Medical Practitioner Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a professor of oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–

Is a professor of oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School.In 1939 Szybalski graduated from the famous Gymnasium no. 8 in Lwów. After World War II broke out, from 23 September 1939, Lwów was occupied by the Soviet Union. Szybalski joined the Chemistry Department at the Lwów Polytechnic, where he was entranced by the lectures of Professor Adolf Joszt, a leading expert on processes of fermentation. Joszt even then held a vision of developing science in the direction of genetic engineering and biotechnology, which had a direct influence on Szybalski's future scientific development.

Was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the i

Was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of Nylon.[1]Carothers was a group leader in DuPont’s Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer research was done.[2] Carothers was a brilliant organic chemist who, in addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the groundwork for Neoprene. After receiving his Ph.D, he taught at several universities before he was hired by the DuPont Company to work on fundamental research.He married the former Helen Sweetman on February 21, 1936. Wallace Carothers had been troubled by periods of mental depression since his youth

Was a theoretical physicist who independently discovered the Franz-Keldysh effect.Franz was a studen

Was a theoretical physicist who independently discovered the Franz-Keldysh effect.Franz was a student of Arnold Sommerfeld at the University of Munich. He was granted his Ph.D. in 1934.[1] [2] In the preface to the book Optik, Sommerfeld cited him for “the most recent and particularly lucid treatment” of the vectorial generalization of Hauygens’ principle.[3]With Adolf Kratzer, another student of Sommerfeld, Franz co-authored the book Transzendente Funktionen. An academic descendent of Franz, Ludwig Tewordt, is cited as having received his Ph.D. at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, in 1953.[4] The article in which Franz independently published the Franz-Keldysh effect was published in 1958.

Was a German physicist who made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. H

Was a German physicist who made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He brought chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.At Bristol, Heitler was a Research Fellow of the Academic Assistance Council, in the H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory. At Bristol, among other things, he worked on quantum field theory and quantum electrodynamics on his own, as well as in collaboration with other scientific refugees from Hitler, such as Hans Bethe and Herbert Fröhlich, who also left Germany in 1933.[19]

Was a German physicist who invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915 and the tetrode in 1919 whil

Was a German physicist who invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915 and the tetrode in 1919 while working at Siemens. In 1938, Schottky formulated a theory predicting the Schottky effect, now used in Schottky diodes.His postdoctaral period was spent at University of Jena (1912-14). He then lectured at the University of Würzburg (1919-23). He became Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Rostock (1923-27). For two periods he worked at the Siemens Research laboratories (1914-19, 1927-58).

Was an American geneticist and physician whose most significant contribution to present-day biology

Was an American geneticist and physician whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms. This is now known as the B

Was a Swiss theoretical physicist.His father, Rafael Ritz, a native of Valais, was a well-known land

Was a Swiss theoretical physicist.His father, Rafael Ritz, a native of Valais, was a well-known landscape and interior scenes artist. His mother was the daughter of the engineer Noerdlinger of Tübingen. Ritz studied in Zurich and Göttingen. He is most famous for his work with Johannes Rydberg on the Rydberg-Ritz formula. Ritz is also known for the variational method named after him, the Ritz method. Ritz died in 1909, at the age of 31. According to Forman's Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Ritz contracted tuberculosis in 1900, which led to his death in 1909. According to Ritz's collected works (Œuvres) the disease was pleurisy.

Was a daughter of Józef Pilsudski, and a psychiatrist by profession.In September 1939, together wit

Was a daughter of Józef Pilsudski, and a psychiatrist by profession.In September 1939, together with her mother and younger sister Jadwiga Pilsudska, Wanda was evacuated by special airplane via Sweden to England. She studied medicine in Edinburgh, then practiced psychiatry at a Polish hospital outside London. She also worked with the Józef Pilsudski Institute in London.

Physician from Germany. He is credited with the first catheterization of a human heart. In 1929, whi

Physician from Germany. He is credited with the first catheterization of a human heart. In 1929, while working in Eberswalde, he made an incision into his arm and fed a urinary catheter into the right atrium of his own heart.

Was a German theoretical physicist, best known for enunciating the uncertainty principle of quantum

Was a German theoretical physicist, best known for enunciating the uncertainty principle of quantum theory. He made important contributions to quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, quantum field theory, and particle physics.After Hitler came to power in 1933, Heisenberg was attacked in the press by elements of the deutsche Physik movement, and he came under investigation by the SS. This was embroiled with the attempt to appoint Heisenberg as successor to Arnold Sommerfeld at the University of Munich; it became known as the Heisenberg Affair. The issue was resolved by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, in 1938. While Heisenberg was not selected as Sommerfeld's successor,

Was an American chemist and is best known for his creation of "The Scoville Organoleptic Test", now

Was an American chemist and is best known for his creation of "The Scoville Organoleptic Test", now standardized as the Scoville scale. He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure piquancy, or "hotness", of various chile peppers.In 1922, Scoville won the Ebert prize from the American Pharmaceutical Association and in 1929 he received the Remington Honor Medal. Scoville also received an honorary Doctor of Science from Columbia University.Scoville wrote The Art of Compounding, which was first published in 1895 and has gone through at least 8 editions. The book was used as a pharmacological reference up until the 1960s. Scoville also wrote Extract and Perfumes, which contained hundreds of formulations.

