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Richard Towneley– Scientist of the Day

Richard Towneley, an English astronomer and natural philosopher, died at his home in Burnley, Lancashire, on Jan. 22, 1707.  

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John Fitch – Scientist of the Day

John Fitch, an American clockmaker, gunsmith, and inventor, was born Jan. 21, 1742, in Windsor, Conn.

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Leonhart Fuchs – Scientist of the Day

FIRST IMAGE Leonhart Fuchs, a German botanist, was born Jan. 17. 1592, in Wemding, a small town in Bavaria. 

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Paolo Sarpi – Scientist of the Day

Paolo Sarpi, a Venetian cleric, political advisor, and scientist, died on Jan. 15, 1623, at the age of 70. 

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Hugo Steinhaus – Scientist of the Day

Hugo Steinhaus, a Polish mathematician and poser of mathematical problems and puzzles, was born Jan. 14, 1887, in Jaslo, a city in southeast Poland that was then part of Austria-Hungary. 

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George Eliava – Scientist of h Day

George (Giorgi) Eliava, a Georgian microbiologist, was born Jan. 13, 1892, in Sachkhere in west Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire. 

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Pattillo Higgins and Anthony Lucas – Scientists of the Day

Spindletop’s first oil well came gushing in at 10:30 a.m. on Jan 10. 1901, inaugurating the great Texas Oil Boom.

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Wilhelm Homberg – Scientist of the Day

Wilhelm Homberg, a Dutch/German/French chemist, was born on Jan. 8, 1653, in Batavia (modern Jakarta), where his father served in the Dutch East India Company.

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Bern Dibner – Scientist of the Day

Bern Dibner, a Ukrainian-born American engineer and manufacturer, died Jan. 6, 1988, at the age of 90.

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Peter Warren Dease – Scientist of the Day

Peter Warren Dease, an English/Canadian fur trader and explorer, was born Jan. 1, 1778, on what is now Mackinac Island, Michigan, but was then Canadian territory. 

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Time Men of the Year, 1961 – Scientist of the Day

The news weekly, Time magazine, was founded in 1923, and in 1928, it inaugurated a tradition of featuring a “Man of the Year” on the first cover in January (Charles Lindberg was that first Man of the Year, for 1927). read more...

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John Turberville Needham - Scientist of the Day

John Turberville Needham, an English microscopist, microbiologist, and Catholic priest, died on Dec. 30, 1781, at the age of 68.

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Wilson Alwyn Bentley, a Vermont farmer and lover of snowflakes, died Dec. 23, 1931, at the age of 66. Bentley’s career defies labelling; he lived his entire life in Jericho, Vermont... learn more

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Robert Knox – Scientist of the Day

Robert Knox, a Scottish surgeon, died Dec. 20, 1862, at age 71. 

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Albert Curtz – Scientist of the Day.

Albert Curtz, a Bavarian Jesuit mathematician, died Dec. 19, 1671.

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Chauvet Cave  – Scientist of the Day

Chauvet Cave, in the Ardeche Gorge of southeastern France, one of the world’s most stunning sites for paleolithic art, was discovered only recently, on Dec. 18, 1994, by three cavers, Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, and Christian Hillaire.

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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin – Scientist of the Day

William Thomson, a British physicist, died Dec. 17. 1907, at the age of 83.

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