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-	A '''gentleman scientist''' is a [[private income|financially independent]] [[scientist]] who pursues [[science|scientific study]] without direct affiliation to a public institution such as a university or government-run [[research and development]] body. The expression arose in post-Renaissance Europe but became less common in the 20th century as government and private funding increased.	+
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-	Most gentleman scientists have at some point in their career been affiliated with some academic institution, such as Charles Darwin who was affiliated with the [[Geological Society of London]].	+
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-	== See also ==	+
-	* [[Citizen science]]	+
-	* [[:Category:Gentleman scientists|Category:Gentleman scientists]]	+
-	* [[Small Science]] and [[Big Science]]	+
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-	=== Notable gentleman scientists ===	+
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-	* [[Alfred Lee Loomis]]	+
-	* [[Antoine Lavoisier]]	+
-	* [[Benjamin Franklin]]	+
-	* [[Charles Darwin]]	+
-	* [[David Rittenhouse]]	+
-	* [[Henry Cavendish]]	+
-	* [[Henry Fox Talbot]]	+
-	* [[George Frederick Kunz]]	+
-	* [[Goldsworthy Gurney]]	+
-	* [[James Lovelock]]	+
-	* [[Robert Boyle]]	+
-	* [[Christopher J. Date]]	+
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