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Serial number

Name

Science fields contributed to
3279   Babo, Baron Carl von   viticulture  
116   Bachmann, Dr Franz Ewald Teodor   botany  
118   Backhouse, Mr James   botany  
119   Backlund, Dr Johan Oskar   astronomy  
3253   Backström, Mr Urbanus von   veterinary medicine  
121   Badcock, Mr Hugh Daniel   astronomy, civil engineering  
123   Baguley, Mr Allan   agricultural chemistry  
124   Bailey, Prof Solon Irving   astronomy  
125   Bailey, Captain William   surveying  
126   Bailie, Mr Alexander Cumming   geography  
127   Bain, Mr Andrew Charles   fossil collection  
128   Bain, Mr Andrew Geddes   geology, palaeontology  
129   Bain, Mr John Montagu   insect collection, archaeology  
130   Bain, Mr Thomas Charles John   geology, botany, palaeontology, archaeology  
131   Baines, Miss G E   insect collection  
132   Baines, Mr Thomas   exploration, geography, cartography, scientific illustration  
133   Bairstow, Mr Samuel Denton   entomology, conchology  
135   Baker, Mr Edmond Gilbert   botany  
134   Baker, Mr Ernest   agronomy  
136   Baker, Mr John Gilbert   botany  
162   Baldwin, Dr Joseph Mason   astronomy  
137   Baldwin, Mr William Charles   geographical exploration  
138   Balfour, Mr Henry   archaeology, anthropology  
139   Balfour, Captain J E   hydrology  
3407   Ballantine, Dr Arthur James   botany, medicine  
140   Ballot, Mr John   geology  
143   Banks, Sir Joseph   botany  
2831   Bannister, Prof Charles Olden   metallurgy  
145   Barber, Mr Frederick Hugh   mammal collection, insect collection  
146   Barber, Mr Henry Mitford   archaeology, insect collection  
147   Barber, Mrs Mary Elizabeth (born Bowker)   botany, entomology, ornithology  
148   Barbier, Lieutenant D M   cartography, surveying  
149   Barker, Mr Cecil Newton   entomology  
152   Barkly, Lady Anne Maria   botany  
153   Barkly, Sir Henry   plant collection  
156   Barnard, Dr Keppel Harcourt   zoology  
161   Barnes, Mr John Frederick Evelyn   civil engineering  
3380   Barratt, Mr Frederick Ambrose   ornithology  
163   Barrett-Hamilton, Capt Gerald Edwin Hamilton   vertebrate zoology, geology, botany  
164   Barrow, Sir John   geography, cartography, geology  
165   Barry, Dr James   surgery  
3408   Bartels, Prof Maximilian Carl August   anthropology, invertebrate zoology  
3537   Barth, Mr Paul   meteorology, geography, museum curation  
168   Bartlett, Mr Edward Cecil   civil engineering  
170   Bartling, Prof Friedrich Georg [Gottlieb]   botany  
171   Bartmann, Prof Albertus Bernhardus   mathematics  
173   Battaerd, Prof Petrus Johannes Theodorus Augustus   human physiology  
174   Bauer, Mr Ferdinand Lukas   plant collection  
3493   Baumann, Dr Emil Paul   medicine  
177   Baumann, Mr Gustav   surveying  
3538   Baumann, Mr Max   mining engineering  
179   Baur, Mr Leopold Richard   plant collection  
181   Bawden, Mr F Williams   geology  
3280   Bax van Herentals, Governor Joan   natural history collection  
3268   Baxter, Dr James W   veterinary science  
3486   Bay, Dr Bernhard   inorganic chemistry  
3544   Bayer, Prof. Adolf Joseph Wilhelm   botany  
183   Bayley, Mr Thomas Butterworth Charles   agriculture, veterinary science  
3409   Bayly, Mr Arthur William   fish collection  
184   Bayly, Mr Brackenbury   telegraph engineering  
185   Bayly, Mr William   astronomy  
969   Bayon, Dr Henry Peter   bacteriology, medicine  
187   Bays, Dr James Thomas   See Bruce-Bays, Dr James Thomas  
188   Bazley, Mr William   archaeology  
189   Beaton, Lieut-Col Angus John   railway engineering  
190   Beattie, Prof John Carruthers   physics, geophysics  
191   Beatty, Mr George Hewitt   geology  
192   Beaulieu, General Augustin de   botany  
