

Founder of Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane library, Cochrane reviews. UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford.

Jerry Davies

Jerry founded Davies Veterinary Specialists, one of the most successful veterinary referral hospitals in Europe.

Sir Clement Thomas

Surgeon to the late king

Michael Moritz

Michael is a venture capitalist with sequoia capital in California. And a former member of the board of google inc. His Internet investments include google, youtube, etoys, eBay, yahoo! , paypal and Apple computers. His investment in google has made him one of Wales' richest men.

John Guest

John guest was the only surviving son of Thomas Guest an iron-master, he took over his fathers company in Merthyr in 1807. Guest was a shrewd businessman by the 1830's the Dowlais ironworks was the largest in the world.

John Davies

He was an athlete and winner of a Gold Medal in 4x400m relay at the Antwerp summer Olympics in 1920.

Inigo Jones

A meteorologist and farmer. In 1874 Jone's parents migrated to Australia, settling on a property called Crohamhurst in the glass house mountains north of Brisbane in eastern Queensland. He became interested in meteorology while working on the family farm.

Neil Walker

For his work in the creation and development of the Intel corporation responsible for the Intel processors.

Jane Matthews

Invention of a new product, PlugPal and development through to marketing of product and sales. It gained a Bronze Medal at the Prestigious International Exhibition of Inventions.

Dr Lyn Evans

Dr Lyn Evans CBE is leader of the large hadron collider project. Dr Evans gained his PHD from the University of Swansea in 1970 and became a research fellow at CERN in the same year. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a fellow of the University of Wales.

Dr Evan Pierce

Fought cholera epidemic in Denbigh. Advisor to Queen Victoria. Coroner for Denbighshire. Alderman, JP and Mayor of Denbigh five times.

Started local fire brigade. There was a large statue of him erected during his life in Denbigh. Died 1895. Whole town turned out to see his funeral.