Professional/specialist Famous Names

Was an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist.He joined the Nazi Party in 1933

Was an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist.He joined the Nazi Party in 1933 and had a shining career as a member of the 'Leipzig School' under Hans Freyer. He replaced Paul Tillich, who emigrated to the U.S., at the University of Frankfurt. In 1938 he accepted a teaching position at the University of Königsberg (today's Kaliningrad) and then taught at the University of Vienna in 1940 until he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1943. After his 'denazification' he taught at the administrative college in Speyer. He went on to teach at the Aachen University of Technology between 1962 and 1969. Gehlen became a sharp critic of the protest movements that developed in the late 1960s.

Swiss-American geologist and geographer, was born at Boudevilliers, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland.He

Swiss-American geologist and geographer, was born at Boudevilliers, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland.He studied at the college of Neuchâtel and in Berlin,Germany, where he began a lifelong friendship with Louis Agassiz. He was professor of history and physical geography at the short-lived Neuchâtel Academy from 1839 to 1848, when he removed, at Agassiz's instance, to the United States, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For several years he was a lecturer for the Massachusetts State Board of Education, and he was professor of geology and physical geography at Princeton from 1854 until death. Today, the building housing the Department of Geosciences at Princeton is named Guyot Hall in his honor.

An American economist and statistician specializing in the fields of Bayesian probability and econom

An American economist and statistician specializing in the fields of Bayesian probability and econometrics. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of Bayesian analysis and econometric modeling. In Bayesian analysis, he not only provided many applications of it but also a new information theoretic derivation of Bayes' theorem and generalizations of it that are 100% efficient information processing rules. As regards econometric modelling, he, in association with Franz Palm, developed the structural econometric, time series analysis approach for constructing new models and for checking the adequacy of old models that has been widely applied. In addiiton, he has been involved in many important applied econometric and statistical studies.

Is an Italian statistician based in Norway, where he is a professor at the Department of Biostatisti

Is an Italian statistician based in Norway, where he is a professor at the Department of Biostatistics with the Institute of Basic Medical Research at the University of Oslo. He is also affiliated with the Norwegian Computing Centre, and is the leader of

Was a German astronomer.With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann

Was a German astronomer.With Arnold Schwassmann he co-discovered the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann.

Is a "supply-side" economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of

Is a "supply-side" economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-1989).

A supply-side economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of Reaga

A supply-side economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-1989).Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, a curve illustrating tax elasticity which asserts that in certain situations, a decrease in tax rates could result in an increase in tax revenues. Although he does not claim to have invented this concept (Laffer, 2004), it was popularized with policy-makers following an afternoon meeting with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in which he reportedly sketched the curve on a napkin [1] to illustrate his argument (Wanniski, 2005). The term "Laffer curve" was coined by Jude Wanniski (a writer for the Wall Street Journal), who was also present. The basic concept was not new: Laffer himself says he learned it from Ibn Khaldun and John Maynard Keynes.[

Was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austr

Was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.Capell graduated from the University of Sydney in 1922 as the University medallist in Classics. After teaching high school for three years, he was ordained in 1925 as a clergyman in the Church of England (now the Anglican Church of Australia). He ministered in churches in the diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales for 10 years, while continuing his studies in linguistics. Having graduated with an honours M.A. in Classics from Sydney in 1931, he left Australia in 1935 and commenced doctoral studies at the University of London. He graduated in 1936 with a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies. His thesis, The linguistic position of south-eastern Papua, was published in 1943.

Was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the school of economics at Cambridge Universit

Was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the school of economics at Cambridge University he trained and influenced the many Cambridge economists who went on to fill chairs of economics around the world. His work covered various fields of economics, particularly welfare economics, but his reputation was affected adversely by many economic writers who used his work as the basis on which to define their own opposing views. He reluctantly served on several public committees, including the Cunliffe Committee and the 1919 Royal Commission on Income tax.

American ornithologist. He is notable for his encyclopedic 21-volume work, Life Histories of North A

American ornithologist. He is notable for his encyclopedic 21-volume work, Life Histories of North American Birds, published 1919-1968 and completed posthumously.[1]

Was a noted English Orientalist and Sinologist.Waley was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, as

Was a noted English Orientalist and Sinologist.Waley was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, as Arthur David Schloss, son of the economist David Frederick Schloss. Of Jewish heritage, he changed his surname to his paternal grandmother's maiden name, W

Was a British chemist, hematologist and geneticist who pioneered research into biological anthropolo

Was a British chemist, hematologist and geneticist who pioneered research into biological anthropology and its distribution, genetics, clinical and laboratory medicine, and geology.Mourant graduated from Oxford University with honours in chemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy in geology in 1931. He was an early advocate of the then discredited Wegener theory of continental drift, which subsequently gained acceptabtability as plate tectonics. When he left Oxford he failed to find a position in his chosen discipline and returned to his childhood home of Jersey, where he set up a pathology laboratory.

Was an American geographer and cartographer.During World War II, Robinson served as director of the

Was an American geographer and cartographer.During World War II, Robinson served as director of the map division of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In 1941, when Robinson joined OSS, there were no cartographers as we know them today. Robinson engaged geographers with some interest in mapping and the group developed their techniques on the job. (Robinson,1979, pp.98-99). Robinson oversaw the creation of 5,000 hand-drawn maps and attended the Allied conferences at Quebec and Cairo in 1943 and 1944 as chief U.S. map officer. For his efforts Robinson received the Legion of Merit from the United States Army in 1946. (Current Biography, p. 469).

