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Category: Bio Blasts

Józef Kosacki

November 12, 2020 Francesca Lavelle Leave a comment

Kosacki was an officer in the Polish Army in World War Two and is notably remembered as an engineer and…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: Engineering, Europe, International, STEM

John Napier

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John Napier, the “Marvellous Merchiston” (as he was known in his day), was a Scottish landowner, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, STEM

George Martine, The Younger

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George Martine the younger became a physician and studied at the University of St Andrews. He there headed a student…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: medicine, STEM

George Martine, The Elder

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George Martine the Elder, (1635-1712) was an historian of St Andrews, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Dr George…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: History, Humanities

John Maoir

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Scottish Mathematician John Maoir worked in both Paris and St Andrews teaching logic and theology. He studied at Cambridge (rare…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: Logic, Mathematics, STEM, Theology

James Gregory

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The Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and first Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, James Gregory, was one…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: Astronomy, Mathematics, STEM

Robert FitzRoy

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Charles Darwin described Robert FitzRoy as a ‘very extraordinary person’, being ‘everything that is delightful’ and ‘very scientific’. Vice-Admiral FitzRoy…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: Earth Sciences, Meteorology, STEM

Benjamin Franklin

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Founding father of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin, was deeply interested in the world around him and excelled…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: International, North America, Philosophy, STEM

Charles Lapworth

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Geologist Charles Lapworth taught English at Madras College, St Andrews. Although predominately self-taught in the field of geology, he made…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: English, Geology, Humanities, STEM

James David Forbes

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James David Forbes, principal at the University of St Andrews from 1859 to his death in 1868, studied the contradictory…

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Posted in: Bio Blasts Filed under: Earth Sciences, Glaciology, Physics, STEM

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