Henry Dunant

Born	Jean Henri Dunant (1828-05-08)May 8, 1828 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	October 30, 1910(1910-10-30) (aged 82) Heiden, Switzerland
Cause of death	Old age
Body discovered	Switzerland
Resting place	Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss, French^[1]
Citizenship	Swiss
Occupation	Social activist, Businessman, Writer
Known for	Founder of the Red Cross
Religion	Calvinism (early years) non-religious in later life
Children	Daughter
Parents	Jean-Jacques Dunant Antoinette Dunant-Colladon
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1901)

Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
Born	(1791-09-22)22 September 1791 Newington Butts, England
Died	25 August 1867(1867-08-25) (aged 75) Hampton Court, Middlesex, England
Residence	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Fields	Physics and Chemistry
Institutions	Royal Institution
Known for	Faraday's law of induction Electrochemistry Faraday effect Faraday cage Faraday constant Faraday cup Faraday's laws of electrolysis Faraday paradox Faraday rotator Faraday-efficiency effect Faraday wave Faraday wheel Lines of force
Influences	Humphry Davy William Thomas Brande
Notable awards	Royal Medal (1835 & 1846) Copley Medal (1832 & 1838) Rumford Medal (1846)
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James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)
Born	(1831-06-13)13 June 1831 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	5 November 1879(1879-11-05) (aged 48) Cambridge, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Nationality	Scottish
Fields	Physics and Mathematics
Institutions	Marischal College, Aberdeen King's College London University of Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge
Academic advisors	William Hopkins
Notable students	George Chrystal
Known for	Maxwell's equations Maxwell distribution Maxwell's demon Maxwell's discs Maxwell speed distribution Maxwell's theorem Maxwell material Generalized Maxwell model Displacement current Maxwell's Wheel
Notable awards	Smith's Prize (1854) Adams Prize (1857) Rumford Medal (1860) Keith Prize (1869–71)
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Sir Isaac Newton
Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton (age 46)
Born	25 December 1642 [NS: (1643-01-04)4 January 1643]^[1] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth Lincolnshire, England
Died	20 March 1727 (aged 84) [OS: 20 March 1726(1726-03-20); NS: 31 March 1727(1727-03-31)]^[1] Kensington, Middlesex, England
Resting place	Westminster Abbey
Residence	England
Nationality	English (Later British)
Fields	Physics mathematics astronomy natural philosophy alchemy Christian theology
Institutions	University of Cambridge Royal Society Royal Mint
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	Isaac Barrow^[2] Benjamin Pulleyn^[3]^[4]
Notable students	Roger Cotes William Whiston
Known for	Newtonian mechanics Universal gravitation Infinitesimal calculus Optics Binomial series Newton's method Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Influences	Henry More^[5] Polish Brethren^[6] Robert Boyle^[7]
Influenced	Nicolas Fatio de Duillier John Keill
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