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[edit] May 2006
Richard Trevithick (born 13 April 1771 in Illogan, Cornwall; died 22 April 1833 in Dartford, Kent) was a British inventor, engineer and builder of the first working steam locomotive.
[edit] June 2006
Sir Humphry Davy (born 17 December 1778 in Penzance, Cornwall; died 29 May 1829 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a celebrated Cornish chemist, inventor and physicist. As well as inventing the miner's safety lamp he is also credited with the discovery of potassium and sodium.
[edit] July/August 2006
Vice-Admiral William Bligh, FRS (9th September 1754 – 7th December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator. He is best known for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command aboard HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) Bounty and the remarkable voyage he made to Timor on the Bounty's launch after being set adrift by the mutineers. Born in St Tudy, Cornwall, Bligh was certainly not the vicious man portrayed in popular fiction, some claim his over-sensitivity and acid tongue damaged what would have otherwise been a distinguished career.
[edit] September/October 2006
Richard Lemon Lander (February 8, 1804 – February 6, 1834) was a Cornish explorer of western Africa.In 1832 he became the first winner of the Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal, "for important services in determining the course and termination of the Niger".
