Famous People with Name Solomon

Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf: was a Russian chess master.He shared 3rd in the 1922 Leningrad City Chess Championship (Grigory Levenfish won),[1] took 6th in Leningrad City-ch in 1924, won twice at Leningrad 1925, shared 6th at Leningrad 1925 (the 4th USSR Chess Championship, Efim Bogoljubow won),[2] took 3rd at Leningrad 1925 (Peter Romanovsky and Bogoljubov won),[3] and tied for 18-19th in the Moscow 1925 chess tournament (Bogoljubow won),

Solomon H. Snyder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Solomon H. Snyder: an American neuroscientist.Snyder graduated from Georgetown University in 1958 and Georgetown Medical School in 1962. At a very early age he published his research on ornithine decarboxylase and RNA synthesis which opened up countless vistas in the neurosciences. After a two-year fellowship at the NIH, Snyder moved to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to complete his residency in psychiatry.He studied under Julius Axelrod and in 1973, in close collaboration with Candace Pert, discovered the opioid receptor and later endorphins. For this work he was awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1978. He also received the AMA Scientific Achievement Award in 1985, the National Medal of Science in 2003 and the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2007).

Solomon E. Asch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Solomon E. Asch: was a world-renowned American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He was born in Warsaw which then belonged to the Russian Empire, and emigrated to the United States in 1920. He received his bachelor's degree from the College of the City of New York in 1928. At Columbia University, he received his master's degree in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1932. He was a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College for 19 years, working with psychologists including Wolfgang Köhler.He became famous in the 1950s, following experiments which showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect.

Solomon Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Solomon Willard: was a carver and builder in Massachusetts who is remembered primarily for designing and overseeing the Bunker Hill Monument, the first monumental obelisk erected in the United States.

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike: was the fourth Prime Minister (1956-1959) of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka).He entered politics in 1926 as a member of the United National Party when he was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council. As a young lawyer he became active in the United National Part

Robert John Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Robert John Solomon: is a retired Australian politician. Born in Condobolin, New South Wales, he was educated at Barker College, the University of Sydney and Oxford University before receiving a PhD from the University of Tasmania. He was Senior Lecturer in Geography at the U

Albert Edgar Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Albert Edgar Solomon: was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Tasmania from 14 June 1912 to 6 April 1914. He was admitted to the bar in February 1898. He entered politics as one of the six MHAs for Bass in April 1909, and almost immediately became attorney-general and

Elias Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Elias Solomon: was an Australian politician. Born in London, England, he migrated to Australia as a child. He had no formal education, but in 1868 became a clerk and auctioneer in Fremantle in Western Australia. In 1877 he was elected to the Fremantle City Council. In 1

Judah Moss Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Judah Moss Solomon: was the Mayor of Adelaide from 1869 to 1871.

Vaiben Louis Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Vaiben Louis Solomon: was the 21st Premier of South Australia and a member of the first Australian Commonwealth parliament. Solomon was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly in April 1890 as an inaugural member for the Electoral district of Northern Territory (then