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Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London University
Sitter in 24 portraits 
Scientists
384 People in group
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
1834-1913Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London University
Sitter in 24 portraits
1891-1941
Scientist, doctor and Nobel Prize winner; discoverer of insulin
Sitter in 6 portraits
Scientist, doctor and Nobel Prize winner; discoverer of insulin
Sitter in 6 portraits
1897-1974
Physicist; government and military advisor; recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Sitter in 26 portraits
Physicist; government and military advisor; recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Sitter in 26 portraits
1917-2008
Scientist, writer and author of science fiction
Sitter in 2 portraits
Scientist, writer and author of science fiction
Sitter in 2 portraits
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