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Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Lithograph after portrait of Arnold c1880
Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) British orientalist, poet and journalist. Leader writer for " The Daily Telegraph" 1861: Chief editor 1873. Photograph published London c1890. Woodburytype
William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist, inventor and scientist. Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Armstrong gun
Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) American air force officer: chief of US Army Air Forces 1941, with British Field Marshal John Dill during World War II
Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) American air force officer. Chief of US Army Air Forces (1941), Wolrd War II
William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Allegorical illustration of Dame Justice ruling all aspects from legal justice down to personal justice and obedience
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Engraving after an antique statue
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). British industrialist and inventor. Water-powered spinning frame. Top: Cotton mill at Cromford, Wirksworth, Derbyshire which Arkwright fitted with his water frame
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) British industrialist and inventor, hearing from a neighbour about clockmaker named Kay living at Warrington
Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905) British sculptor. Worked on Albert Memorial (1864). Royal Academician 1879. Photograph published c1880. Woodburytype
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) British industrialist and inventor: Water-powered spinning frame. Engraving after portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Aristotle as a young man in his study. Artists reconstruction; wood engraving c1886
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. First page and initial portrait from Agostini Nifo " Aristotelis Meteorologicis Commetaria", Venice, 1531
Michael Arlen (1895-1956) British writer and novelist of Armenian extraction. Card issued 1937
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) Italian poet; author of the epic poem " Orlando Furioso" (1516). Portrait engraving showing him wearing laurel crown
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel " Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Portrait bust
Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC) Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel " Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg, 1493
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) Italian poet; author of the epic poem " Orlando Furioso" (1516). Engraving
Aristarchos of Samos (active 260 BC) Alexandrian astronomer who maintained that the earth orbits the sun (heliocentric universe)
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) British Whig (Liberal) politician and scientist. Supported cataclysmic school of geology rather than uniformitarianism
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans. Engraving of late 19th century painting
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes Crow, device said to have been used in defence of Syracuse against Romans (212 BC)
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes burning mirror supposed to have been designed to burn Roman fleet attacking Syracuse in 212 BC
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician. Archimedes screw for raising water from one level to another. Hand-coloured engraving, London, 1815
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, reputed to have said " Give me a lever and I will move the Earth"
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, in his bath. Discovered formulae for calculating areas and volumes of plane and solid figures
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor standing on earth. Four Greek elements, earth, air, fire, water and dome of fixed stars
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes measuring the purity of gold in the crown of Hieron II of Syracuse. Woodcut based on a 1511 edition of Vitruvius
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Artists impression of him surrounded by his discoveries and inventions. Engraving published Paris 1866
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes drawing back curtain to reveal various mechanical devices such as waterwheels and windmills
Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) French astronomer, physicist and politician. Engraving after portrait by Scheffer published Paris 1886
St Thomas Aquinas (c1225-1274) Italian philosopher and theologian; joined Dominican order (Black friars); studied under Albertus Magnus at Cologne; wrote commentaries on Aristotle
Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) French astronomer, physicist and politician. Reverse of commemorative medal
Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) French astronomer, physicist and politician. Portrait from obverse of commemorative medal
St Thomas Aquinas (c1225-1274) Italian philosopher and theologian; joined Dominican order (Black-friars); studied under Albertus Magnus at Cologne; wrote commentaries on Aristotle
(Nicolas) Francois Appert (1749-1841) French chef and inventor of method of preserving food in glass bottles, then in tin-plated cans. Wood engraving c1870
St Thomas Aquinas (c1225-1274) Italian philosopher and theologian. Joined Dominican order (Black friars), studied under Albertus Magnus. Wrote commentaries on Aristotle. Concept of Just War
Peter Apian (Petrus Apianus 1495-1552) German mathematician and astronomer. Copperplate engraving
Peter Apian ( Petrus Apianus 1495-1552) German mathematician and astronomer. Title page of his " Quadrans Apiani", 1532, showing his recently invented quadrant
Peter Apian (Petrus Apianus 1495-1552) German mathematician and astronomer. Title page of his " Isagoge in Typum Cosmographicum seu Mappam Mundi", Landshut, 1523
Antinous (d122) Bithynian youth, favourite and companion of the Ancient Roman emperor Hadrian. Drowned in the Nile. Hadrian founded city of Antinopolis in his memory. Portrait bust
Atonius de Monte Ulmi (active 1384-90) Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, shown examining a sample of urine. Physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406) despot of Carrara
St Anselm (1033-1109) Italian-born Archbishop of Canterbury: Benedictine monk: Anselm reluctantly accepting Archbishopric (represented by Crozier) from William II (Rufus) of England, 1093
Anne of Brittany (1476-1514), Duchess of Brittany 1488. Married Charles VIII of France 1491, then Louis XII 1499. Coloured lithograph of miniature from " Heures d Anne de Bretagne" showing
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish author, particularly remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen surrounded by children
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