Medical Practitioner Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is one of the most celebrated urologists in the Caribbean and Latin America. Based in Trinidad and T

Is one of the most celebrated urologists in the Caribbean and Latin America. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Sawh introduced kidney transplantation and button-hole Surgery to the Caribbean in 1988 and since then, he has continued to be a pioneer in the

Was a French physician. Colot specialized in the treatment of kidney stones, using secret techniques

Was a French physician. Colot specialized in the treatment of kidney stones, using secret techniques he inherited from his father Germain. Laurent was named lithotomist of the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris and, in 1556, was named Operator of Stones for Henri II, although Ambroise Paré was the king's general surgeon.

Was a French physician. He travelled to Montpellier at the age of 21 to study medicine, and became a

Was a French physician. He travelled to Montpellier at the age of 21 to study medicine, and became a student of Guillaume Rondelet, the chancellor of the Medical Faculty at the University of Montpellier. Soon after Rondelet's death in 1556, Joubert succeeded him as chancellor. He was later summoned by Catherine de' Medici, the queen consort of France, to be her personal physician. Joubert went on to become one of the physicians to Henry III of France. Joubert was married to Louise Guichard, the sister of the doctor to the King of Navarre.[1]

An Estonian-born chemist who has made noteworthy contributions to organometallic chemistry.Vaska was

An Estonian-born chemist who has made noteworthy contributions to organometallic chemistry.Vaska was educated at the Baltic University in Hamburg, Germany (1946) and subsequently at the Universität Göttingen (1946-1949) where he received his vordiplom (equivalent to the American B.S. degree). He pursued his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Texas (1952-1956). He was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University (1956-1957) where he conducted research on magnetochemistry. In 1957 he took a position as Fellow at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh where he remained until 1964. During that time, the Mellon Institute housed a number of future chemical luminaries, include Paul Lauterbur and R. Bruce King. Vaska moved as an associate professor to Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York where, since 1990, he remains Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. His brother Vootele Vaska is a philosopher.

Was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Brock was a member of the Nebraska Highway Advisory Commission

Was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Brock was a member of the Nebraska Highway Advisory Commission and then a delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention He was the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party from 1954 to 1956. In 1958 he was elected to the Eighty-sixth United States Congress serving from January 3, 1959 to January 3, 1961, and failed in his bid to be reelected in 1960. He was then appointed in February 1961 as the administrator of the Farmers Home Administration in Washington, D.C.. He died in Zion, Illinois and was buried in the Wakefield Cemetery in Wakefield, Nebraska.

Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department, and Di

Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department, and Director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Physics of Star Trek.Krauss was born in New York City and shortly afterward moved to Toronto, spending his childhood in Canada. He received undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Carleton University, and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. He became an assistant professor at Yale University in 1985. He was named the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy, and was Chairman of the Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University from 1993 to 2005. In August 2008 he joined the faculty at Arizona State University as professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Department of Physics, and Director of the University's Origins Initiative.

Was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin.In 1887, he was the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine

Was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin.In 1887, he was the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine at the University of Berlin.

Is a retired New Zealand doctor and now a professional poker player, based in Nelson. He was born in

Is a retired New Zealand doctor and now a professional poker player, based in Nelson. He was born in the United States.Nelson is a regular on the Australasian poker tournament circuit, having won two events at the 2005 Crown Australian Poker Championship.

Is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who succeeded in slowing a beam of

Is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to momentarily stop a beam. She was able to achieve this by using a superfluid.In 1989, Hau accepted a two-year appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She received her degree from the University of Aarhus in Denmark in 1991. Her formalized training is in theoretical physics but her interest moved to experimental research in an effort to create a new form of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate. In 1991 she joined the Rowland Institute for Science at Cambridge as a scientific staff member. Since 1999 she has held the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics at Harvard. She now is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard.

Was a German physicist. He was born in Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland as the son of the historian Heinric

Was a German physicist. He was born in Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland as the son of the historian Heinrich Graetz.Graetz was one of the first to investigate the propagation of electromagnetic energy. The Graetz number (Gz), a dimensionless number describing heat flow, is named after him, as is the diode bridge rectifier circuit he invented.

Was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensi

Was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic[1In 1899 Baekeland honeymooned in New York, where he met Richard Anthony, of the E. and H.T. Anthony photographic company. Baekeland had already invented a process to develop photographic plates using water instead of chemicals, and was interested in moving to America; Anthony saw potential in the young chemist and offered him a job.[4]Baekeland worked for the Anthony company for two years, and in 1891 set up in business for himself as a consulting chemist. However, a spell of illness and disappearing funds made him rethink his actions and he decided to return to his old interest of producing a photographic paper that would allow good pictures to be taken in artificial light.

Was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician known for his work related to autism.Kanner was

Was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician known for his work related to autism.Kanner was born in Klekotow, Austria. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1913, his studies broken by service with the Austrian Army in World War I, finally r

Was a French physician, born in Saint-Avit-Sénieur. Son of don Juan Testut and María Deynat. He st

Was a French physician, born in Saint-Avit-Sénieur. Son of don Juan Testut and María Deynat. He studied medicine in Burdeos having been interrupted because of war in 1870. After the war he was reincorporated in 1878 to the School of Medicine of Burdeos, having completed his studies with a thesis for which he obtained medals from several Universities of France. He was named Chief of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of Burdeos and continued investigations in anthropology in other universities.