193   Beck, Dr Johannes Hendricus Meiring   medical sciences  
194   Beck, Prof Richard   geology  
196   Becker, Dr George Ferdinand   geology  
197   Becker, Dr Hermann Franz   conchology, entomology, algology  
198   Becker, Prof Jan Gerhardus Philip   bacteriology, parasitology, pathology  
3464   Becker, Mrs Mary Julia   natural history  
1531   Beddard, Dr Frank Evers   zoology  
201   Bedford, Mr Gerald Augustus Harold   entomology  
203   Beetz, Dr Paul Friedrich Werner   geology  
3281   Begeer, Mr Bastiaan Willem   metallurgy  
3462   Beheim-Schwarzbach, Dr Bruno   See Schwarzbach, Dr Bruno Friedrich Beheim  
204   Behr, Mr Hans Charles   mechanical engineering  
205   Beil, Mr Ludwig Heinrich   plant collection  
206   Beilby, Sir George Thomas   chemistry, metallurgy  
207   Bekker, Dr Johan Godfried   wool research, veterinary nutrition  
208   Belck, Dr Waldemar   plant collection, geography, physical anthropology  
209   Bell, Mr Charles Davidson   surveying, geology  
3282   Bell, Prof Francis Jeffrey   marine invertebrate zoology  
212   Bell, Mr Henry Douglas   inorganic chemistry  
1900   Bell, Mr Tom O   agriculture  
214   Bell, Mr William Reid   meteorology, irrigation engineering  
215   Bell-Marley, Mr Harold Walter   zoology  
1929   Bennett, Mr William Edward Dixon   Electrical engineering  
216   Bennie, Dr William Govan   plant collection  
217   Benson, Mr William H   conchology  
218   Bent, Mr James Theodore   archaeology  
220   Berensberg, Mr Herbert von Pelser   entomology  
221   Bergh, Dr Ludvig Sophus Rudolph   invertebrate zoology  
222   Bergius, Mr Karl Heinrich   plant collection, zoological collection  
1960   Bernard, Mr George Henry Brian   electrical engineering  
3379   Berry, Dr Sir William Bisset   medical sciences, fossil collection  
224   Bertelsen, Mrs Ellen Sophie   plant collection  
225   Berthoud, Rev Paul   meteorology, physical geography  
3283   Berthoud, Mrs Ruth Anna   natural history collection  
226   Bertrand, Captain Alfred   geography  
228   Besté, Rev Dr Wilhelm   meteorology, insect collection  
229   Beswick, Mr Frederick   meteorology  
230   Bettel, Mr William   metallurgy, analytical chemistry  
231   Beutler, Ensign August Friedrich   geographical exploration  
233   Bevan, Dr Llewellyn Edgar William   veterinary Science  
234   Bevington, Mr Richard George   metallurgy  
235   Bews, Prof John William   botany  
239   Beynon, Mr John Cowell Stark   civil engineering  
240   Beyrich, Mr Conrad   plant collection  
241   Biccard, Dr Francois Louis Charles   medicine, anaesthesiology  
242   Biccard, Dr Ludwig Gottlob   medical sciences  
243   Bickersteth, Dr Henry   medical sciences  
244   Biden, Mr Charles Leopold Layard   zoology  
3539   Bigalke, Dr Rudolph Carl Heinrich   zoology, nature conservation  
247   Bilbrough, Mr Sydney Brooks   chemical engineering  
248   Billinghurst, Mr Farncombe Lovett   entomology  
249   Birtley, Mr Edward Augustus   meteorology  
2896   Biscoe, Mr R M Tyndale   See Tyndale-Biscoe, Mr Ronald McIver  
251   Bisschop, Prof John Henry Roosegaarde   zootechnics, plant collection  
252   Bisset, Mr James   civil engineering  
255   Black, Dr Robert Sinclair   medical sciences  
256   Black, Surg-Maj William Thomas   mammalogy, veterinary science, medicine  
3410   Blackmore, Mr Sidney Pratt   electrical engineering  
258   Blackshaw, Mr George Neville   agricultural chemistry  
259   Blackwell, Mr J S   meteorological observation  
260   Blagrave, Lieut-Col Thomas Calvin   plant collection  
262   Bleek, Miss Dorothea Frances   rock art studies, anthropology  
264   Bleloch, Mr William Edwin   geology  
266   Blencowe, Reverend George   geology, physical geography  
2060   Blenkinsop, Mr George Henry   mining engineering  
