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The scientists, engineers and industrialists whose work shaped how energy is generated, stored, moved and used, grouped by nationality into the subcategories below, from single-country groups spanning many pioneers to hyphenated dual-identity groups reflecting a career built across two countries.

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John Ericsson

Engine & Transport Pioneers

John Frederic Daniell

Battery & Storage Pioneers

John Hopkinson

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

John L. Savage

Hydropower Pioneers

John Smeaton

Wind Pioneers

John Wilkinson

Coal Pioneers

Joseph Henry

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Joseph N. Pew

Natural Gas & LNG Pioneers

Joseph S. Cullinan

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Joseph Swan

Lighting Pioneers

Julius Pintsch

Lighting Pioneers

Kai Hietarinta

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Kees Hulsbergen

Hydropower Pioneers

Leo Szilard

Nuclear Pioneers

Leona Woods

Nuclear Pioneers

Leonardo Maugeri

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Leonid Bokhanovsky

Natural Gas & LNG Pioneers

Lester Allan Pelton

Hydropower Pioneers

Lev Artsimovich

Nuclear Pioneers

Lewis B. Stillwell

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Lewis Latimer

Lighting Pioneers

Lewis Strauss

Nuclear Pioneers

Lise Meitner

Nuclear Pioneers

Lonnie Johnson

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Pioneers

Lucien Bronicki

Energy Industry Pioneers

Lucien Gaulard

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Ludvig Nobel

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Ludwig Nobel

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Luigi Galvani

Battery & Storage Pioneers

Lyman Spitzer

Nuclear Pioneers

Lyman Stewart

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

M. King Hubbert

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Marc Seguin

Steam Power Pioneers

Marcel Boiteux

Nuclear Pioneers

Marcel Deprez

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Marcel Schlumberger

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Marcellus Jacobs

Wind Pioneers

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Maria Telkes

Solar Pioneers

Marie Curie

Nuclear Pioneers

Massimo Moratti

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Matías Cousiño

Coal Pioneers

Matt Linning

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Matthew Boulton

Steam Power Pioneers

Michael Faraday

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Michael Grätzel

Solar Pioneers

Michael Perry

Hydropower Pioneers

Michel T. Halbouty

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Mikael Aramyants

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Mike Alexander

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Mike Cannon-Brookes

Coal Pioneers

Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Momosuke Fukuzawa

Hydropower Pioneers

Moses Blackman

Nuclear Pioneers

Moses G. Farmer

Battery & Storage Pioneers

Mustafa Sanalla

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Namihei Odaira

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Niels Bohr

Nuclear Pioneers

Nikola Tesla

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Nikolai Dollezhal

Nuclear Pioneers

Nikolaus Otto

Engine & Transport Pioneers

Nikolaus Riehl

Nuclear Pioneers

Norman Rasmussen

Nuclear Pioneers

Nubar Gulbenkian

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Oliver B. Shallenberger

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Oliver Evans

Steam Power Pioneers

Olivier Le Peuch

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Oskar von Miller

Hydropower Pioneers

Otto Hahn

Nuclear Pioneers

Palmer Cosslett Putnam

Wind Pioneers

Patokh Chodiev

Natural Gas & LNG Pioneers

Pattillo Higgins

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Paul Kouris

Hydropower Pioneers

Paul Sabatier

Natural Gas & LNG Pioneers

Pavel Yablochkov

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Peter Cooper Hewitt

Battery & Storage Pioneers

Peter Fraenkel

Battery & Storage Pioneers

Peter Musgrove

Wind Pioneers

Philip Abelson

Nuclear Pioneers

Philippe Lebon

Engine & Transport Pioneers

Philo Farnsworth

Nuclear Pioneers

Piero Ginori Conti

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Pierre Curie

Nuclear Pioneers

Pierre Wack

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Poul la Cour

Wind Pioneers

R. E. B. Crompton

Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Ralph Miller

Engine & Transport Pioneers

Richard Trevithick

Steam Power Pioneers

Rob Steijn

Hydropower Pioneers

Robert Bosch

Engine & Transport Pioneers

Robert Dunsmuir

Coal Pioneers

Robert Evans

Natural Gas & LNG Pioneers

Robert Nobel

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Robert O. Anderson

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Robert S. Kerr

Oil & Petroleum Pioneers

Robert Stirling

Steam Power Pioneers

Robin Jeffrey

Nuclear Pioneers

Rodney Allam

Natural Gas & LNG Pioneers

Rudolf Diesel

Steam Power Pioneers

Rudolf Erren

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Pioneers
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When was Henry J. Rogers born and when did he die?

Biographical sources on Henry J. Rogers, the Appleton industrialist behind the Vulcan Street Plant, document his business role and home in detail but no birth or death date has been found in the sources consulted this pass.

What would resolve this A primary genealogical record, such as an obituary, gravestone, census entry or probate record, naming his birth and death dates.
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