Henry Cavendish

A reclusive scientist who discovered many laws and facts before other scientists, but kept his findings secret.

“Because of his asocial and secretive behaviour, he often avoided publishing his work, and much of his findings were not even told to his fellow scientists. It wasn’t until the late nineteenth century, after his death, that James Clerk Maxwell looked through his papers. He found that credit to most of his discoveries had already been given to others. Examples of what was included in Cavendish’s discoveries or anticipations were Richter’s Law of Reciprocal Proportions, Ohm’s Law, Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures, principles of electrical conductivity and Charles’s Law of Gases.”

- Wikipedia.