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Signatures of famous scientists
Letters, notebooks and papers carry the signatures of the people who changed what we know. Here is how they signed.
9 signatures
- 1452–1519 · ArtistsLeonardo da VinciHardly any signed works, but thousands of pages of mirror writing
- 1564–1642 · ScientistsGalileo GalileiA scientist’s signature, a forced abjuration and a famous forgery
- 1643–1727 · ScientistsIsaac NewtonIs. Newton: a short, careful signature from a very busy pen
- 1749–1832 · WritersJohann Wolfgang von GoetheLetters written by secretaries, signed “JWvGoethe” in his own hand
- 1809–1882 · ScientistsCharles DarwinCh. Darwin: a hurried hand behind thousands of letters and notebooks
- 1815–1852 · ScientistsAda LovelaceA.A.L.: three initials under the first published computer program
- 1820–1910 · ScientistsFlorence NightingaleF. Nightingale: a reformer who ran campaigns by letter
- 1822–1895 · ScientistsLouis PasteurL. Pasteur: a public signature and very private notebooks
- 1867–1934 · ScientistsMarie CurieM. Curie: a Polish name, a French signature and radioactive notebooks