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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah

1929-2019
Mathematician; Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Ringrose Gelston Atkins

1884-1959
Professor of Chemistry
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir David Attenborough

1926-
Naturalist and broadcaster
Sitter in 8 portraits

John Attfield

1835-1911
Pharmacologist; chemistry professor
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Bicknell Auden

1903-1991
Geologist and explorer; brother of W.H. Auden
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

1834-1913
Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London University
Sitter in 24 portraits

Avicenna

circa 980-1037
Physician, philosopher and a scientist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Bt

1576-1657
Patron of mathematical learning
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Hertha Ayrton

1854-1923
Electrical engineer, mathematician and suffragette
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Edward Ayrton

1847-1908
Electrical engineer and physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Babbage

1791-1871
Mathematician, mechanical engineer, philosopher and computer pioneer
Sitter in 5 portraits

(Charles) Cardale Babington

1808-1895
Botanist and archaeologist
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

John Babington

baptised 1604-after 1635
Soldier and mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Backhouse

1779-1844
Horticulturalist and botanist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Thomas ('Tom') Bacon

1904-1992
Scientist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Bagwell

circa 1593-circa 1664
Merchant and writer on astronomy
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Edward Battersby Bailey

1881-1965
Geologist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Richard William Bailey

1885-1957
Mechanical engineer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Matthew Baillie

1761-1823
Anatomist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Francis Baily

1774-1844
Astronomer; President of the Astronomical Society
Sitter in 5 portraits