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George Cox Bompas was a British solicitor and astronomer. Bompas was born in Bloomsbury. He was the second son of Serjeant Charles Carpenter Bompas. His brother was William Bompas.

He married May Ann Scott Buckland, daughter of Reverend William Buckland, in 1860. They had four children. Bompas took interest in astronomy and studies periodic meteor shower and the Zodiacal light. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Geological Society and the Paleontological Society.

George Stephenson was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution

Charles Stokes was a London stockbroker who gained a reputation both as an amateur scientist and as an art collector

Joseph Dinkel was an Austrian artist known for his illustrations of scientific specimens, including for works by Louis Agassiz.