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 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 Jonathan Couch, naturalist and physician Richard Quiller Couch, naturalistG. T. Bettany, ‘Couch, Richard Quiller (1816–1863)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Frederick Hamilton Davey, botanistVigurs, 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 Jean Golding, epidemiologist Henry Brougham Guppy, naturalist and botanist Charles Alexander Johns, botanist and clergyman Oscar Kempthorne, statistician and geneticist William Lobb, plant collector John Keast Lord, veterinarian and naturalist Richard Lower, blood transfusion pioneerMarcus B. Simpson jun., ‘Lower, Richard (1631–1691)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 John Mayow, physiologist William Noye of Paul, entomologistF. H. N. Smith (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, entomologist John Ralfs, botanistJames H. Price, ‘Ralfs, John (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Edward Hearle Rodd, ornithologistB. B. Woodward, ‘Rodd, Edward Hearle (1810–1880)’, rev. Yolanda Foote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Henry Harpur Spry (1804 – 1842), army medical officer in India and naturalist John Coulson Tregarthen, naturalist Ethelwynn Trewavas, ichthyologist Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart, MP for Cornwall and scientist William Wagstaff, ornithologist and naturalistRadio Scilly Sea Salt Cornwall Feature Elizabeth Andrew Warren, botanist

Earth scientists William Borlase, naturalist, geologist and antiquary, Rector of Ludgvan Edward Budge, geologist and clergymanDNB Elizabeth Carne, geologist and philanthropistDenise Crook, ‘Carne, Elizabeth Catherine Thomas (1817–1873)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Joseph Carne, geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal SocietyDenise Crook, ‘Carne, Joseph (1782–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Richard Edmonds, geologist and antiquaryRobert Hunt, ‘Edmonds, Richard (1801–1886)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Robert Were Fox, geologistDenise Crook, ‘Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 16 Dec 2008 William Gregor, discoverer of titanium and clergymanBoase, G. C. (2004), ‘Gregor, William (1761–1817)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 accessed 16 Dec 2008 John Hawkins, geologist, travellerH. S. Torrens, ‘Hawkins, John (1761–1841)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Robert Hunt, mineralogist and writerOxford DNB (2004) Matthew Paul Moyle, meteorologist and mining writerDenise Crook, ‘Moyle, Matthew Paul (1788–1880)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Charles William Peach, naturalist and geologistDavid Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Charles William (1800–1886)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007 Benjamin Neeve Peach, geologistDavid Oldroyd, ‘Peach, Benjamin Neeve (1842–1926)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2009 William Pengelly, geologist and archaeologistMichael J. Bishop, ‘Pengelly, William (1812–1894)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 John Arthur Phillips, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineerT. G. Bonney, ‘Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887)’, rev. Denise Crook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008

Physical scientists John Couch Adams, co-discoverer of the planet NeptuneRoger Hutchins, ‘Adams, John Couch (1819–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Herbert Stanley Allen, physicist Edmund Davy, chemistChristopher F. Lindsey, ‘Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 April 2008 Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, chemist and inventor Edwin Dunkin, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institution of CornwallAllan Chapman, ‘Dunkin, Edwin (1821–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Antony Hewish, astronomer Sir William Lower (1570 – 1615), astronomer and Member of Parliament William Oliver, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital at BathAnne Borsay, ‘Oliver, William (1695–1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Roy Sambles, physicistElston, S. & Sambles, R. (eds.) (1998) The Optics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. London: Taylor & Francis

Others Lancelot Stephen Bosanquet, mathematician Davies Gilbert, applied mathematician and technocrat, President of the Royal SocietyMiller, 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 John Hellins, mathematician, curate of ConstantineR. 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 Sheila Oates Williams (born 1939), Australian mathematician

See also

List of Cornish engineers and inventors

References