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![[Roger Bacon, 1214?-1294; head and shoulders, facing left, reading Tract de Alchym]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NTkvMDEvMDEvcm9nZXItYmFjb24tMTIxNC0xMjk0LWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1yZWFkaW5nLXRyYWN0LWRlLWFsY2h5bS02NDAuanBn/320/420/jpg "[Roger Bacon, 1214?-1294; head and shoulders, facing left, reading Tract de Alchym]")
![Herōologia Anglica, hoc est clarissimorvm et doctissimorvm aliqovt [sic] Anglorvm qvi florvervnt ab anno Cristi M.D. vsq' ad presentem annvm M.D.C.XX viuae effigies vitae et elogia,](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvaGVyb29sb2dpYS1hbmdsaWNhLWhvYy1lc3QtY2xhcmlzc2ltb3J2bS1ldC1kb2N0aXNzaW1vcnZtLWFsaXFvdnQtc2ljLWFuZ2xvcnZtLTMyOWViYy02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "Herōologia Anglica, hoc est clarissimorvm et doctissimorvm aliqovt [sic] Anglorvm qvi florvervnt ab anno Cristi M.D. vsq' ad presentem annvm M.D.C.XX viuae effigies vitae et elogia,")
![[Peter Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvcGV0ZXItY29vcGVyLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtY2RlYTRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Peter Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[Albert Vestal, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvYWxiZXJ0LXZlc3RhbC1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtMjM4MDMzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Albert Vestal, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]")
![[Alekseĭ Stepanovich Khomi︠a︡kov, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvYWxla3NlLXN0ZXBhbm92aWNoLWtob21pYWtvdi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LWRlMWM0Ni02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Alekseĭ Stepanovich Khomi︠a︡kov, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]")
![[Peter the Great, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvcGV0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktcmlnaHQtNjE0OTAzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Peter the Great, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]")
![[Robert Burns, 1759-1796, head-and-shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODYvMDEvMDEvcm9iZXJ0LWJ1cm5zLTE3NTktMTc5Ni1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[Robert Burns, 1759-1796, head-and-shoulders portrait]")
![[Theodor Schwann, 1810-1882, head and shoulders, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvdGhlb2Rvci1zY2h3YW5uLTE4MTAtMTg4Mi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Theodor Schwann, 1810-1882, head and shoulders, facing left]")
