World's Greatest Scientists

Born: February 18, 1745, Como, Italy Died: March 5, 1827, Como, Italy Full name: Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta Spouse: Teresa Peregrini (m. 1794) Awards: Copley Medal Children: Zanino Volta, Flaminio Volta, Giovanni Volta Alessandro.

Born: February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, United States Died: October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey, United States Full name: Thomas Alva Edison Awards: Congressional Gold Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, More Children: Theodore Miller Edison,.

Born: June 13, 1831, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Died: November 5, 1879, Cambridge, United Kingdom Full name: James Clerk Maxwell Awards: Rumford Medal Education: University of Edinburgh, Trinity College, Cambridge, Edinburgh Academy, University of Cambridge,.

Born: March 8, 1879, Frankfurt, Germany Died: July 28, 1968, Göttingen, Germany Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Enrico Fermi Award, More Education: Philipps University of Marburg, Humboldt University of Berlin Otto Hahn, (8 March 1879 – 28 July.

Born: February 12, 1809, The Mount, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Died: April 19, 1882, Down House, United Kingdom Children: Anne Darwin, George Darwin, Francis Darwin, More Awards: Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Wollaston Medal Education: Christ's College,.

Born: November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland Died: July 4, 1934, Passy, Haute-Savoie, France Discovered: Radium, Polonium Education: University of Paris (1903), University of Paris (1894), University of Paris (1891–1893) Children: Irène Joliot-Curie, Ève.

Born: July 10, 1856, Smiljan, Croatia Died: January 7, 1943, New Yorker Hotel, New York City, New York, United States Full name: Nikola Tesla Awards: Elliott Cresson Medal, IEEE Edison Medal, John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium Education: Graz University.

Born: 384 BC, Stagira, Greece Died: 322 BC, Chalcis, Greece Full name: Aristotle Education: Platonic Academy (367 BC–347 BC) Children: Nicomachus, Pythias Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher born in Stagirus in 384 BCE. His.

Born: February 15, 1564, Pisa, Italy Died: January 8, 1642, Arcetri, Italy Education: University of Pisa (1581–1585) Discovered: Callisto, Galilean moons, Europa, Ganymede, Io Children: Maria Celeste, Vincenzo Gamba, Livia Galilei Books: Sidereus Nuncius,.

Born: December 27, 1822, Dole, France Died: September 28, 1895, Marnes-la-Coquette, France Education: École Normale Supérieure (1844–1845) Spouse: Marie Pasteur (m. 1849–1895) Awards: Copley Medal, Montyon Prizes, Rumford Medal, Leeuwenhoek Medal Children:.

Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, Germany Died: April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States Spouse: Elsa Einstein (m. 1919–1936), Mileva Marić (m. 1903–1919) Children: Eduard Einstein, Hans Albert Einstein, Lieserl Einstein Education: University.

Born: 25 December 1642 >> Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England Died: 20 March 1727 (aged 84) >> Kensington, Middlesex, England, Great Britain Resting place: Westminster Abbey Residence: England Nationality: English (later.