267   Blersch, Prof Fridolin   agriculture  
269   Blore, Mr William Luck   meteorology  
270   Blunt, Mr F   bird collection  
272   Boddam-Wetham, Capt Lionel Manning   cartography  
273   Bodkin, Prof Alfred Arthur   plant collection  
274   Bodong, Mr A   insect collection  
275   Bohle, Prof Hermann   electrical engineering  
277   Boise, Mr Charles Watson   economic geology  
278   Boivin, Mr Louis Hyacinthe   plant collection  
3411   Bojer, Mr Wencelas   plant collection  
280   Bolton, Maj-Gen Daniel   plant collection  
281   Bolus, Mr Frank   botany  
282   Bolus, Mrs Harriet Margaret Louisa   botany  
283   Bolus, Dr Harry   botany  
470   Boneberg, Rev Fr Paschalis Xaver   zoology  
285   Bonnar, Dr George Lindsay   medicine, veterinary science  
286   Bonney, Prof Rev Thomas George   geology  
287   Bonomi, Mr Peter   zoological collection, plant collection  
291   Boodle, Mr Leonard Alfred   algology, plant anatomy  
292   Boonstra, Dr Lieuwe Dirk   palaeontology  
293   Boos, Mr Franz   plant collection, vertebrate collection  
294   Borcherds, Mr Meent Johannes Hendricus   fossil collection  
298   Bordeaux, Mr Albert Francois Joseph   geology  
299   Bordet, Dr Jules   veterinary science  
300   Borle, Mrs Jeanne M   plant collection  
301   Borthwick, Mr John Dowie   veterinary science  
303   Bosman, Mr Gideon Johannes   agriculture  
304   Bosman, Mr Johannes Jacobus   surveying  
3412   Bostock, Dr Leonard   medicine  
3491   Botelho, Lieut. Dr Joâo Baptista   veterinary science  
363   Botting, Mr Robert Frederick   electrical engineering  
311   Bottomley, Miss Averil Maud   mycology  
312   Boulenger, Dr George Albert   vertebrate zoology  
313   Bourdillon, Mr Edmund   astronomy, agriculture  
314   Bourhill, Mr Herries   atmospheric physics  
315   Bourne, Mr John Frederick   railway engineering  
316   Bousquet, Mr J G   mining engineering  
318   Bowhill, Mr Thomas   veterinary science  
319   Bowie, Mr James   botany  
320   Bowker, Mr Francis William Monkhouse   mammal collection  
321   Bowker, Colonel James Henry   entomology, archaeology, plant collection  
322   Bowker, Mr John Mitford   palaeontology  
323   Bowker, Mrs Mary Anne   plant collection  
324   Bowker, Miss Mary Layard   invertebrate collection  
325   Bowker, Mr Miles McGowan   bird collection  
326   Bowker, Mr Octavius Bourchier   archaeology, bird collection  
327   Bowker, Commandant Thomas Holden   archaeology  
328   Bowler, Mr Louis Patrick   geography  
330   Bradfield, Mr Edward Roberts   agriculture, forestry  
331   Bradfield, Mr Rupert Dudley   bird collection, plant collection, mammal collection  
332   Bradford, Mr Wager   mining engineering  
333   Bradshaw, Dr Benjamin Frederick   ornithology, entomology  
334   Brady, Prof George Stewardson   invertebrate zoology  
335   Brady, Mr John Henry   entomology  
336   Brain, Professor Charles Kimberlin   entomology, botany  
337   Braine, Mr Charles Dimond Horatio   civil engineering  
338   Brand, Mr Christoffel   plant collection  
340   Brandwijk, Maria Gerdina   See Breyer-Brandwijk, Dr Maria Gerdina  
341   Branford, Prof William Catton   veterinary science  
343   Brauns, Dr Johannes Heinrich Justus Carl Ernst   entomology, plant collection  
344   Brebner, Prof Innes Wares   surgery  
345   Brebner, Reverend John   meteorology  
346   Brehm, Mr Joachim   botany  
3284   Breijer, Prof Herman Gottfried   See Breyer, Dr Herman Gottfried  
351   Breutel, Reverend Johan Christian   plant collection  
352   Breyer, Dr Herman Gottfried   entomology, plant collection, advancement of science  
358   Brigg, Mr H M   electrical engineering  
359   Bright, Mr Henry Edward Richard   geology  
360   Brink, Mr Carl Friedrich   surveying, cartography  
