Home›Scientists›Era›By Decade›1840sBrowse By1840sThis dimension groups scientists by the era in which they worked. Wikipedia notes that "it was not until the 19th century that the term scientist came into regular use," a term coined long after many of the people the atlas now calls scientists had already done their work. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare scientists active in the same period.Facts1840sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonConcept Term OriginWell-attested1834 11840sFilter Results34 entriesDisciplineAllAnthropology (1)Biology (1)Botany (1)Chemistry (1)Climatology (1)Genetics (1)Geology (11)Herpetology (1)Linguistics (5)Logic (1)Materials Science (1)Mathematics (4)Medicine (2)Meteorology (1)Microbiology (1)Mineralogy (2)Neuroscience (1)Paleontology (1)Physics (3)Thermodynamics (1)Zoology (1)Field (legacy)AllBotany and genetics (1)Climatology and meteorology (1)Comparative syntax of the Indo-European languages (1)Geology (8)Geology and geomorphology (1)Geology and mineralogy (1)Geology and petrography (1)Germanic philology and historical linguistics (1)Histology and neuroanatomy (1)Linguistics (1)Linguistics, Slavic studies, phonology (1)Logic, philosophy of language, and mathematics (1)Mathematics (group theory, complex analysis and geometry) (1)Microbiology and medicine (1)Mineralogy (1)Paleontology and zoology (1)Physical Metallurgy (1)Set theory and mathematics (1)Statistical Mechanics (1)InstitutionAllHeidelberg University (1)Humboldt University of Berlin (1)Johns Hopkins University (1)Leipzig University (1)London Mathematical Society (1)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2)Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (1)National Academy of Sciences (1)Royal Institution (1)Royal Society (13)Russian Academy of Sciences (1)The Geological Society of London (2)United States Geological Survey (1)University of Chicago (1)University of Freiburg (2)University of Jena (1)University of Pennsylvania (1)University of Strasbourg (2)University of Tübingen (1)University of Würzburg (1)In GroupAllAtomic, Molecular And Optical Physics (1)Classical And Theoretical Physicists, 1900 to 1949 (1)Geologists (7)Geometry And Topology (2)Historical And Foundational Chemists (Pre-1900) (1)Logic And Foundations (1)Meteorologists And Climatologists (1)Microbiology (1)Mineralogists And Petrologists (2)Neuroscience (1)Other Physics (2)Paleontologists (3)Phonology And Phonetics (2)Physiology And Medicine (1)Syntax And Generative Grammar (3)Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics (1)Volcanologists (1)NationalityAllAustria (1)Austria-Hungary (1)Austrian Empire (1)Denmark (1)France (1)German Empire (3)German Reich (1)Germany (6)Ireland (1)Kingdom of Italy (1)Kingdom of Prussia (1)Luxembourg (1)Netherlands (1)Norway (1)Poland (1)Russian Empire (3)Soviet Union (2)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (10)United States (4)Weimar Republic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 34Albert Heim1840sAlexander Karpinsky1840sBen Peach1840sBerthold Delbrück1840sCamillo Golgi1840sCharles Lapworth1840sEdward Drinker Cope1840sFelix Klein1840sGabriel Lippmann1840sGeorg Cantor1840sGottlob Frege1840sGrove Karl Gilbert1840sHemendranath Tagore1840sHermann Paul1840sHorace Bolingbroke Woodward1840sHugo de Vries1840sIra Remsen1840sIvan Pavlov1840sJan Baudouin de Courtenay1840sJethro Teall1840sJohn Horne1840sJohn Wesley Judd1840sKarl Brugmann1840sKarl Verner1840sLord Rayleigh1840sLudwig Boltzmann1840sPaul Heinrich von Groth1840sRobert Koch1840sSophus Lie1840sThomas Chrowder Chamberlin1840sWilhelm Röntgen1840sWilliam Chandler Roberts-Austen1840sWilliam Johnson Sollas1840sWladimir Koppen1840sConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,925 connections.Sources1. Online Etymology Dictionary: scientisttier 2Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, scientist entryQuote, Online Etymology Dictionary, scientist entry"person versed in or devoted to science," 1834, a hybrid coined from Latin scientia (see science) by the Rev. William Whewell, English polymath, by analogy with artist, in the same paragraph in which he coined physicist.View the SourceÉdouard Roche (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: Édouard RocheView the SourceJames Van Allen (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: James Van AllenView the SourceEnrico Fermi (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: Enrico FermiView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.