List of British scholars

This is a of British scientists.

Before the 16th century

• Adelard of Bath (1080–1150), mathematician, astronomer, physicist, alchemist and philosopher
• Robert Grosseteste (1168–1253), philosopher
• Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195–1256), mathematician and astronomer
• Roger Bacon (1212–1292), mathematician, astronomer, alchemist and philosopher
• John Peckham (1230–1292), astronomer
• William Ockham (1287–1347), theologian, philosopher and physicist
• Richard of Wallingford (1292–1336), mathematician and astronomer
• John Dastin (1293–1386), alchemist
• Thomas Bradwardine (1300–1349), mathematician, physicist, theologian and philosopher
• Simon Bredon (1300–1379), mathematician
• John Westwyk (14th century), astronomer
• John Ardarne (1307–1392), physician
• George Ripley (1415–1490), alchemist
• Thomas Norton (1416–1513), alchemist

16th–17th century

• Emery Molyneux (1500–1598), astronomer
• William Gilbert (1544–1603), physician and philosopher
• John Gerard (1545–1612), botanist
• Robert Hues (1553–1632), geographer and mathematician
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626), philosopher
• William Crabtree (1610–1644), mathematician and astronomer
• Jeremiah Horrocks (1618–1641), astronomer
• Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), physician
• Lawrence Rooke (1622–1662), mathematician and astronomer
• Francis Willoughby (1635–1672), biologist
• İsaac Barrow (1640–1676), mathematician and theologian
• Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist: physicist, botanist, biologist, philosopher, , sage, mathematician, astronomer, architect, wise, inventor
• İsaac Newton (1642–1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, philosopher, theologian, inventor
• Thomas Savery (1650–1715), architect, inventor an polymath
• John Flamsteed (1646–1719), astronomer

See also

• List of British scientists
• List of British innovations and discoveries
• History of England