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Scientific Biographies

Science is a human pursuit. Meet some of the people who have contributed to the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
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Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov

Known as the “father of Russian science,” Lomonosov used art to advance the natural sciences and chemistry in Russia.

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Color process print of Mikail Vasilievich Lomonosov, after M. Steiner, 1953.
Wellcome Collection
color portrait of a man seated holding a quill pen and paper

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painting of a women in a lab
Elisabeth Bakker *
ca. 1600s
A mannequin wearing an 18th-century style blue dress with lace and elaborate hairstyle.
Blue Silk Dress
ca. 1700s
Professional portrait of E. M. A. Chandler, ca. 1930. He looks over his left shoulder and is wearing a suit.
Edward Chandler
1887 - 1973
Gerhard Domagk stares towards the camera with his chin resting on his hand. he wears a light colored jacket with a dark tie.
Gerhard Domagk
1895 - 1964
A painted portrait of a bearded man in a suit, with shelves of bottles in the background.
Paul Ehrlich
1854 - 1915
Alice Hamilton
1869 - 1970
drawing of a man in a hat
Francisco Hernández
1515 - 1587
A man in vintage attire with a bowler hat, holding a document, poses formally.
Felix Hoffmann
1868 - 1946
color portrait of a man seated holding a quill pen and paper
Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov
1711 - 1765
portrait of a man with a beard
Hudson Maxim
1853 - 1927
A person in a suit and tie, wearing glasses, with a neutral expression, against a dark background.
Leonor Michaelis
1875 - 1949
Portrait of William Henry Perkin, 1906.
William Henry Perkin
1838 - 1907

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