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o Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr (5 May 1911 - 31 Dec 1996)
Specialist in tropical medicine
o Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr (5 May 1911 - 31 Dec 1996)
Specialist in tropical medicine
o Oswald Szemerényi (7 Sep 1913 - 29 Dec 1996)
Philologist
o Carl Sagan (9 Nov 1934 - 20 Dec 1996)
Scientist
o Yuli Borisovich Khariton (1904 - 19 Dec 1996)
Scientist
o Charles Edwin Molnar (1935 - 13 Dec 1996)
Computer Pioneer
o Jean-Pierre Guerlain (2 Feb 1905 - 12 Dec 1996)
Cosmetics pioneer
o Michael Geoffrey Corcos (2 Dec 1919 - 12 Dec 1996)
Medical researcher
o Herbert Sally Frankel (22 Nov 1903 - 11 Dec 1996)
Economist
o Mary Nicol Leakey (6 Feb 1913 - 9 Dec 1996)
Palaeontologist
o Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang (23 Nov 1917 - 25 Nov 1996)
Medical writer
o Edward George Edwards (18 Feb 1914 - 21 Nov 1996)
Chenist
o Bert Geoffrey Achong (6 Dec 1928 - 20 Nov 1996)
Electron microscopist
o Vera von der Heydt (11 Dec 1899 - 14 Nov 1996)
Psychoanalyst
o Kenneth Watkins (6 Dec 1909 - 13 Nov 1996)
Woodland conservationist
o peter Fowler (2 Feb 1923 - 8 Nov 1996)
Physicist
o Edward Albert Radice (2 Jan 1907 - 8 Nov 1996)
Economist
o Michael Fenton Haddon (12 Jul 1915 - 7 Nov 1996)
Mining engineer
o Ronald Ogden (18 Sep 1915 - 5 Nov 1996)
Engineer
o Robert N. Rapoport (1 Nov 1924 - 4 Nov 1996)
Social anthropologist
o Patrick Johnson (24 May 1904 - 29 Oct 1996)
Physicist
o James Aubrey Turner (4 Mar 1939 - 27 Oct 1996)
Scientist
o Hans Walter Kosterliz (27 Apr 1903 - 26 Oct 1996)
Biochemist
o Gordon Scarrott (8 May 1916 - 26 Oct 1996)
Engineer
o George Houston (26 Oct 1921 - 21 Oct 1996)
Land economist
o Frank Neville Hosband Robinson (13 Apr 1925 - 19 Oct 1996)
Physicist
o Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov (1917 - 12 Oct 1996)
Aero-engine designer
o Trevor Illtyd williams (12 Jul 1921 - 12 Oct 1996)
Scientific writer
o William Vickrey (21 Jun 1914 - 11 Oct 1996)
Economist
o Edith Tilton Penrose (29 Nov 1914 - 11 Oct 1996)
Economist
o Richard Clarkson (14 Jul 1902 - 9 Oct 1996)
Aerodynamicist
o Seymour Cray (28 Sep 1925 - 5 Oct 1996)
Computer designer
o Tom ap Rees (19 Oct 1930 - 3 Oct 1996)
Botanist
o Denis Frank Owen (4 Apr 1931 - 3 Oct 1996)
natural historian
o Geoffrey Wilkinson (14 Jul 1921 - 26 Sep 1996)
Chemist
o Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (21 Jul 1909 - 24 Sep 1996)
Egyptologist
o Stuart Pigott (28 May 1910 - 23 Sep 1996)
Archaeologist
o Paul Erdöaut;s (26 Mar 1913 - 20 Sep 1996)
Mathematician
o Richard Maling Barrer (16 Jun 1910 - 12 Sep 1996)
Chemist
o Jack Pepys (15 May 1914 - 9 Sep 1996)
Immunologist
o William James Moyce (12 Oct 1913 - 6 Sep 1996)
Armaments Scientist
o Brother Adam (Adam Kehrle) (3 Aug 1898 - 1 Sep 1996)
