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Is a German philosopher and sociologist. Schmidt studied at first history and English and classical

Is a German philosopher and sociologist. Schmidt studied at first history and English and classical philology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and later philosophy and sociology.

Was a French astronomer. Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Roy

Was a French astronomer. Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.

Was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.Ne

Was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.New York, and studied at Amherst College and Columbia University. Romer joined the department of geology and paleontology at the University of Chicago as an associate professor in 1923. He was an active researcher and teacher. His collecting program added important Paleozoic specimens to the Walker Museum of Paleontology. In 1934 he was appointed professor of biology at Harvard University. In 1946, he also became director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Was a Marxist economist and philosopher especially interested in epistemology. He also wrote about t

Was a Marxist economist and philosopher especially interested in epistemology. He also wrote about the relationship of German industry with national socialism. His family did not want him to become a painter too. Therefore he grew up with his uncle, the steel industrialist Ernst Poensgen. On Christmas 1915 he expressed a wish for a copy of Karl Marx Capital as a present. He received one and studied it intensively. Sohn-Rethel received his doctorate with the Austrian Marxist Emil Lederer in 1928. In his thesis he criticized the theory of marginal utility as a petitio principii because it implies the notion of number implicitly.

Is a former American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of Bobby Unser and father of Al U

Is a former American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of Bobby Unser and father of Al Unser, Jr.. He is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and is the only person to have both a sibling (Bobby) and child (Al Jr.) as fellow winners. Al's brother Jerry and nephews Johnny and Robby have also competed in the 500.

Was a French thinker noted for having been an influence on Nietzsche. . He was a student of Comte an

Was a French thinker noted for having been an influence on Nietzsche. . He was a student of Comte and Spencer. Although initially an adherent of positivism, he later became a committed realist.

Was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcoc

Was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath. His mother was a daughter of Christopher Puddicombe, the only son of a Devon squire.[Alcock studied at Mill Hill School, at Blackheath Proprietary School and at Westminster School. In 1876 his father faced financial losses and he was taken out of school and sent to India in the Wynaad district. Here he was taken care of by relatives engaged in coffee-planting. As a boy of 17 he spent time in the jungles of Malabar. Coffee-planting in the Wynaad declined and Alcock obtained a post a commission agent's office in Calcutta. This office closed soon and he worked from 1878-1880 in Purulia as an agent recruiting coolies for the Assam tea gardens. While here an acquaintance, Duncan Cameron, left him a Macmillan book by Michael Foster Physiology Primer.

Was a French theologian, church historian and bibliographer. He was a pioneer in the history and stu

Was a French theologian, church historian and bibliographer. He was a pioneer in the history and study of Seventh-day Adventism. Preaching his first sermon at age 14, Vaucher studied at a church in Paris. In 1903, he was engaged by the Adventist church, to which he devoted an active ministry of approximately eighty years.

Was a Portuguese romantic composer and painter.Son of Johann Christian Keil (son of Johann Georg Kei

Was a Portuguese romantic composer and painter.Son of Johann Christian Keil (son of Johann Georg Keil and wife Elisabeth ...) and wife (m. Lisbon, 30 August 1848) Maria Josefina Stellflug (daughter of Matias Stellflug and wife Barbara ...), he was of Germ

Was a Lithuanian linguist who contributed to the theory of semiotics, and also researched Lithuanian

Was a Lithuanian linguist who contributed to the theory of semiotics, and also researched Lithuanian mythology. While living in France his middle name in print was used in francophonic form Julien rather than Lithuanian Julius. Greimas studied law in Lith

Was an American philosopher, logician, and author.Alice Ambrose was born in Lexington, Illinois and

Was an American philosopher, logician, and author.Alice Ambrose was born in Lexington, Illinois and studied philosophy and mathematics at Millikin University. After completing her PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1932, she went to Cambridge U

Was an American classical scholar and archaeologist best known for laying the groundwork for the dec

Was an American classical scholar and archaeologist best known for laying the groundwork for the decipherment of Linear B.Starting in the early 1940s, Kober conducted her studies of Linear B while an assistant to Sir John Myers. At the time, it was agreed that the writing direction of Linear B was from left to right. Most of the known clay tablets were inventory data which contributed to the early decipherment of the counting system. The number of distinct characters that had been identified – 90 – indicated a syllabary writing system. Arthur Evans also suggested that the language used inflection. While some scholars suspected it might be related to Greek or a Cypriot language, most assumed Linear B was an unknown Cretan language.

Is an economist, a former U.S. Cabinet official, and an expert on the budget. She is currently on th

Is an economist, a former U.S. Cabinet official, and an expert on the budget. She is currently on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange.She was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1968 to 1969. In 1971 she authored Systematic Thinking for Social Action.

Was a French opisthobranch malacologist.She was the author of many new species, mostly described on

Was a French opisthobranch malacologist.She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals.She even described a new species (Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent, (1893) entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia".

