The octagonal sphere with cavorite panels that will take its passengers to the Moon, plate in The First Men in the Moon, by H.G. Wells, 1901 (Wikimedia commons)

The octagonal sphere with cavorite panels that will take its passengers to the Moon, plate in The First Men in the Moon, by H.G. Wells, 1901 (Wikimedia commons)

H.G. Wells

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Herbert George Wells, universally known as H.G. Wells, was born Sep. 21, 1866, in Kent, England.  Wells was and is renowned as a science fiction writer, a socialist reformer...

Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta, a Ventetian writer and adventurer, set sail on Sep. 20, 1519, on board the Trinidad, on what would turn out to be the first ...

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Thomas Grubb


SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Pei Wenzhong

Pei Wenzhong, a Chinese paleontologist and anthropologist, died Sep. 18, 1982, at age 78.  Pei is one of several "fathers of Chinese anthropology,"...


SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Jumbo

Jumbo the elephant, the pachydermal pride of two continents, died Sep. 15, 1885, after being struck by a locomotive at St. Thomas, Ontario. It was ...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

J.L.E. Dreyer

John Louis Emil Dreyer, a Danish/English astronomer who is almost always referred to as J.L.E. Dreyer, died Sep. 14, 1926, at age  74.  Dreyer was...

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Hans Christian Gram

Hans Christian Joachim Gram, a Danish physician and bacteriologist, was born Sep. 13, 1853.  Gram received his medical degree from the University ...


SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

James Hall, Jr.

James Hall, Jr., an American geologist and paleontologist, was born Sept. 12, 1811, in Hingham, Mass.  He attended the new Rensselaer College in ...

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Harry McNish

Harry McNish, a Scottish ship's carpenter, was born Sept. 11, 1874, in Port Glasgow, Scotland.  McNish (sometimes spelled McNeish) was chosen by ...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

John Franklin Enders

John Franklin Enders, an American medical scientist, died Sep. 8, 1985, at age 88.  Enders was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut (where I ...

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

John Harris

John Harris, an English mathematician and encyclopedist, died Sep 7, 1719, at the age of about 52. Harris is best known for his Lexicon Technicum, ...

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Edward Victor Appleton

Edward Victor Appleton, an English physicist, was born Sep 6, 1892, in Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire.  He was a precocious lad, demonstrating ...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Federico Commandino

Federico Commandino, an Italian mathematician, died Sep. 5, 1575, at age 66. Commandino grew up in Urbino, learned mathematics from a tutor ...

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023