1. I was born in 1792 in Devon, England and died in 1871
My brain was preserved by the Royal College of Surgeons
My invention was never actually built

Charles Babbage

2.I was born in 1736 in Greenock, Scotland and died in 1819
In my first workshop I made scientific instruments, guitars, flutes, harps and bagpipes
I defined horsepower as a unit of measurement

James Watt

3.I was born in 1881 in Lochfied, Scotland and died in 1955
I studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital in London
I worked in army hospitals in France during the First World War

Alexander Fleming

4.I was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1922
In 1873 I became Professor of Vocal Physiology at Boston University
In 1907 I designed a kite that was capable of carrying a person

Alexander Graham Bell

5.I was born in 1888 in Helensburgh, Scotland and died in 1946
I studied electrical engineering at Glasgow University
I used a ventriloquist's dummy to demonstrate my invention

John Logie Baird

6.I was born in 1902 in Coventry, England and died in 1996
I went to Cambridge University to take a degree in mechanics
In 1948 I was knighted

Frank Whittle

7.I was born in 1806 and died in 1859
My engineering career began by building a tunnel under the river Thames
I was just over 5' tall

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

8.I was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland and died in 1934
I taught in a girls' school to earn money to fund my research
I was the first woman to study at the Sorbonne

Marie Curie