Surname C Collection

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) observing a lunar eclipse in Rome, Italy, in 1500. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who studied in both Poland and Italy

Augustin Cauchy, caricature C015 / 6700
Augustin Cauchy (1789-1857). Caricature of the French mathematician Augustin Cauchy. Cauchy was a pioneer of analysis and the theory of permutation groups

Pierre Curie, French physicist
Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Nobel Prize-winning French physicist. Curie studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he subsequently became an assistant teacher

Portrait of Pavel Cerenkov
Pavel Cerenkov, Russian physicist, born Voronezh Guberniya on August 10, 1904, photographed (on right) at the controls of a synchrotron at the Institute of Physics of the Soviet Academy of Science

Russian physicist Pavel Cerenkov

Jacques Charles, French balloonist
Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles (1746-1823), French chemist, physicist and aeronaut, historical artwork. A scientist and professor of physics

Darwin Caldwell, Professor of Advanced Robotics at the University of Salford, UK, holding an umbrella over a robotic gorilla he co-created

Portrait of Marie Curie
Marie Curie, the Polish-French chemist, (1867 - 1934). Curie worked on radioactivity, a term she coined to describe the rays given off by uranium

Marie Curie, a Polish-French chemist, born in Warsaw in 1867 and died in France in 1934. Curie worked on radioactivity, a term she coined to describe the rays given off by uranium

Chappe and the Transit of Venus, 1761. Historical artwork of the French astronomer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d Auteroche (left, 1722-1769) in Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia

Arthur C. Clarke, British futurist
Arthur C. Clarke. Caricature of the British-born science fiction writer, inventor and futurist Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008)

Walter Chrysler, US industrialist
Walter Chrysler (1875-1940), US industrialist and automotive executive. Chrysler began his career as a machinist and engineer on the railroads

William Coblentz, US physicist
William Coblentz (1873-1962), US physicist and astronomer. Coblentz is best known for his work in infrared spectroscopy. He accepted a job at the National Bureau of Standards in 1905

William Coblentz, US physicist C015 / 3286
William Coblentz (1873-1962), US physicist and astronomer with a spectroscope in his laboratory. Coblentz is best known for his work in infrared spectroscopy

Alphonse de Candolle, Swiss botanist C016 / 6006
Alphonse de Candolle (1806-1893), French-Swiss botanist

Pudovkin and Chuvelev cutting film C017 / 9389
Pudovkin and Chuvelev cutting film. Soviet film director and actor Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (1893-1953, left) and Ivan Chuvelev (right) cutting the film Storm

Arthur Cayley, caricature C015 / 6699
Arthur Cayley (1821-1895). Caricature of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley. Cayley was instrumental in establishing the British school of pure mathematics

Jean-Baptise Charcot, French explorer
Jean-Baptise Charcot (1867-1936), French explorer and physician. Charcot undertook two expeditions to Antarctica, between 1904-1907 and 1908-1910

Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician
Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713-1765), French mathematician. Clairaut was a child prodigy, writing on geometry at age twelve

Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576), Italian mathematician and physician, coloured historical artwork. Gerolamo Cardano, also known as Jerome Cardan

Confucius, Chinese philosopher
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher. After his death, his disciples and followers developed his teachings into the quasi-religious system of ethics, morals and politics known as Confucianism

Robert Cocking, first parachute death
Robert Cocking (1776-1837), amateur artist and parachute inventor. He was the first person to be killed using a parachute. In 1802, he saw the first parachute jump in England

Sir George Cayley, British engineer
Sir George Cayley (1773-1857), British engineer, aviation pioneer, and 6th Baronet of Brompton (from 1792). Cayley spent most of his life on the study of flight, carrying out his own experiments

Captain James Cook, British explorer
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator and cartographer. Captain James Cook first served in the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755

Guy de Chauliac, French surgeon
Guy de Chauliac (c.1300-1368), French surgeon. De Chauliac was the most eminent surgeon of his time in Europe. He was physician to Popes Clement VI, Innocent VI and Urban V at Avignon, France

William Caxton, English printer
William Caxton (centre, c1422-1491), first English printer. Caxton studied printing in Germany, in 1471, and set up a press in Belgium

Nicolaus Copernicus
Portrait of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Copernicus recognised that the cosmology proposed by Ptolemy over 1000 years before was inadequate to explain the motion of

Portrait of Girolamo Cardano
Engraving of Girolamo Cardano (1501-76), Italian mathematician and physician. Cardano was the illegitimate son of a Milanese lawyer, his birth holding back his career as a talented physician

