Editing Falmouth, Cornwall (section)

=== 1780 to 1810 ===
* [[Robert Were Fox the Younger]]  (1789 in Falmouth–1877), British geologist, natural philosopher and inventor, worked on the temperature of the earth and a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea
* [[Mary Lloyd (abolitionist)|Mary Lloyd]] or Mary Hornchurch (1795 in Falmouth–1865), British joint secretary of the [[Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves]] in 1825
* [[Charles Fox (scientist)|Charles Fox]] (1797 in Falmouth–1878), a Quaker scientist, developed [[Trebah]] garden near [[Mawnan Smith]], part of the influential Fox family of Falmouth{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* Reverend [[Henry Melvill]] (1798 in Pendennis Castle–1871), priest in the Church of England, principal of the [[East India Company College]] from 1844 to 1858 and Canon of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]
* The Fox family of Falmouth were very influential in the development of the town of Falmouth in the 19th century and of the Cornish Industrial Revolution. In the 18th and 19th centuries, many of them were members of the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers).{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* [[Sibella Elizabeth Miles]] (1800 in Falmouth–1882), was an English schoolteacher, poet and writer of the 19th century.
* [[John Sterling (author)|John Sterling]] (1806–1844), Scottish author, moved to Falmouth in 1841
* [[Edwin Octavius Tregelles]] (1806 in Falmouth–1886) was an English [[ironmaster]], civil engineer and Quaker minister.
* [[William Lobb]] (1809–1864), Cornish plant collector, employed by [[Veitch Nurseries]] of Exeter, introduced into England [[Araucaria araucana]] (the monkey-puzzle tree) from Chile
* [[Lovell Squire]] (1809–1892), Quaker schoolteacher, meteorologist and writer of sacred verse. In 1834 he developed a Quaker boarding school in Ashfield which ran from 1839 to 1849