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Persons (45)
- Airy, Sir George Biddell, (1801-1892), Knight, astronomer and mathematician
- Banks, Sir Joseph, (1743-1820), Knight, Baronet, naturalist
- Blyth, Edward, (1810-1873), zoologist
- Brown, David, (fl 1860-1876), geologist
- Buckland, William, (1784-1856), Dean of Westminster, geologist
- Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox, (1809-1886), 8th Baronet Geologist
- Clarke, Hans Thacher, (1887-1972), Chemist
- Collinson, Peter, (1694-1768), Naturalist Antiquary
- Cuming, Hugh, (1791-1865), naturalist
- Darwin, Sir Charles Galton, (1887-1962), Knight, physicist
- Darwin, Charles Robert, (1809-1882), naturalist
- Darwin, Sir Francis, (1848-1925), Knight, botanist
- Davy, Sir Humphry, (1778-1829), 1st Baronet, physicist
- Eyton, Thomas Campbell, (1809-1880), Naturalist
- Flinders, Matthew, (1774-1814), Captain RN Hydrographer and Discoverer
- Forbes, Edward, (1815-1854), naturalist
- Fowler, Alfred, (1868-1940), astrophysicist
- Franklin, Benjamin, (1706-1790), American Statesman Diplomat Scientist and Philosopher
- Galton, Sir Francis, (1822-1911), Knight, eugenist, meteorologist, psychologist
- Gray, John Edward, (1800-1875), naturalist
- Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, (1792-1871), 1st Baronet, astronomer
- Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, (1817-1911), Knight, botanist, explorer, Director of Kew Gardens
- Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell, (1887-1975), Knight, zoologist and philosopher
- Huxley, Thomas Henry, (1825-1895), Scientist
- Jardine, Sir William, (1800-1874), 7th Baronet Naturalist
- Lyell, Sir Charles, (1797-1875), 1st Baronet, geologist
- Morgan, Augustus de, (1806-1871), mathematician
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist
- Owen, Sir Richard, (1804-1892), Knight, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
- Paget, Sir James, (1814-1899), 1st Baronet, surgeon
- Paine, Thomas, (1737-1809), radical pamphleteer
- Penn, William, (1644-1718), Quaker Founder of Pennsylvania
- Pennant, Thomas, (1726-1798), naturalist, traveller and topographer
- Pigott, Edward, (1753-1825), Astronomer
- Price, Richard, (1723-1791), dissenting minister, philosopher and actuary
- Priestley, Joseph, (1733-1804), scientist
- Roughton, Francis John Worsley, (1899-1972), Physiologist
- Sheppard, Philip Macdonald, (1921-1976), geneticist
- Smiles, Samuel, (1877-1953), Chemist
- Smyth, William Henry, (1788-1865), Admiral, scientist and antiquary
- Sowerby, James de Carle, (1787-1871), naturalist and artist
- Strahan, William, (1715-1785), Printer and Publisher and MP
- Strickland, Hugh Edwin, (1811-1853), geologist and zoologist
- Vaughan, Benjamin, (1751-1835), Radical Politician Merchant
- Woodward, Samuel Pickworth, (1821-1865), naturalist
Families (1)
- Bunbury family, baronets, of Stanney Hall Stanney Hall, Cheshire;Beeston, Cheshire;Great Barton, Suffolk;Mildenhall, Suffolk;Broughton, Flintshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 9728 American Philosophical Society Library: scientific and other collections
- NRA 34628 Francis John Worsley Roughton, physiologist: corresp and papers
- NRA 38995 Philip Macdonald Sheppard, geneticist: corresp and papers