List of Cornish scientists explained

This is a list of scientists from Cornwall, a county of England, in the United Kingdom.

Biologists

• Henry Charlton Bastian, physiologist and neurologist
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Nicholson Betts, Indian Army officer and ornithologist
• George Carter Bignell, entomologist
• William Borlase, naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan
• William Clift, naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society ^[1]
• Jonathan Couch, naturalist and physician^[2]
• Richard Quiller Couch, naturalist^[3]
• Frederick Hamilton Davey, botanist^[4]
• Jean Golding, epidemiologist
• Henry Brougham Guppy, naturalist and botanist
• Charles Alexander Johns, botanist and clergyman
• Oscar Kempthorne, statistician and geneticist
• William Lobb, plant collector^{[5] [6]}
• John Keast Lord, veterinarian and naturalist
• Richard Lower, blood transfusion pioneer^[7]
• John Mayow, physiologist^[8]
• William Noye of Paul, entomologist^[9]
• Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, entomologist
• John Ralfs, botanist^[10]
• Edward Hearle Rodd, ornithologist^[11]
• John Coulson Tregarthen, naturalist
• Ethelwynn Trewavas, ichthyologist
• Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart, MP for Cornwall and scientist
• William Wagstaff, ornithologist and naturalist^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Elizabeth Andrew Warren, botanist

Earth scientists

• William Borlase, naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan
• Edward Budge, geologist and clergyman^[15]
• Elizabeth Carne, geologist and philanthropist^[16]
• Joseph Carne, geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal Society^[17]
• Richard Edmonds, geologist and antiquary^[18]
• Robert Were Fox, FRS, geologist^[19]
• William Gregor, discoverer of titanium and clergyman^[20]
• John Hawkins, geologist, traveller and FRS^[21]
• Robert Hunt, mineralogist and writer^[22]
• Matthew Paul Moyle, meteorologist and mining writer^[23]
• Charles William Peach, naturalist and geologist^[24]
• Benjamin Neeve Peach, geologist^[25]
• William Pengelly, geologist and archaeologist^[26]
• John Arthur Phillips, FRS, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineer^[27]

Physical scientists

• John Couch Adams, co-discoverer of the planet Neptune^[28]
• Herbert Stanley Allen, physicist
• Edmund Davy, chemist^[29]
• Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, chemist and inventor
• Edwin Dunkin, FRS, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institution of Cornwall^[30]
• Antony Hewish, astronomer^[31]
• Sir William Lower (1570 – 1615), astronomer and Member of Parliament
• William Oliver, FRS, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital at Bath^[32]
• Roy Sambles, physicist^[33]

Others

• Lancelot Stephen Bosanquet, mathematician
• Davies Gilbert, applied mathematician and technocrat, President of the Royal Society^[34]
• John Hellins, FRS, mathematician, curate of Constantine^[35]
• Sheila Oates Williams (born 1939), Australian mathematician

See also

• List of Cornish engineers and inventors

Notes and References

1. Phillip R. Sloan, ‘Clift, William (1775–1849)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
2. Web site: Jonathan Couch Papers . American Philosophical Society . 2008-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511220021/http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/c/couch.htm . May 11, 2008 .
3. G. T. Bettany, ‘Couch, Richard Quiller (1816–1863)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
4. Vigurs, C. C. (1922) "F. Hamilton Davey" in: Thurston, E. & Vigurs, C. C. A Supplement to F. Hamilton Davey's "Flora of Cornwall". Truro: Oscar Blackford
5. Web site: William Lobb in Ecuador and the Enigma of Solanum lobbianum . www.devoran.org.uk . 12 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121084212/http://www.devoran.org.uk/htdocs/PerranArWorthal.htm . November 21, 2008 .
6. William Lobb in Ecuador and the Enigma of Solanum lobbianum . Taxon. 41. 3. 471–475. John G. Hawkes . 1222817. 1992. 10.2307/1222817.
7. Marcus B. Simpson jun., ‘Lower, Richard (1631–1691)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
8. Web site: John Mayow. Rice University. 2009-10-21.
9. F. H. N. Smith (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company
10. James H. Price, ‘Ralfs, John (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
11. B. B. Woodward, ‘Rodd, Edward Hearle (1810–1880)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
12. http://www.radioscilly.com/asheardonair/features Radio Scilly
13. http://www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk/acatalog/feature_walkscilly_0307.php Sea Salt Cornwall Feature
14. Web site: If it's nature you're after, take a hike . 2001-05-13 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210916105802/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2001/may/13/walkingholidays.unitedkingdom.wildlifeholidays?page=2 . 2021-09-16 . live .
15. DNB
16. Denise Crook, ‘Carne, Elizabeth Catherine Thomas (1817–1873)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
17. Denise Crook, ‘Carne, Joseph (1782–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
18. [Robert Hunt (scientist)|Robert Hunt]
19. Denise Crook, ‘Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008
20. [G. C. Boase|Boase, G. C.]
21. H. S. Torrens, ‘Hawkins, John (1761–1841)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
22. Oxford DNB (2004)
23. Denise Crook, ‘Moyle, Matthew Paul (1788–1880)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
24. David Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Charles William (1800–1886)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
25. David Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Benjamin Neeve (1842–1926)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2009
26. Michael J. Bishop, ‘Pengelly, William (1812–1894)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
27. T. G. Bonney, ‘Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
28. Roger Hutchins, ‘Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
29. Christopher F. Lindsey, ‘Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 April 2008
30. Allan Chapman, ‘Dunkin, Edwin (1821–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
31. Web site: Autobiography. Hewish. Antony. 1974. Antony Hewish The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. Nobel Foundation. 2008-12-16.
32. Anne Borsay, ‘Oliver, William (1695–1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008
33. Elston, S. & Sambles, R. (eds.) (1998) The Optics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. London: Taylor & Francis
34. Miller, David Philip (2004), ‘Gilbert [Giddy], Davies (1767–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008
35. R. E. Anderson, ‘Hellins, John (d. 1827)’, rev. Adrian Rice, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008