Names of Famous Scientists
Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist
from Germanic “Adalbert” meaning “noble and bright”
Rosalind Elsie Franklin - chemist & X-ray crystallographer
from Germanic meaning “tender horse”
from Latin meaning “beautiful rose”
diminutive of Elisabeth, from Hebrew meaning "my God is an oath"
Isaac Newton - physicist & mathematician
from Hebrew meaning "he will laugh, he will rejoice"
Cecilia Payne - astronomer and astrophysicist
Latin meaning “blind”
Charles Robert Darwin - naturalist & geologist
French and English from Germanic “Karl” meaning “man”
Maria Salomea Curie - physicist & chemist
Latin from Hebrew; meaing might be “bitter”
Polish from Aramaic from Hebrew; meaing “peace”
Galileo Galilei - astonomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician
from Medieval Latin meaning “from Galilee”