Engraving of Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer
Engraving of Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer. Copernicus believed that the planetary positions could be calculated more easily if the Sun, rather than the Earth

Boris Chertok, Russian rocket engineer
Boris Chertok (born 1912), Russian rocket engineer, talking at a meeting. Chertok, in his 90s here, is one of the veterans of the Soviet space programme

Augustin Cauchy, French mathematician
Augustin cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician. Cauchy was a pioneer of analysis and the theory of permutation groups. He made numerous contributions to mathematics

Artur Chilingarov, Russian polar explorer
Artur Chilingarov (born 1939), Russian polar explorer and politician. Chilingarov, of Armenian descent, has worked in both the Arctic and Antarctic

Marquis de Condorcet, French politician
Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), French politician, mathematician and philosopher. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, worked on integrals and probability theory

Claude Chappe, French engineer
Claude Chappe (1763-1805), inventor of mechanical- optical telegraphy. Chappe was a French engineer and cleric. His rise to fame came during the French Revolution when he looked at ways to improve

Geoffrey Chaucer, English author
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet and the author of the first English work on the astrolabe, the most important astronomical instrument of the time

The Seven Sages of Greece, 7th century BC
The Seven Sages of Greece. The traditions of Ancient Greece named seven philosophers and statesmen from the 7th and 6th centuries BC as the wisest of men

Chinese religious leaders, known as the three holy ones. Confucius (551-479 BC, lower left) founded the quasi-religious system of Confucianism

William Cruikshank, English Chemist. In 1802, following the invention of Voltas pile, Dr. William Cruikshank designed the first electric battery capable of mass production

Giovanni Cassini and King Louis XIV
Giovanni Cassini (1625-1712, left), Italian mathematician and astronomer, being introduced to King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715, right) by the French minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683)

Marquis de Condorcets last meal, artwork. French politician, mathematician and philosopher Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet

Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer
Giovanni Cassini (1625-1712), Italian astronomer. As director of the Paris Observatory, Cassini added greatly to our knowledge of the Solar System

Nicolaus Copernicus on a Polish banknote
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer, on a one thousand Sloty banknote. Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentric cosmology that displaced

Columbus monument, Cordoba, Spain. This monument commemorates the May 1486 meeting of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) with Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516)

Peter Collinson, English botanist
Peter Collinson (1694-1768), English botanist. Collinson, a draper by trade, introduced many plants from North America to England

Augustin de Candolle, Swiss botanist
Augustin de Candolle. Coloured portrait of the Swiss botanist Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841). Candolle is most famous for his Elementary Theory of Botany, which he published in 1813

Emilie du Chatelet, French physicist
Emilie du Chatelet. Portrait of the French physicist Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749). Du Chatelet is best known for her translation of Isaac Newtons Principia Mathematica which was published after her

Samuel Crompton, British inventor
Samuel Crompton (1753-1827), British inventor. Crompton was born at Firwood, near the textile town of Bolton. In 1779 he designed and built his spinning mule

Michel Eugene Chevreul, French chemist
Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889), French organic chemist. Chevreul was director of dyeing at the Gobelin tapestry factory. His best known work is on animal fats and soap making

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"Surname C: A Legacy of Scientific Pioneers and Visionaries" From Nicolaus Copernicus, the Polish astronomer who revolutionized our understanding of the solar system, to Pierre Curie, the French physicist whose groundbreaking research paved the way for modern physics, it has been associated with brilliance and innovation in the scientific world. Augustin Cauchy's caricature C015 / 6700 captures his mathematical genius and contributions to analysis. Meanwhile, Russian physicist Pavel Cerenkov's portrait reminds us of his remarkable discovery known as the "Cerenkov radiation, " which earned him a Nobel Prize. Jacques Charles, a French balloonist depicted in one captivating image titled "Chappe and the Transit of Venus, 1761, " showcases both scientific curiosity and adventurous spirit. Similarly, Marie Curie's portrait serves as a tribute to her pioneering work in radioactivity that made her not only an icon but also a two-time Nobel laureate. Beyond science alone, Walter Chrysler stands out as a US industrialist whose vision transformed the automotive industry. His name became synonymous with quality craftsmanship and innovation. William Coblentz is another notable figure from this lineage—a US physicist renowned for his contributions to spectroscopy. His dedication to unraveling mysteries at atomic levels propelled scientific progress forward. Lastly, Alphonse de Candolle represents Swiss botany at its finest—an influential figure whose botanical studies laid foundations for plant classification systems still used today (as seen in Swiss botanist C016 / 6006). Surname C encompasses individuals who have left indelible marks on their respective fields—be it astronomy or industry—and continue inspiring generations with their extraordinary achievements.