Key Figures of the Second Industrial Revolution

Henry Bessemer

Inventor associated with the development of steel.

Alfred Nobel

Inventor known for dynamite.

Alessandro Volta

Inventor of the battery.

Thomas Edison

Inventor of the lightbulb.

Nikolaus Otto

Inventor of the gas engine.

Wright Brothers

Inventors of the airplane.

Gulielmo Marconi

Inventor of the radio.

Samuel Morse

Inventor of the telegraph.

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor of the telephone.

Dimitri Mendeleev

Scientist known for the periodic table.

Michael Faraday

Scientist known for electromagnetism.

Isaac Newton

Scientist known for the laws of thermodynamics.

Louis Pasteur

Scientist known for vaccines and fermentation.

Robert Koch

Scientist known for microbiology.

Joseph Lister

Scientist known for the antiseptic principle.

Charles Lyell

Geologist known for uniformitarianism.

Auguste Comte

Philosopher known for sociology.

Charles Darwin

Scientist known for natural selection.

Herbert Spencer

Philosopher associated with 'Social Darwinism' which suggests some cultures/populations are better than others naturally.