Who: William Kirby
What: Father of Entomology
When: September 19, 1759 - July 4, 1850
Where: Born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England

A study released June 23, 2008, found that 92 percent of Americans believe in God, including about one in five who say they are atheists.

Who: Charles Bell
What: Premier Anatomist and Surgeon
When: November 12, 1774 - April 28, 1842
Where: Born in Edinburgh, Scotland

Who: Isaac Newton
What: Father of Universal Gravitation
When: January 4, 1643 - March 31, 1727
Where: Woolsthorpe, a hamlet of Lincolnshire, England

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.¹

Who: Robert Boyle
What: Father of Modern Chemistry
When: January 25, 1627 - December 30, 1691
Where: Born in Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland