Home›Scientists›Era›By Decade›1850sBrowse By1850sThis 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. 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Michelson1850sAlfred Harker1850sAndrey Markov1850sArthur Philemon Coleman1850sAubrey Strahan1850sBailey Willis1850sCarlo Fornasini1850sCharles Barrois1850sCharles Doolittle Walcott1850sCharles Richet1850sCharles Schuchert1850sCharles Sherrington1850sDukinfield Henry Scott1850sEdgar Fahs Smith1850sEdgeworth David1850sEdward Oscar Ulrich1850sEmil Fischer1850sEmil von Behring1850sFerdinand de Saussure1850sFrank Dawson Adams1850sFranz Boas1850sFriedrich Johann Karl Becke1850sGeorge Frederick Kunz1850sGeorge William Lamplugh1850sGerard De Geer1850sGiuseppe Peano1850sHeike Kamerlingh Onnes1850sHeinrich Hertz1850sHendrik Lorentz1850sHenri Becquerel1850sHenri Moissan1850sHenri Poincare1850sHenry Alexander Miers1850sHenry Fairfield Osborn1850sHenry Louis Le Chatelier1850sHenry Sutton1850sHermanus Haga1850sJ. J. 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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.