Benedictine monk and beekeeper
o Charles Dnaiels (10 Oct 1932 - 1 Sep 1996)
Archaeologist
o Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie (13 Apr 1927 - 21 Aug 1996)
Conservation scientist
o Edward Digby Baltzell (14 Nov 1915 - 17 Aug 1996)
Ivy League sociologist
o Masao Maruyama (22 Mar 1914 - 15 Aug 1996)
Social scientist
o Victor Ambartsumian (18 Sep 1908 - 12 Aug 1996)
Astrophysicist
o Sigmund Koch (1917 - 11 Aug 1996)
Psychologist and philosopher
o Frank A Whittle (1 Jun 1907 - 8 Aug 1996)
Inventor of the Jet engine
o Nevill Francis Mott (30 Sep 1905 - 8 Aug 1996)
Physicist
o Richard Murphey Goodwin (24 Feb 1913 - 6 Aug 1996)
Economist
o Tadeus Reichstein (20 Jul 1897 - 1 Aug 1996)
Pharmacologist
o Michael Jinks (30 Nov 1936 - 31 Jul 1996)
Child care pioneer
o Roger Tory Peterson (28 Aug 1908 - 28 Jul 1996)
Ornithologist and artist
o John Corner (24 Jan 1916 - 23 Jul 1996)
Scientist
o Richard Day (23 Apr 1948 - 22 Jul 1996)
Engineer and development expert
o James Tye (21 Dec 1921 - 21 Jul 1996)
Safety Expert
o Owen Tudor Williams (4 Oct 1916 - 19 Jul 1996)
Civil engineer
o Mervyn Hugh Cowie (13 Apr 1909 - 19 Jul 1996)
Willife conservationist
o Pran Nath Chhuttani (26 Feb 1915 - 19 Jul 1996)
Physician and teacher
o John William Fozard (16 Jan 1928 - 17 Jul 1996)
Aircraft designer
o Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge (27 Jul 1904 - 14 Jul 1996)
Physicist
o Walter Hassan (25 Apr 1905 - 13 Jul 1996)
Engineer
o Andrew Rodger Waterson (30 Mar 1912 - 12 Jul 1996)
Scholar Naturalist
o Susan Cowdy (6 Aug 1914 - 9 Jul 1996)
Ornithologist
o Douglas G. Chapman (20 Mar 1920 - 9 Jul 1996)
Biomathematical statistician
o Clyde Wiegand (23 May 1915 - 5 Jul 1996)
Physicist
o Hugh Davson (25 Nov 1909 - 2 Jul 1996)
Physiologist and writer
o Norman Aldridge (22 Nov 1919 - 30 Jun 1996)
Biochemical toxicologist
o (Wilfred) Norman Aldridge (22 Nov 1919 - 30 Jun 1996)
Biochemist and toxicologist
o Alexander George Ogston (30 Jan 1911 - 29 Jun 1996)
Biochemist
o Irving Krick (20 Dec 1906 - 20 Jun 1996)
Meteorologist
o Harold William Woolhouse (12 Jul 1932 - 19 Jun 1996)
Plant scientist
o Robert Kidd (17 Sep 1947 - 9 Jun 1996)
Marine geoscientist
o Noel Walton Bott (9 Dec 1907 - 7 Jun 1996)
Engineer
o George Snell (19 Dec 1903 - 6 Jun 1996)
Genetecist
o Peter Gordon Dorrell (1 Feb 1928 - 31 May 1996)
Archaeologist and photographer
o Harry Campion (20 May 1905 - 24 May 1996)
Statistician
o Alexander Langsdorf (30 May 1912 - 24 May 1996)
Physicist
o Eric Stuart Woord (22 Nov 1912 - 21 May 1996)
Archaeologist
o Bobby Tulloch (4 Jan 1929 - 21 May 1996)
Ornithologist
o Julius Marmur (22 Mar 1926 - 20 May 1996)
Biochemist and geneticist
o Michael Gerzon (4 Dec 1945 - 6 May 1996)
Mathematician
o Geoffrey Dawes (21 Jan 1918 - 6 May 1996)
Physiologist
o John Norrie McArthur (9 Nov 1901 - 26 Apr 1996)
