Named for Carl Linnaeus.
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Sir Ronald A. Fisher
Statistician, geneticist and evolutionary biologist. Born in East Finchley. His family moved into Hill House in 1896 but in 1906 his father lost his fortune and the family moved to Streatham.In 1...
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Sir Francis Beaufort
Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower ...
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Evangelista Torricelli
Physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
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William Farr
Epidemiologist, a founder of medical statistics. Born Kenley, Shropshire.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician and astronomer. Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.
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