Isaac Watts
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Isaac Watts was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Surv
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Statue of Watts, Abney Park Cemetery
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Watts's tomb in Bunhill Fields
Michael Faraday
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Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagneti
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…good sense." Watts followed the Logic in 1741 by a supplement, The Improvement of the Mind. This also went through numerous editions and later inspired Michael Faraday. It was also widely used as a moral textbook in schools. In Logic, Watts gave an early definition of chemical element, and contrasted "element" with…
Faraday, c. 1850s
Three Fellows of the Royal Society offering the presidency to Faraday (right) in 1857
Faraday's grave at Highgate Cemetery, north London
Equipment used by Faraday to make glass on display at the Royal Institution in London