famous Welsh scientists listing...

Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel prize for medicine 1933. A pioneer in genetics.
Of Welsh descent.
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William Morgan
Inventor of the Vacuum Tube, Coolidge Tube, Britain's first actuary, founding father of modern actuarial science, and wait for it! The discoverer of x-rays, a hundred and ten years before Roentgen!
Born in Bridgend, 1750, died 1830. The nephew of Dr. Richard Price.
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Michael Moritz
Michael is a venture capitalist with sequoia capital in California. And a former member of the board of google inc. His Internet investments include google, youtube, etoys, ebay, yahoo! , paypal and Apple computers. His investment in google has made him one of Wales' richest men.
He was born in Cardiff in 1954 and educated at Howardian High School in Cardiff, as well as Christ Church Oxford England and the University of Pennsylvania in America.
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Sir William H Preece
William Henry Preece was an electrical engineer who was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain.
Born Feb 15 1834 in Bryn Helen, Caernarfon died Nov 6 1913 Penrhos, Caernarfon.
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Dr Richard Pryce
Was developer of the times tables as a teaching aid and re-introduced cremation to Britain.
From Llantrisant, South Wales.
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Pryce Pryce-Jones
Gave mail-order (catalogue) shopping to the world.(circa 1859)
Born/lived in Newtown, Montgomeryshire (Powys).
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Robert Recorde
Very influential physician and mathamatician. Robert published some of the most important books of his era including the first English language book on Algebra which incidentally is where the equals symbol is first seen in use! He achieved high office too, being not only the king's physician but also the controller of the Royal Mint (which is now based in Pontyclun, South Wales).

As is true today, positions of power attract enemies and sadly it was his high profile that lead to his downfall. Robert was broken by a law suit and as a bankrupt was sent to debtours jail at Southwark where he died.
From Tenby, West Wales.
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Edward Roberts
Biochemistry
Born in Liverpool, parents were Welsh.
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