Inventors, Explorers, Scientists and Pioneers
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Henry Atkinson | Leeds | 1849–1942 | inventor of the mousetrap | |
| Edward Victor Appleton | 1892–1965 | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 | ||
| Donald Bailey | 1901–1985 | inventor of the Bailey Bridge | ||
| William Bateson | 1861–1926 | geneticist; first to use term genetics | ||
| George Birkbeck | 1776–1841 | doctor, philanthropist, founder of Birkbeck College | ||
| Joseph Bramah | 1748–1814 | invented hydraulic press; one of two founders of hydraulic engineering | ||
| Harry Brearley | 1871–1948 | Sheffield inventor of stainless steel | ||
| Henry Briggs (mathematician) | 1561–1630 | perfected system of logarithms used today by astronomers, navigators etc. | ||
| Ralph Burton | d.1768 | British soldier and Canadian settler | ||
| Capt. James Cook | Marton, Middlesbrough | 1728-79 | Georgian oceanic explorer | |
| Rick Dickinson | 1956(?) | Industrial designer responsible for the ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL keyboards and cases | ||
| John Harrison | Foulby | 1693–1776 | horologist and mathematician | |
| Amy Johnson | born Hull | 1903-41 | aviator | |
| Joseph Priestley | born Birstall | 1733–1804 | physicist and chemist | |
| Augustus Pitt Rivers | 1827–1900 | British Army officer, ethnologist, anthropologist and archaeologist | ||
| Nicholas Saunderson | Thurlstone | 1682–1739 | Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge | |
| Percy Shaw | born Halifax | 1889–1975 | inventor of the Cat's Eyes reflecting roadstuds | |
| John Smeaton | 1724-92 | civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. | ||
| John Wycliffe | 1330-84 | theologian, reformist, pioneering translator | ||
| Helen Sharman | Born Sheffield | 1963 | first British astronaut. |
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“Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.”
—Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)
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—D.H. (David Herbert)