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Previous | Home | NextJohn Playfair (4) wrote on geological uniformitarianism, thus bringing the views of Hutton's {LINK: Edinburgh284} pioneering ideas to the public. Daniel Rutherford (5) was discoverer of nitrogen (phlogisticated air). William Herschel (7) was the discoverer of the planet Uranus. Edward Jenner (9) was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. Thomas Young (10) established the wave theory of light. Robert Brown (11) discovered "Brownian motion" of microscopic particles. Joseph Banks (13) was President of the Royal Society for 42 years, during the years of transition of the phlogiston theory to the atomic theory {LINK: London2C-610}. Henry Cavendish (18) was discoverer of hydrogen.
