famous Welsh scientists listing...

Alan Beckwith
Films include 'The China Syndrome' in 1979. TV series including 'The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case' and 'From here to Eternity'.
From Welsh descendants that settled in central Pennsylvania, USA.
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Eddie Bowen
Pioneer of Radar. Worked at 'Woomera Rocket Testing Base' in Australia. Invented artificial rain in the 1950's.
Born in Gendros, Swansea.
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David Brunt
Pioneer of modern meteorology; head of Meteorological Office, secretary of Royal Society.
From Penfforddlas, Wales.
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Martha Hughes Cannon
A pioneer in Women and Children's medicine. The State of Utah's Health Department is named in her honour.
Born in Wales. Family from Llanddoged near Llanrst.
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John Chiplin
Founded 'Geneformatics', leading biotech company in 1999. Founded 'Newstar Music' 1995 and creative vehicle for the band, 'Vita Nuova'.
Born in Cardiff.
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Archie Cochrane
Founder of Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane library, Cochrane reviews. UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford.
Conducted much of his groundbreaking medical research in Wales. Cochrane archive is in Llandough Hospital, part of Cardiff University School of Medicine.
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Alan Cox
Alan cox (born 1968) is a programmer heavily involved in the development of the linux kernel since its early days (1991). He then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel. This is an extremly important contribution to the 'Open Source' software community.
Strong Welsh connections including an important contribution to Aber and Swansea Universities. You can even find extracts of his diary online, in Welsh!
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Sir Clifford Darby
Geographer and leader in promoting the relationships between geography and other subjects. Knighted in 1988.
Born in Neath, South Wales.
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