Malariologist and microscopist
o Zora Arkus-Duntov (1909 - 21 Apr 1996)
Engineer
o Piet Hein (16 Dec 1905 - 18 Apr 1996)
Poet and inventor
o Denis Sargan (23 Aug 1924 - 13 Apr 1996)
Econometrician
o Edwin Clarke (18 Jun 1919 - 11 Apr 1996)
Historian and neurologist
o Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking (28 Feb 1899 - 4 Apr 1996)
Pathologist
o John Alwyne Kitching (24 Oct 1908 - 1 Apr 1996)
Zoologist
o Dante Giacosa (3 Jan 1905 - 31 Mar 1996)
Engineer and designer
o Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask (28 Jun 1928 - 29 Mar 1996)
Cybernetician, stage producer and lyricist
o David Packard (7 Sep 1912 - 26 Mar 1996)
Electronic engineer and businessman
o Jessie Jacquetta (Hawkes) Priestley (5 Aug 1910 - 18 Mar 1996)
Archaeologist
o Bela Szigeti (2 Aug 1912 - 17 Mar 1996)
Theoretical physicist
o Vic Marshall (1 Aug 1921 - 14 Mar 1996)
Chemist
o Charles Bruce Perry (11 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1996)
Professor of medecine
o Charles William Oatley (14 Feb 1904 - 11 Mar 1996)
Electrical Engineer
o Alan Hugh Iliffe (24 Feb 1919 - 9 Mar 1996)
Psychologist
o Daniel John Chapman Cunningham (21 Oct 1919 - 26 Feb 1996)
Physiologist
o Terence Edward Armstrong (7 Apr 1920 - 21 Feb 1996)
Polar geographer
o Walter Charles Marshall (5 Mar 1932 - 20 Feb 1996)
Scientist
o Madhaviah Krishnan (30 Jun 1912 - 19 Feb 1996)
Naturalist
o Ivan William Hannaford (21 Mar 1931 - 14 Feb 1996)
Sociologist
o Hugh Francis Lamprey (2 Aug 1928 - 10 Feb 1996)
Ecologist
o Alistair Cameron Crombie (4 Nov 1915 - 9 Feb 1996)
Historian of science
o Ray McIntire (24 Aug 1918 - 2 Feb 1996)
Chemical Engineer
o Clive Burton (18 Sep 1941 - 1 Feb 1996)
Neuropathologist
o Gustave Solomon (1931 - 31 Jan 1996)
Mathematician
o Julian Hill (4 Sep 1904 - 27 Jan 1996)
Research chemist
o John Mackin (6 Oct 1959 - 23 Jan 1996)
Programmer
o Sam Green (6 Feb 1907 - 21 Jan 1996)
Industrialist and inventor
o Charles Henry Madge (10 Oct 1912 - 17 Jan 1996)
Poet, writer and sociologist
o Sir Edmund Happold (8 Nov 1930 - 12 Jan 1996)
Engineer
o John Howard Purnell (17 Aug 1925 - 12 Jan 1996)
Scientist
o Harold Walter Bailey (16 Dec 1899 - 11 Jan 1996)
Philologist
o Alexander Robertus (2 Oct 1907 - 10 Jan 1996)
Organic chemist
o Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd (30 May 1902 - 7 Jan 1996)
Archaeologist
o Robley D. Evans (18 May 1907 - 7 Jan 1996)
Nuclear Physicist
o Jay Morris Arena (3 Mar 1909 - 5 Jan 1996)
Inventor and pediatrician
o Geoffrey Pardoe (2 Nov 1928 - 3 Jan 1996)
Engineer
o Thornton Page (1913 - 2 Jan 1996)
Astrophysicist
o Arthur Rudolph (9 Nov 1906 - 1 Jan 1996)
Rocket Engineer
o Ryan Worral (1903 - May 1996)
Doctor and philosopher of science
o Patrick Okolo (Jul 1932 - May 1996)
Nigerian Doctor


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