Died in 1829

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Niels Henrik Abel Mathematician 5-Aug-1802 6-Apr-1829 Studied elliptics and hyperelliptics

William Burke Criminal 1792 28-Jan-1829 Cheap cadavers for science

Humphry Davy Chemist 17-Dec-1778 29-May-1829 Leading early 19th century chemist

Melchiorre Gioja Economist 20-Sep-1767 2-Jan-1829 Filosofia della Statistica

John Jay Judge 12-Dec-1745 17-May-1829 First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Biologist 1-Aug-1744 18-Dec-1829 Early invertebrate biologist, evolutionary theorist

Pope Leo XII Religion 22-Aug-1760 10-Feb-1829 Persecuted Jewry, Freemasonry

Timothy Pickering Politician 17-Jul-1745 29-Jan-1829 US Secretary of State, 1795-1800

James Smithson Chemist 1765 27-Jun-1829 Chemist, funded the Smithsonian Institution

John Tayler Politician 4-Jul-1742 19-Apr-1829 Governor of New York, 1817

Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin Chemist 16-May-1763 14-Nov-1829 Discovered beryllium and chromium

Friedrich von Schlegel Philosopher 10-Mar-1772 12-Jan-1829 Founder of the German Romantic movement

Bushrod Washington Judge 5-Jun-1762 26-Nov-1829 US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829

Thomas Young Physicist 13-Jun-1773 10-May-1829 Wave Theory of Light

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