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Michael Atiyah
United KingdomMathematics
26
Prestige
Abel Prize (2004)Copley Medal (1988)King Faisal Prize (1987)Sylvester Medal (1973)Fields Medal (1966)Fellow of the Royal Society ()
h-index: 77
Peter Higgs(1929–2024)
United KingdomPhysics
23
Prestige
Copley Medal (2015)Physics (2013)Franklin Medal (2013)Max Planck Medal (2013)Princess of Asturias Award (2013)Royal Medal (2010)Sakurai Prize (2010)Wolf Prize in Physics (2004)Harvey Prize (1989)Hughes Medal (1981)
ORCIDh-index: 33
Max Born
GermanyPhysics
12
Prestige
h-index: 21
for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction
Charles Glover Barkla
United KingdomPhysics
10
Prestige
for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements
Adrian Bird(1947)
United KingdomLife Sciences
3
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 114
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Andrew Wyllie(1944–2022)
United Kingdom
3
Prestige
Edwin Southern(1938)
United Kingdom
3
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Mary F. Lyon(1925–2014)
United Kingdom
3
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Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet
United Kingdom
3
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Brian Charlesworth(1945)
United Kingdom
2
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Peter Buneman
United Kingdom
1
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Donald Michie(1934–2016)
United Kingdom
1
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Joseph Wedderburn
United Kingdom
1
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James Geikie
United Kingdom
1
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D. J. Finney
United Kingdom
1
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Peter Nicholas Pusey
Unknown
1
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Mary Pickford
India
1
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William Cullen
United Kingdom
1
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John Goodsir
Unknown
1
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JD
James David Forbes
United Kingdom
1
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Kenneth Murray
United Kingdom
1
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Nicholas Kemmer
United Kingdom
1
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Dugald Stewart
Unknown
1
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Murdoch Mitchison
United Kingdom
1
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Robert Jameson
United Kingdom
1
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