Regency scientists

Frederick Christian Accum

1769-1838
Chemist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Arthur Aikin

1773-1854
Chemist and geologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Allen

1793-1864
Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 1 portrait

André Marie Ampère

1775-1836
Physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Joseph Banks, Bt

1743-1820
Explorer and botanist
Sitter associated with 35 portraits

Peter Barlow

1776-1862
Mathematician, physicist and optician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Franz Andreas Bauer

1758-1840
Botanist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Margaret Bryan

active 1795-1816
Educator and writer on natural philosophy
Sitter in 1 portrait

John George Children

1777-1852
Chemist, mineralogist and natural scientist; only son of George Children
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Dalton

1766-1844
Chemist and natural philosopher
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Humphry Davy, Bt

1778-1829
Natural philosopher
Sitter in 20 portraits

Michael Faraday

1791-1867
Scientist
Sitter in 28 portraits

Matthew Flinders

1774-1814
Hydrographer; inventor of the Flinders Bar
Sitter in 1 portrait

Davies Gilbert

1767-1839
Scientist and antiquary; President of the Royal Society
Sitter in 9 portraits

Charles Hatchett

1765?-1847
Chemist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

1750-1848
Astronomer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Jenner

1749-1823
Surgeon; discoverer of vaccination
Sitter in 11 portraits

Henry Kater

1777-1835
Scientist
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Kitchiner

1775?-1827
Writer on science and music
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Leslie

1766-1832
Scientist and mathematician
Sitter in 5 portraits

Miles Partington

1751-1838
Apothecary and pioneer of electricity
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Pearson

1751-1828
Physician and chemist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Priestley

1733-1804
Theologian and scientist
Sitter in 28 portraits

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford

1753-1814
Scientist; founder of the Royal Institution
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir James Edward Smith

1759-1828
Botanist
Sitter in 6 portraits

William Smith

1769-1839
Geologist and engineer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Mary Somerville

1780-1872
Scientific scholar and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope

1753-1816
Scientist and politician; MP for Wycombe
Sitter associated with 46 portraits

Edward Troughton

1753-1835
Scientific instrument maker
Sitter in 4 portraits

Andrew Ure

1778-1857
Chemist and scientific writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Deane Franklin Walker

1778-1865
Astronomer; youngest son of Adam Walker
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Walker

1766?-1816
Astronomer; eldest son of Adam Walker
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Waterton

1782-1865
Naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Wollaston

1660-1724
Philosopher
Sitter in 9 portraits