3466   Brinton, Dr Arthur Greene   ophthalmology  
348   Britten, Mr Gilbert Frederick   chemistry  
364   Britten, Miss Lilian Louisa   botany  
365   Britten, Mr Thomas Johnson   mining engineering  
366   Broad, Mr Wallace   geology  
367   Brock, Dr George Sandison   medicine, veterinary science  
369   Brodie, Dr William Hampden   physical anthropology  
371   Bromley, Mr H   civil engineering  
373   Brooking, Mr Harold Edwin Bly   fish collection  
374   Brooks, Miss Emily   spider collection  
375   Brooks, Mr Henry   geography  
377   Broom, Dr Robert   palaeontology, palaeo-anthropology  
378   Brounger, Mr William George   railway engineering  
379   Brouwer, Mr Hendrik Albertus   mineralogy  
381   Brown, Dr Alexander   plant collection  
382   Brown, Prof Alexander   applied mathematics  
383   Brown, Mr Alfred   palaeontology, herpetology, archaeology, meteorology  
384   Brown, Mr Archibald   surveying  
385   Brown, Dr F N Dimock   plant collection  
3269   Brown, Dr Henry Victor   veterinary science  
386   Brown, Mr James G   ornithology  
387   Brown, Mr John   civil engineering  
388   Brown, Reverend John Croumbie   forestry, hydrology  
389   Brown, Mr John Frew Kellock   mining engineering  
390   Brown, Mr Nicholas Edward   botany  
391   Brown, Mr Nicol   geology  
392   Brown, Mrs Rebecca   See Lurie, Miss Rebecca Leah  
393   Brown, Mr Robert   botany  
395   Brownlee, Reverend John   plant collector  
396   Bruce, Sir David   veterinary bacteriology  
397   Bruce, Mr Edward   herpetology  
398   Bruce-Bays, Dr James Thomas   public health  
399   Bruguière, Mr Jean Guillaume   botany, invertebrate zoology  
400   Brunnthaler, Mr Josef   botany  
401   Bryant, Father Alfred Thomas   botany, indigenous medicine  
402   Bryant, Mr Edward Godfrey   plant collection, economic geology  
403   Bryce, Viscount James   plant collection  
404   Bryden, Mr Henry Anderson   mammalogy  
405   Bryhn, Mr Haakon   plant collection  
406   Buchan, Mr Alexander   meteorology  
409   Buchanan, Reverend John   botany  
408   Buchanan, Mr Joshua   chemistry  
410   Buchanan, Mr Moses Tertius   analytical chemistry  
411   Buchanan, Prof William   electrical engineering  
412   Buchenröder, Baron Wilhelm Ludwig von   geology, plant collection  
413   Buckley, Mr A   fossil plant collection  
414   Bucknill, Sir John Alexander Strachey   ornithology  
415   Bulger, Lieutenant George Ernest   ornithology, plant collection  
416   Bulkley, Mr Joseph Norman   electrical engineering  
417   Bull, Mr Alfred   astronomy  
3516   Bullen-Newton, Mr Richard   See Newton, Mr Richard Bullen  
418   Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox   botany  
419   Bunkell, Mr Henry Brocklesby   geology  
421   Burchell, Mr William John   botany, zoology  
423   Burke, Mr Joseph   mammal collection, plant collection  
3487   Burnett, Sir Digby Vere   metallurgy, mining engineering  
425   Burnett-Adams, Philip Francis   See Adams, Mr Philip Francis Burnett  
426   Burnup, Mr Henry Clifden   conchology  
427   Burrow, Mr John   surveying  
428   Burton, Dr Alfred William   medical sciences, microbiology  
429   Burton, Mrs Helen Marie Rousseau   botany, advancement of science  
430   Burtt Davy, Dr Joseph   botany, agriculture  
433   Busk, Mr Charles James   stone artefact collector  
434   Butler, Mr Thomas D   zoological collection  
435   Butters, Mr Charles   metallurgy  
436   Butters, Mr John Thomas   botany  
437   Büttner, Reverend Carl Gotthilf   geography, botany  
438   Buttner, Mr Johan Daniël   geography  
439   Button, Mr Edward   prospecting, plant collection  
440   Button, Mr Frederick   bird collection  
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