Was an American born Canadian neurosurgeon.He was born in Spokane, Washington, and studied at Prince

Was an American born Canadian neurosurgeon.He was born in Spokane, Washington, and studied at Princeton University before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he studied neuropathology under Sir Charles Scott Sherrington. He obtained h

Was a German physicist.In 1831, on the recommendation of Carl Friedrich Gauss, he was called to Göt

Was a German physicist.In 1831, on the recommendation of Carl Friedrich Gauss, he was called to Göttingen as professor of physics, although but twenty-seven years of age. His lectures were interesting, instructive, and suggestive. Weber thought that, in order to thoroughly understand physics and apply it to daily life, mere lectures, though illustrated by experiments, were insufficient, and he encouraged his students to experiment themselves, free of charge, in the college laboratory. As a student of twenty years he, with his brother, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Professor of Anatomy at Leipzig,

Was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.Reich was a respected analyst for much of hi

Was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.Reich was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure, rather than on individual neurotic symptoms.[1] He promoted adolescent sexuality, the availability of contraceptives and abortion, and the importance for women of economic independence. Synthesizing material from psychoanalysis, cultural anthropology, economics, sociology, and ethics, his work influenced writers such as Alexander Lowen, Fritz Perls, Paul Goodman, Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, A. S. Neill, and William Burroughs.[2]

Was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium.

Was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium.

Was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, he studied law in Leiden, and w

Was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, he studied law in Leiden, and wrote a thesis on suicide. He was praised by one of the Bernoulli brothers (?), when he published his book Essai de perspective. In 1715 he visited London and King George I. He became a member of the Royal Society. In 1717 he became professor in physics and astronomy in Leiden, and introduced the works of his friend Newton in the Netherlands. He opposed against fatalists like Hobbes and Spinoza. In 1724 Peter the Great offered him a job in Saint Petersburg, but Willem Jacob did not accept.

Is a Dutch scientist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of Twente and Groupleader at the

Is a Dutch scientist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of Twente and Groupleader at the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics "AMOLF" In 2004, with his group members, Peter Lodahl et al. they succeeded in controlling the pace of light emission, varying from a light drizzle to a rainstorm. In the process, the team has verified a 17-year old prediction of American physicist Eli Yablonovitch that ignited a worldwide rush to build tiny "chips" that control light beams. The achievement of Dr. Lodahl and a team of physicists and chemists was reported on in Nature (430). Researchers say it has many potential uses

Was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1

Was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 - 1644, sponsored by Earl Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and the Dutch West India Company. Piso became one of the founders of Tropical medicine.

Was a Dutch doctor and botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company. He wrote the first Europea

Was a Dutch doctor and botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company. He wrote the first European account of acupuncture, De Acupunctura, and the first detailed study of tea.

Was a Dutch paediatrician who was the first to develop the gluten-free diet and to show that in coel

Was a Dutch paediatrician who was the first to develop the gluten-free diet and to show that in coeliac disease some types of flour cause relapse.[1]From 1922 until 1929 Willem Dicke studied medicine in Leiden, then specialized in paediatry in Juliana Children's Hospital in Hague from 1929 until 1933. In 1936, being just 31 years old, he became the medical director of the hospital. In the 1940s and 1950s he went on to develop the gluten-free diet, changing the way of treatment and destinies of children sick with coeliac disease. In 1957 he was appointed a professor of Utrecht University and became a medical director of Wilhelmina Children's Hospital.

Was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976,

Was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, quick-set Jell-O, Cool Whip, powdered egg whites. During his career he received over 70 patents.He was born in Raymond, Minnesota. After joining General Foods, his first major success came with a tapioca substitute he helped develop during World War II, in response to the disruption of cassava supplies. Although Pop Rocks didn't hit the market until 1975, he received patent 3,012,893 for its manufacturing process in 1961. William A. Mitchell has a daughter- Dr. Cheryl R. Mitchell who also holds many food patents.

Was a Russian-American artist known for his paintings, etchings and caricatures.Auerbach-Levy author

Was a Russian-American artist known for his paintings, etchings and caricatures.Auerbach-Levy authored several books on the art of caricature, and his work in that vein, often featuring celebrities and theatrical personalities as his subjects, appeared in

Was a British physician and medical statistician.In 1842, he was appointed professor of forensic med

Was a British physician and medical statistician.In 1842, he was appointed professor of forensic medicine at King's College London and assistant physician at King's College Hospital, 1842; he was dean of the faculty of medicine, 1846-58. He also served as

Was an American physician, Harvard professor, and pioneer in the treatment and rehabilitation of cer

Was an American physician, Harvard professor, and pioneer in the treatment and rehabilitation of cerebral palsy.Berenberg was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts to immigrant parents. Growing up in Chelsea, Massachusetts, he proved a bright and studious young man and earned admission to Harvard University on scholarship. However, his father was reportedly too proud to allow his son to take the "hand-out" and Berenberg worked his own way through the Ivy League institution, commuting from home and cleaning dishes for extra income.

Is a former NASA Astronaut. Thornton was born in Faison, North Carolina, and is married with two son

Is a former NASA Astronaut. Thornton was born in Faison, North Carolina, and is married with two sons to the former Elizabeth Jennifer Fowler of Hertfordshire, England.