Is an American physicist.Cooper graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1947 and received

Is an American physicist.Cooper graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1947 and received a B.A. in 1951, M.A. in 1953, and Ph.D. in 1954 from Columbia University. He spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study and taught at the University of Illinois and Ohio State University before coming to Brown University in 1958. He is the Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science at Brown, and Director of the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems.

Is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian Da

Is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling. He is known for his invention of the Esaki diode, which exploited that phenomenon. This research was done when he was with Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (now known as Sony). He has also contributed as a pioneer of semiconductor superlattice while he was with IBM.

Was a Dutch physicist. He studied theoretical physics with Hendrik Antoon Lorentz at University of L

Was a Dutch physicist. He studied theoretical physics with Hendrik Antoon Lorentz at University of Leiden. He subsequently carried out Ph.D. research under the supervision of Lorentz, concerning an application of the statistical mechanics of Gibbs to molecular problems.[3] In 1914 he was appointed professor of physics, as successor of Peter Debye, at University of Utrecht. In 1922 he became director of Physical Laboratory (Fysisch Laboratorium) and extended his research interests to experimental subjects. His measurements concerning intensities of spectral lines brought Physical Laboratory in the international limelight. He is also remembered for the Ornstein-Zernike theory (named after Ornstein and Frederik Zernike) concerning correlation functions.[4] Together with Gilles Holst,

The Felix Bloch professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University in the field of string theor

The Felix Bloch professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University in the field of string theory and quantum field theory. Susskind is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory for his early contributions to the String Theory model of particle physics.[3] Susskind was an Assistant Professor of Physics, then an Associate Professor at the Yeshiva University (1966-1970), after which he went for a year at the University of Tel Aviv (1971-72), returning to Yeshiva to become a Professor of Physics (1970-1979). Since 1979, he has been Professor of Physics at Stanford University,[8] and since 2000, its Felix Bloch Professor of Physics.

Was a Russian/Soviet physicist of Jewish background. Mandelshtam was born in Mahilyow, Belarus.

Was a Russian/Soviet physicist of Jewish background. Mandelshtam was born in Mahilyow, Belarus.

Was a Croatian scientist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received eight honoris cau

Was a Croatian scientist, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received eight honoris causa doctorates in in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.Ružicka's first works originated during that period in the field of chemistry of natural compounds. He remained in this field of research all his life. He investigated the ingredients of the Dalmatian insect powder (Pyrethrum cinereriifolium), a highly esteemed insecticide. In this way, he came into contact with the chemistry of terpene, a fragrant oil of vegetable origin, interesting to the perfume industry. He intended to start individual research and even started successful and productive cooperation with the Chuit & Naef Company (later known as Firmenich) in Geneva.

Was an Argentine theoretical physicist, specializing in the theory of condensed matter physics.Falic

Was an Argentine theoretical physicist, specializing in the theory of condensed matter physics.Falicov attended the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and then attended the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, where he got his undergraduate degree in chemistry in 1957. In 1958, he received his undergraduate degree in physics from the then-recently created Institute of Physics, later known as the Balseiro Institute. He completed a Ph.D. in Physics at Cambridge University in England in 1959 under Professor Volker Hein.[2] He then became a professor at the University of Chicago.

Was an Italian physicist who invented a number of instruments critical to investigating thermodynami

Was an Italian physicist who invented a number of instruments critical to investigating thermodynamics and electrochemistry.He worked with Macedonio Melloni on the thermomultiplier, a combination of thermopile and galvanometer, before being appointed professor of physics at the Regal Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence where he worked with Vincenzo Antinori on electromagnetic induction.

Was a Soviet physicist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1953), member of the Presidiu

Was a Soviet physicist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1953), member of the Presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (since 1957), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1969).

An American research physicist from Russia who is internationally known for his pioneering work in t

An American research physicist from Russia who is internationally known for his pioneering work in the field of superconductivity. He is a Professor of Physics at Florida State University and is a Program Director in Condensed Matter at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Science and is also the recipient of the 2004 Eugene Feenberg Award.

Was a Russian experimental physicist who worked in Russia, the Netherlands and Ukraine.Shubnikov was

Was a Russian experimental physicist who worked in Russia, the Netherlands and Ukraine.Shubnikov was born into the family of a Saint Petersburg accountant. After graduating from a gymnasium he entered Leningrad University. This was the first year of the Russian Civil War and he was the only student of that year attending the physics department. While yachting in the Gulf of Finland in 1921, he accidentally sailed from Saint Petersburg to Finland, was sent to Germany and could not return to Russia until 1922. He then continued his education in the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, graduating in 1926. During his university training he worked with Ivan Obreimov, developing a new method for growing monocrystals of metals.

Was a naturalized French physicist, of Russian-Polish descent. He was a lesser known, but important

Was a naturalized French physicist, of Russian-Polish descent. He was a lesser known, but important contributor to nuclear science.He joined Frédéric Joliot-Curie's group in 1934, where Hans von Halban came in 1937. They established in 1939 the possibility of nuclear chain reactions[1] and nuclear energy production. While doing their research, the events of World War II forced them to eventually move to England, bringing with them the world's entire stock of heavy water, given on loan by Norway to France so that it would not fall into German hands. They continued their research at the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge for the MAUD Committee, part of the wartime Tube Alloys project.