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Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley, FRS (13 March 1733 (O.S.) – 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have a claim to the discovery. Priestley was born to an established English Dissenting family (i.e., they did not conform to the Church of England) in Birstall, near Batley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛi]; 15 February 1564[4] – 8 January 1642),[1][5] commonly known as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy",[6] the "father of modern physics",[7] the "father of science",[7] and "the Father of Modern Science".[8] According to Stephen Hawking, "Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science".[9]

Born 15 February 1564[1]
Pisa,[1] Duchy of Florence, Italy
Died 8 January 1642 (aged 77)[1]
Arcetri,[1] Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
Residence Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
Nationality Italian (Tuscan)
Fields Astronomy, physics and mathematics
Institutions University of Pisa
University of Padua
Alma mater University of Pisa
Academic advisors Ostilio Ricci[2]
Notable students Benedetto Castelli
Mario Guiducci
Vincenzo Viviani[3]
Known for Kinematics
Dynamics
Telescopic observational astronomy
Heliocentrism

Marie Curie

Born 7 November 1867
Warsaw, Russian held parts of Poland
Died 4 July 1934 (aged 66)
Passy, Haute-Savoie, France
Citizenship Russian, later... [continues]

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