Famous People with Name Albert

Albert Edward Whitford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Edward Whitford: was an American astronomer.He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as the director of Washburn Observatory from 1948 to 1958. From 1958 to 1968 he was the director of Lick Observatory. Later he served on the faculties of both the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Whitford was a pioneer in the field of photoelectric photometry, greatly improving sensitivity. The Whitford reddening curve, quantifying the interstellar absorption of light, was important in the mapping of the distribution of stars in the Milky Way. He also studied the stars in galactic nuclear bulges.

Albert Francis Blakeslee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Francis Blakeslee: was an American botanist. He is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi.He was a leading figure in the genetics world in the decades before and after World War I. He worked with various plant and animal species, but finally decided on Datura. To farmers it was a stinking, noxious weed. In fact some people were seriously poisoned when they ate tomatoes grown from a scion that had been grafted onto a Jimson weed stock. But to Blakeslee Datura was “the very best plant with which to discover the principles of heredity.”[

Albert Julius Meyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Julius Meyer: was an American economist who taught at Harvard University for 28 years. Meyers specialized in the economies of the Middle East.In 1947 he received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. Among his seminal papers was "Entrepreneurship the missing link in the Arab states?"[1] In 1955, he started teaching at Harvard. While at Harvard he produced two major books:Myers was chief of mission for the Special U.S. Economic Mission to Saudi Arabia, June 13-30, 1962, that led to closer U.S. ties with the kingdom.

Albert Hazen Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Hazen Wright: was a professor at Cornell University and a herpetologist. He was also an honorary member of the "International Ornithological Congress." He did a great deal of study of the Okefenokee Swamp. In 1955 he won the Eminent Ecologist Award.[1]

Albert Sidney Pinkus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Sidney Pinkus: was an American chess master and author. In 1943 and 1944, he published an analysis of the Two Knights Defense in Chess Review.Pinkus won the Hallgarten Tournament in 1925, and the Junior Masters' Tournament in 1927. In both events he out-pointed Isaac Ka

Abraham Adrian Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abraham Adrian Albert: was a mathematician of Russian ancestry. A first generation American, he was born in Chicago and most associated with that city. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1926, Masters in 1927, and PhD in 1928, at the age of 22. All degrees were obtained fro

Heather Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Heather Albert: is an American professional bicycle racer. She is also the author of a book titled "The Genisoy Diet".Albert broke her right clavicle and dislocated her thumb in March 2004, when she was brought down in an incident involving Rebecca Quinn during a track r

Martine Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martine Albert: is a Canadian biathlete. Albert began competing in the biathlon in 1993, and had her most successful World Cup seasons in the late 90s, including her highest career finishes in World Cup events; 13th in races in Oslo and Pokljuka. She participated in eigh

Marc Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marc Albert: is a former Canadian Olympic volleyball player. Albert led his Polyvalent Louis-Mailloux to New Brunswick provincial high school volleyball championships in 1978 and '79. While attending the Universit? de Moncton he was named to the Canadian junior nation

Carl Bert Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carl Bert Albert: was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma. Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma (Congressional District 3) as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He is best known for his service as Speaker of the United Sta