Was a British palaeontologist, after whom the Alwalkeria genus of dinosaur is named.He was born in S

Was a British palaeontologist, after whom the Alwalkeria genus of dinosaur is named.He was born in Skirpenbeck, near York and attended Pocklington School from 1936 to 1943. He began a degree course in engineering at Cambridge, but dropped out in 1944. In 1948 he returned to university after national service, reading Geology at the University of Bristol. On graduation, he join the research group of Professor Stanley Westoll at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, working on the fossil reptiles of the Late Triassic found in Elgin.

Was an Oxford-educated marine biologist, expert on zooplankton and marine ecosystems. He founded the

Was an Oxford-educated marine biologist, expert on zooplankton and marine ecosystems. He founded the Religious Experience Research Centre in 1969, after retiring as a professor at Oxford.Hardy was the zoologist on the RRS Discovery voyage to explore the Antarctic between 1925 and 1927, as part of the Discovery Investigations. Through his studies of zooplankton and its relationship with predators, he became expert in marine mammals such as whales. Whilst on board the Discovery he designed and later built a mechanism called the Continuous Plankton Recorder or CPR. The CPR collects plankton samples and stores them on a moving band of silk, preserving them in formalin. His pioneering research into plankton distribution and abundance is continued by the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS).

Was an American statistician who contributed to statistical inference, foundations of statistics, st

Was an American statistician who contributed to statistical inference, foundations of statistics, statistical genetics, statistical psychology, and history of statistics.

Was a pioneer in the use of molecular approaches to understand evolutionary change and reconstruct p

Was a pioneer in the use of molecular approaches to understand evolutionary change and reconstruct phylogenies. One of the great innovators of science, he revolutionised the study of human evolution. He was one of the most controversial figures in post-war biology; his work attracted a great deal of attention both from within and outside the academic world. He is the only New Zealander to win the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and was short listed for the Nobel Prize when he died[1] at the age of 56. Allan Wilson's scientific achievements were nothing short of profoundly significant.

Was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect

Was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.Cunningham traveled as the ship's botanist aboard HMS Mermaid under Phillip Parker King from 1817 to 1820. The Mermaid, was of only 85 tons, but sailing on 22 December 1817 they reached King George's Sound on 21 January 1818. Though their stay was short many interesting specimens were found, but the islands on the west coast were comparatively barren. Towards the end of March the Goulburn Islands on the north coast were reached, and there many new plants were discovered. They reached Timor on 4 June 1818 and turning for home arrived at Port Jackson on 29 July 1818. Cunningham's collections during this voyage included about 300 species.

He is known today as the systematizer of Spiritism for which he laid the foundation with the five bo

He is known today as the systematizer of Spiritism for which he laid the foundation with the five books of the Spiritist Codification. Rivail was a disciple and collaborator of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, and a teacher in courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, physiology, comparative anatomy and French in Paris.

An American microbiologist and geneticist whose pioneering work on phage lambda has helped advance m

An American microbiologist and geneticist whose pioneering work on phage lambda has helped advance molecular biology in the late 20th century.Dr. Campbell has been a professor of biological sciences at Stanford University since 1968, and he was appointed to the Barbara Kimball Browning endowed chair in 1992. Campbell earned his bachelor's degree at the University of California-Berkeley and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Was a civil servant in British governed India, and a political reformer. With Sir William Wedderburn

Was a civil servant in British governed India, and a political reformer. With Sir William Wedderburn, he founded the Indian National Congress, a political party that was to later lead the Indian independence movement. An ornithologist of repute, he has been called the "Father of Indian Ornithology" (and, by those who found him to be dogmatic, "the Pope of Indian ornithology."[1]).

Is a Zimbabwean biologist, farmer, soldier, exile, environmentalist and winner of the Banksia Intern

Is a Zimbabwean biologist, farmer, soldier, exile, environmentalist and winner of the Banksia International Award 2003[1].He is the originator of the Holistic Management concept.

An American astronomer.Allan R. Sandage is a famous scientist, most notably during the 1960s. Sandag

An American astronomer.Allan R. Sandage is a famous scientist, most notably during the 1960s. Sandage graduated from the University of Illinois in 1948. By 1953 he earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. Sandage was a student of the famed cosmologist Edwin Hubble, and effectively continued Hubble's research program from the first part of the 20th century into the second half. Throughout the 1950s and well into the 1970s Sandage was regarded as the pre-eminent observational cosmologist. Sandage has made seminal contributions to all aspects of the cosmological distance scale from local calibrators within the galaxy to cosmologically distant galaxies.

Was an internationally-known American geographer and professor at the University of California at Be

Was an internationally-known American geographer and professor at the University of California at Berkeley [1] He wrote over 20 books and monographs, translated into seven languages, and over 70 articles and book chapters.Pred was born in the Bronx, New York City, in 1936, He enrolled at Antioch College in 1953, at age 16, and graduated first in his class in 1957. He received his Ph.D. in 1962 from the University of Chicago, and then became an Assistant Professor at Berkeley, and was appointed full professor in 1971 at the age of 34. He served as the chair of the UC Berkeley Department of Geography between 1979 and 1988, and was made a Professor of the Graduate School in 2005, the most senior Berkeley position.