I don't know, but the point he makes about duplicity is valid regardless of whether his implication that the scientists at the universities that were the main opposition were anything other than YEC.
Bringing up the long history of creationists who were pioneers in science also puts down the oft repeated claim of evolutionists that creationists are bad for science and will lead us into the dark ages.
You could add Newton to that list. Unfortunately, my science education is not extensive enough to come up with a lot more names at the moment, but I'm sure the list is long!