21st Century : Masters

Louis Leakey Leakey was largely responsible for convincing scientists that Africa was the most significant area to search for evidence of human origins.

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur's discovery that most infectious diseases are caused by germs, known as the "germ theory of disease," is one of the most important in medical history.

Ludwig Wittgenstein In the words of Bertrand Russell, Wittgenstein 'was perhaps the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived, passionate, profound, intense and domineering'.

Machiaveli Niccolo Machiavelli was a political philosopher and diplomat during the Renaissance, and best known for his famous work, "The Prince".

Maria Mitchell Maria Mitchell became the first acknowledged woman astronomer in the United States.