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| Aaron’s rod | Aaron, brother of Moses |
| abelia | Clark Abel (1780-1826), British botanist |
| adamsite | Roger Adams (1889-1971), American chemist |
| Addison’s Disease | Thomas Addison (1795-1860), English physician |
| Albright’s Syndrome | Fuller Albright (1900-69), American physician |
| aldrin | Kurt Alder (1902-58), American chemist |
| alexandrine | Alexander the Great (356-323BC) |
| alexandrite | Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) |
| algorithm | al-Khowarizmi (c.800-850), Arab mathematician |
| Alport’s Syndrome | Arthur Cecil Alport (1880-1959), South African physician |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German neuropathologist and psychiatrist |
| America | Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian explorer |
| Amish | Jakob Ammam, 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop |
| ammonia | Ammon, Egyptian god |
| ampere | André Marié Ampére (1775-1836), French phyicist |
| Anderson shelter | John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), British politician |
| ångström | Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-74), Swedish physicist and astronomer |
| aphrodisiac | Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and beauty |
| apple charlotte | Princess Charlotte (1796-1817), daughter of King George IV of England |
| Appleton layer | Sir Edward Appleton ( 1892-1963), British physicist |
| arachnid | Arachne, girl in Greek mythology turned into a spider by Athena |
| Archimedes’ screw | Archimedes (c.287-c.212BC), Greek mathematician and scientist |
| Argyll-Robertson pupil | Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson (1837-1909), Scottish ophthalmologist |
| asphalt | Leopold von Asphalt (1802-80), Bavarian landowner |
| atlas | Atlas, Titan in Greek mythology |
| aubrietia | Claude Aubnet (1665-1742), French painter |
| August | Augustus Caesar (63 BC – AD 14), Roman emperor |
| axel | Axel Paulsen (1856-1938), Norwegian figure skater |