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John Stuart Mill
Mill published A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive in 1843. This added to the philosophy of science by developing his empiricist and inductive approach to scientific inquiry.
The following link does not go into his work on scientific philosophy, but does show how influential he was overall in his lifetime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7LTNIhxmjg -
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John Tyndall
John Tyndall's contribution to the philosophy of science came through several pieces of work including: Fragments of Science (1871-1894), Scientific Use of the Imagination (1870), and Belfast Address (1874). These and other publishing's helped contribute to the philosophy of science by advocating for methodological naturalism. He also had a hand in popularizing science and making it more available to the public. -
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Pierre Duhem
One of Pierre Duhem's greatest contributions to the philosophy of science comes from Duhem's Thesis (or Duhem-Quine thesis). This eventually led to the concept of "underdetermination," which suggests that empirical evidence alone cannot uniquely determine which theory is correct.
The following link goes over Pierre Duhem & Thomas Kuhn's contribution to the philosophy of science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXhVRKh-LLA -
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Karl Popper
Karl Popper made several contributions to the philosophy of science. One of his most significant contributions is the idea of "falsificationism". This states that scientific theories should be open to potential falsification through empirical testing.
The following link covers falsificationism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-sGqBsWv4