Born Manchester.
Electrical engineer. Invented and patented the three-wire distribution system (if you've ever wired in a plug you will know what this means).
Died, with three of his children, in a mountaineering accident in Switzerland.
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John Hopkinson
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Henry Doubleday
Naturalist. Born at 62 (the site of which is now number 271) High Street, Epping, Essex. He was the author of the first catalogue of British butterflies and moths, and named a number of new species...
Alan Blumlein
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William Tegetmeier
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Robert Hooke
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Johannes Kepler
Mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. Best known for his laws of planetary motion.