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Names

Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 662

Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) 30

University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 20

Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 18

Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) 9

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Duillier, Fatio de, 1664-1753 (Swiss mathematician) 6

Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) 6

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 (natural philosopher and chemist) 5

Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 5

Lovell, Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913-2012 (English radio astronomer, pioneer of radar and radio telescopes) 5

Flamsteed, John (first Astronomer Royal) 4

Halley, Sir Edmund, 1656-1742 (astronomer) 4

Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 (mathematician, classicist, and divine) 3

Brown, James, fl1785 (Glasgow distiller) 3

Collins, John, 1625-1683 (mathematician) 3

Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) 3

Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 3

Hudde, Jan, 1628-1704 (Dutch mathematician) 3

Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 (German mathematician and astronomer) 3

Mercator, Nicholas, ?1620-1687 (called Kauffmann) 3

Pitcairne, Archibald, 1652-1713 (Scottish physician, amateur mathematician and poet) 3

Ptolemy, Claudius, c85 -165 (Egyptian astronomer) 3

Schooten, Frans van, 1615-1660 (Dutch mathematician) 3

Serenus, d c360 (Greek mathematician) 3

Sluse, 1622-1685 (Belgian mathematician) 3

Snell, Willebrord, 1591-1626 (called Snellius) 3

Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (Italian mathematician) 3

Wallis, John, 1616-1703 (professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 3

Born, Max, 1882-1970 (physicist) 2

Bruce, Charles Edward Rhodes, 1902-1979, Astronomer and Physicist 2

Cassini, Jean Dominique, 1625-1712 (Italian astronomer) 2

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Polish astronomer) 2

Diophantus of Alexandria, c200-c284 (Greek mathematician) 2

Euclid of Alexandria, 325-265 BC (Egyptian mathematician) 2

Fenton, James, fl1689 (Scottish mathematician) 2

Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 2

Hooke, Robert, (1635-1703) (Experimental physicist and professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 2

Hôpital, Guillaume De l', 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 2

Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 2

Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm, 1646-1716 (German mathematician and philosopher) 2

Pythagoras of Samos, c569 BC-c475 BC (Greek mathematician) 2

Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 2

Tchirnhausen, Ehrenfried Walther Von, 1631 ? 1708 (German mathematician) 2

Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 1

Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver) 1

Apollonius of Perga, 262-190 BC (Greek mathematician) 1

Archimedes, of Syracuse, 287-212 BC (Sicillian mathematician) 1

Baker, Thomas, 1625?-1689 (ecclesiastic and amateur mathematician) 1

Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) 1

Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706 (French Philosopher) 1

Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742 (clergyman, scholar and critic) 1

Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696 (professor of astronomy, University of Oxford) 1

Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) 1

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 (Danish physicist) 1

Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir, 1890-1971 (physicist) 1

Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 (headmaster of Westminster School, London) 1

Cheyne, George, 1671-1743 (Scottish physician and amateur mathematician) 1

Donaldson, John, 1789-1865 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 1

Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 1

Geological Society of London (1807-:) 1

George, Prince of Denmark, 1653-1708 (Prince of Denmark) 1

Gray, fl1692 (London book collector) 1

Hirst, Sir Edmund Langley, 1898-1975 (chemist) 1

Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1

Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) 1

Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) 1

Keltie, Sir John Scott, 1840?1927 ( geographer and editor of Nature) 1

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 (professor of modern history, University of Cambridge) 1

Koettlitz, Reginald, 1860-1916 (doctor on the National Antarctic Expedition) 1

Lawson, Andrew, fl 1808-1810 (University of Edinburgh student) 1

Lister, Sir Joseph, 1827-1912 (1st Baron Lister | British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery) 1

Lloyd, William, d1717 (Bishop of Worcester) 1

Lucretius, Titus Carus, c98-55 BC (Latin poet and philosopher) 1

MacMillan, Gordon Holmes Alexander, 1897-1986 ( of MacMillan and Knap | British General) 1

Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) 1

Mackworth, Sir Humphry, 1657-1727 (politician and mining capitalist) 1

Martin, David Christie, Sir, 1914-1976 (Scientific Administrator) 1

Mary of Modena, 1658-1718 (Queen of James II of England) 1

McIntosh, D H, fl 1953-1959 (Physicist and meteorologist ) 1

National Antarctic Expedition (1901- 1904) 1

Needham, (Noel) Joseph Terence Montgomery, 1900-1995 (British scientist, historian and sinologist) 1

Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) 1

Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 1

Playfair, Sir Lyon, 1818-1898 (1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews) 1

Reid School of Music 1

Ritchie, David, 1763-1844 (Professor of Logic, University of Edinburgh) 1

Royal Geographical Society (1830-:) 1

Sang, Edward, 1805-1890 (mathematician, engineer and actuary) 1

Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 1

Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson (1962-1992) 1

Strutt, Robert John, 1875-1947 (4th Baron Rayleigh | British peer and physicist) 1

Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899) 1

Town Council, Edinburgh 1

University of Oxford, Balliol College. Balliol College (1263-:) 1

Volder, Burchard De, 1643-1709 (Dutch mathematician) 1

Voss, 1618-1689 (Dutch mathematician) 1

Wernerian Natural History Society (1808-1858) 1

Whiston, William, 1667-1752 (divine and natural philosopher) 1

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