MUSEUM

Founded 1753 by Act of Parliament.

Official Website:
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1753

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Attenborough	Naturalist	8-May-1926		Life on Earth
John Browne	Business	20-Feb-1948		CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
William Buckland	Geologist	12-Mar-1784	15-Aug-1856	Reliquiae Diluvianae
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute	Head of State	25-May-1713	10-Mar-1792	UK Prime Minister, 1762-63
Ronald Cohen	Business	1945		British venture capitalist, Apax
Timothy C. Collins	Business	c. 1956		Private equity, Ripplewood Holdings
Barry Cunliffe	Archaeologist	10-Dec-1939		Iron Age Communities in Britain
King Edward VII	Royalty	9-Nov-1841	6-May-1910	King of England, 1901-1910
Edward E. Elson	Diplomat	c. 1934		US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98
Niall FitzGerald	Business	13-Sep-1945		Chairman of Reuters
Stephen Jay Gould	Biologist	10-Sep-1941	20-May-2002	Evolutionary scientist
Archibald V. Hill	Scientist	26-Sep-1886	3-Jun-1977	Studied muscles and nerves
Thomas Henry Huxley	Scientist	24-May-1825	29-Jun-1895	Debated Wilberforce over evolution
Philip Lader	Government	1946		US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001
Richard Lambert	Editor	c. 1944		Editor of Financial Times, 1991-2001
T. E. Lawrence	Author	16-Aug-1888	19-May-1935	Lawrence of Arabia
Sir Anthony Panizzi	Curator	16-Sep-1797	8-Apr-1879	Librarian of the British Museum
Coventry Patmore	Poet	23-Jul-1823	26-Nov-1896	The Unknown Eros
George Porter	Chemist	6-Dec-1920	31-Aug-2002	Rapid chemical and biological processes
Charles Powell	Business	6-Jun-1941		Private Secretary to Thatcher, 1983-90
Martin Rees	Astronomer	23-Jun-1942		President of the Royal Society
Charles Sherrington	Doctor	27-Nov-1857	4-Mar-1952	Neurons and synapses
Sir Hans Sloane	Curator	16-Apr-1660	11-Jan-1753	Milk chocolate and the British Museum
G. M. Trevelyan	Historian	16-Feb-1876	21-Jul-1962	England under Queen Anne
Angus Wilson	Novelist	11-Aug-1913	31-May-1991	Hemlock and After

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