a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "animal magnetism"

an English novelist and a pioneer of Gothic fiction

a French astronomer, director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories, who carried out intensive studies on the behavior of the atmosphere of the Sun.

an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Reynolds or Gainsborough.

an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)

an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution"