Medical Practitioner Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control. She was director of

Was an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control. She was director of King Edward Memorial Hospital in Pune, and started programmes of community health workers in rural areas of Maharashtra, the third largest state in India. She became an advisor to the union government and an internationally recognised expert.

Was a Bohemian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician.Carl von Rokitans

Was a Bohemian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician.Carl von Rokitansky was born in Hradec Králové, Bohemia. He studied in Prague (1821-1824) and attained a doctorate in medicine on 6 March 1828 at the University of Vienna. As a young professor, he recognized that the still little noted discipline of pathological anatomy could be of great service to clinical work in the hospital, because it could offer new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities to the bed-side physician. With this, after Gerard van Swieten, who was the founder of the first Vienna School, Rokitansky released a veritable scientific "revolution".

Is an Australian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinica

Is an Australian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia

Australian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Micr

Australian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia.

Is an American pediatrician and geneticist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Wil

Is an American pediatrician and geneticist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Williams College in 1938. In 1942, he received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Following military service in World War II, he returned to Johns Hopkin

A string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, born in Lima, Perú. H

A string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, born in Lima, Perú. His undergraduate work was in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria in Peru, from which he graduated in 1977.His graduate work was in Physics, at the California Institute of Technology. Zwiebach obtained his Ph.D. in 1983, working under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and at MIT, where he became an Assistant Professor of Physics in 1987, and a permanent member of the faculty in 1994.

Was a Turkish physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami's Center for Theoretical

Was a Turkish physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami's Center for Theoretical Studies. He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and global issues. Moreover, he participated in the discovery of two different types of neutrinos in late 1950s. During his University of Miami career, he hosted several Nobel Prize laureates, including Paul Dirac, Lars Onsager and Robert Hofstadter. He wrote several books on diverse aspects of physics, the most notable of which is Modern Quantum Theory (1962).

Was a Polish naturalist and physician.He studied at Minsk high school, and later medicine at Tartu (

Was a Polish naturalist and physician.He studied at Minsk high school, and later medicine at Tartu (earlier Dorpat) University (Estonia). He later studied in Breslau University and went on expeditions to seek and study the oceanic fishes and crustaceans. He became a Professor of Zoology at the Warsaw main school.He started studying the natural history of Siberia and in 1866 a governor Muraviov dismissed Dybowski from the hard labour (katorga), renewed his civil rights and proposed him to work as a doctor in hospital.

Swedish biochemist.He was born in Halmstad in southwest Sweden and studied at Stockholm University,

Swedish biochemist.He was born in Halmstad in southwest Sweden and studied at Stockholm University, where he became a professor in 1967.

Was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the bigges

Was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Its revolutionary message to mothers was that "you know more than you think you do." Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics. His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals, whereas the previous conventional wisdom had been that child rearing should focus on building discipline, and that, e.g., babies should not be "spoiled" by picking them up when they cried.

Is a noted African American neurosurgeon. He became the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns

Is a noted African American neurosurgeon. He became the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital when he was 33 years old, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008.

Was a Korean-American theoretical physicist. His work in theorical particle physics exerted great in

Was a Korean-American theoretical physicist. His work in theorical particle physics exerted great influence on the development of the standard model in the late 20th century especially on the renormalization and the charm quark.Benjamin W. Lee was born in Seoul, Korea. Before finishing highschool he entered the department of Chemical Engineering at Seoul National University, at the top of his class. During his college days he transferred to United States and graduated from Miami University. And he received a master degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 25. Lee worked at Institute for Advanced Study and was a professor of physics at University of Pennsylvania, SUNY at Stony Brook,

Is a professor in theoretical physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. H

Is a professor in theoretical physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. He is known for his part in the Nakanishi-Lautrup formalism, a concept in quantum field theory. He has during his career worked at Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Denmark), Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), CERN (Switzerland), og Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (France). He has published the books Neural Networks — Computers with Intuition[1] with Søren Brunak (original in Danish[2] and also translated into German[3]), and Physics of Continuous Matter: Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the macroscopic World in 2005.[4] He also writes popular articles about physics and participates in the public debate in Denmark (list of articles).

Carried out research on quantum theory, particularly in its early days. She was associated with Girt

Carried out research on quantum theory, particularly in its early days. She was associated with Girton College, University of Cambridge, as student and Fellow, for over 70 years.Bertha Swirles was born in Northampton in 1903, attended Northampton School for Girls and then went up to Girton College, in 1921, to read Mathematics, graduating with first class Honours. She became a research student of Ralph Fowler, one of a distinguished company of his students that included Paul Dirac and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. She married Harold Jeffreys in 1940, and became Lady Jeffreys upon his knighthood in 1953.

Was a Nobel prize-winning Canadian physicist.Brockhouse was born in Lethbridge Alberta, and was a gr

Was a Nobel prize-winning Canadian physicist.Brockhouse was born in Lethbridge Alberta, and was a graduate of the University of British Columbia (BA, 1947) and the University of Toronto (MA, 1948; Ph.D, 1950). From 1950 to 1962 he carried out research at Atomic Energy of Canada's Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory.

Sanskrit scholar and antiquary, was born in 1822 at the village of Mandrem, in Goa.Dr. Bhau's career

Sanskrit scholar and antiquary, was born in 1822 at the village of Mandrem, in Goa.Dr. Bhau's career is a striking instance of great results arising from small accidents. An Englishman noticing his cleverness at chess induced his father to give the boy an English education.Bhau moved to Bombay and studied at the Elphinstone Institution. About this time he gained a prize for an essay on infanticide, and was appointed a teacher in the Elphinstone Institution. He then studied at the Grant Medical College, and was one of the first batch who graduated there in 1850.

An Indian gynecologist. In recognition of his contributions to medicine, Palaniappan received the Pa

An Indian gynecologist. In recognition of his contributions to medicine, Palaniappan received the Padma Shri award from the President of India, Abdul Kalam, on March 29, 2006.Palaniappan was born on November 5, 1930 at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu to Shri. Bhuvaraghan and Smt. Gnanambal. He studied at Stanley Medical College, Chennai and did his post graduate work at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Chennai.

Was a Polish poet, fabulist, translator and physician. He was one of the first Polish-language write

Was a Polish poet, fabulist, translator and physician. He was one of the first Polish-language writers known by name, and the most interesting of the earliest ones. He expressed plebeian, Renaissance and religiously liberal opinions.[1]Biernat wrote the first book printed in the Polish language: printed in 1513, in Kraków at Poland's first printing establishment, operated by Florian Ungler—a prayer-book, Raj duszny (Hortulus Animae, Eden of the Soul).

Was a Maithili littérateur by soul, medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career. H

Was a Maithili littérateur by soul, medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career. He is most noted for his pioneering work on Panjis, which are ancient genealogical charts, Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan. He is also known for his depiction of rural poor of the Mithila region in his writings. During his lifetime, he worked as a medical officer in the Indian Army, as a lecturer in a Dental College, and as a Private Medical practitioner. He simultaneously carried on his literary works by independent publishing and in various magazines viz. Mithila Mihir and Karnamrit. He had command over a number of languages including Urdu, Sanskrit, Oriya, Assamese and Bengali and scripts of various Indian languages viz. old Maithili, Assamese, Gurmukhi, Oriya and Nepali.

Is a Danish physicist who has made significant contributions to particle physics and photonics.Bjarn

Is a Danish physicist who has made significant contributions to particle physics and photonics.Bjarne Tromborg was born in 1940 in Give, Denmark. He received the M.Sc. degree in physics and mathematics from the Niels Bohr Institute, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1968. He was a university researcher studying high-energy particle physics from 1968 to 1978. He joined the research laboratory of the Danish Teleadministrations, Copenhägen, Denmark, in 1979.

Was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut and the first physician in space. Yegorov came from a medical backgrou

Was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut and the first physician in space. Yegorov came from a medical background, with his father a prominent heart surgeon, and his mother an ophthalmologist.

Was a Russian (Soviet) physical chemist and radiochemist, Academician of the Soviet Academy of Scien

Was a Russian (Soviet) physical chemist and radiochemist, Academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and professor of Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad) State University. Made an important contribution to study of ion exchange between aqua solutions an

Is a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He

Is a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut and flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-106 as a mission specialist.

Was an American military officer, professor, school administrator, and physicist.After Bartlett retu

Was an American military officer, professor, school administrator, and physicist.After Bartlett returned from Europe, he began a teaching career in physics at Bowdoin College as Professor of Physics. When World War II started, he was called up as a Colonel and assigned to the United States Military Academy. The head of the Physics Department there, Gerald Counts, was reassigned to Europe, and Bartlett stepped in as acting head of the Department. When Counts returned after the war, Bartlett served as deputy head of the Department, later, through a number of reorganizations and departmental name changes, he became head of the Department of Electricity, predecessor to the Department of Electrical Engineering. He retained this position until his retirement and promotion to Brigadier General in 1958.[3] [6]

An accomplished Slovenian chemist, specializing in organic chemistry, and member of SAZU.

An accomplished Slovenian chemist, specializing in organic chemistry, and member of SAZU.