Was a Scottish soldier and ornithologist. He was born at Yester, Gifford, East Lothian. He served as

Was a Scottish soldier and ornithologist. He was born at Yester, Gifford, East Lothian. He served as a soldier in India and the Crimea. He succeeded his father to the Marquessate in 1876. He died at Chislehurst, and was succeeded by his brother.Hay purchased a lieutenantcy in the Grenadier Guards[1] in 1841. He purchased a captaincy in 1846 and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase in 1854 and Colonel in 1860. In 1866 he transferred to the 17th Lancers.He was president of the Zoological Society of London from January 16, 1868.[2][3] His ornithological works were published privately in 1881 by his nephew, Captain Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay, with a memoir by Dr W. H. Russell, and the attribution Walden is used in taxonomic listings.

Was a British geologist. As a child he lived in Low Fell, Gateshead and attended the Gateshead Highe

Was a British geologist. As a child he lived in Low Fell, Gateshead and attended the Gateshead Higher Grade School which later became Gateshead Grammar School[1]He performed the first uranium-lead radiometric dating specifically designed to measure the age of a rock during his undergraduate studies. His result was 370 mya for a Devonian rock from Norway. He graduated in 1910, and the result was published 1911,[2] after he had already travelled to Mozambique for six months to prospect for minerals. He contracted blackwater fever and malaria so severe that an obituary was telegraphed back to Britain. However, he immediately left for home and recovered, and, because of this managed to avoid military service during World War I.

An American mathematician who has earned a place among the five top-ranked undergraduate competitors

An American mathematician who has earned a place among the five top-ranked undergraduate competitors (who are themselves not ranked against each other) in the William Lowell Putnam Competition four times (1970–73),[1] a feat matched by only six other unde

Was an English statistician and economist who worked on economic statistics and pioneered the use of

Was an English statistician and economist who worked on economic statistics and pioneered the use of sampling techniques in social surveys.Bowley's father, James William Lyon Bowley, was a minister in the Church of England. He died in 1870 when Arthur was

Was a noted logician. Prior (1957) founded tense logic, now also known as temporal logic, and made i

Was a noted logician. Prior (1957) founded tense logic, now also known as temporal logic, and made important contributions to intensional logic, particularly in Prior (1971).Prior was entirely educated in New Zealand, where he was fortunate to have come u

An American biochemist. One biographical portrait [1] begins "Among the titans of science, Arthur Pa

An American biochemist. One biographical portrait [1] begins "Among the titans of science, Arthur Pardee is especially intriguing." There is hardly a field of molecular biology that is not affected by his work, which has advanced our understanding through theoretical predictions followed by insightful experiments. He is perhaps most famous for his part in the 'PaJoMo experiment' of the late 1950s, which greatly helped in the discovery of messenger RNA. He is also well known as the discoverer of the restriction point, in which a cell commits itself to certain cell cycle events during the G1 cycle. He has done a great deal of work on tumor growth and regulation, with a particular focus on the role of estrogen in hormone-responsive tumors. And he is also well known for the development of various biochemical research techniques,

German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer respon

German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer responded to and expanded upon Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world.

Was an English palaeontologist.Woodward was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and was educated

Was an English palaeontologist.Woodward was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and was educated there and at Owens College, Manchester. He joined the staff of the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1882. He became assistant Keeper of Geology in 1892, and Keeper in 1901. He was appointed Secretary of the Palaeontographical Society and in 1904, was appointed President of the Geological Society.

Was an English astrophysicist of the early 20th century. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to t

Was an English astrophysicist of the early 20th century. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.He is famous for his work regarding the Theory of Relativity. Eddington wrote a number of articles which announced and explained Einstein's theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. World War I severed many lines of scientific communication and new developments in German science were not well known in England. He also conducted an eclipse expedition in 1919 that provided one of the earliest confirmations of relativity, and became known for his popular expositions and interpretations of the theory.

Was a British geographer, poet, rock-climber, and mountaineer.He trained as a geographer (FRGS 1896)

Was a British geographer, poet, rock-climber, and mountaineer.He trained as a geographer (FRGS 1896) and became a teacher of geography and history in Southwark. In 1913 he published 'a text-book of geography', reprinted in 1922.He is especially remembered for two later climbing contributions :- for his co-authorship, with J. M. A. Thomson in 1909 of the first rock-climbing guide-book, to the cliffs of Lliwedd, in Snowdonia; and for being the 'father' of Cornish sea cliff climbing, beginning with an early ascent (1902) of the Bosigran Ridge Climb (aka Commando Ridge grid reference SW413368) followed by Ledge Climb (also Bosigran) in 1905. With E. C. Pyatt he later produced the first official (Climbers' Club) Cornish climbing guide, in 1950.

Was an English writer on agriculture, economics and social statistics.In 1767 he took over a farm in

Was an English writer on agriculture, economics and social statistics.In 1767 he took over a farm in Essex, where he engaged in various experiments, describing the results in A Course of Experimental Agriculture (1770). Though Young's experiments were, in general, unsuccessful, he thus acquired a solid knowledge of agriculture.He had already begun a series of journeys through England and Wales, and gave an account of his observations in books which appeared from 1768 to 1770—A Six Weeks' Tour through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, A Six Months' Tour through the North of England and the Farmer's Tour through the East of England. He claimed that these books contained the only extant information relative to the rental, produce and stock of England that was founded on actual examination. They were very favourably received, being translated into most European languages by 1792.

A Finnish philosopher, aesthetician and Professor of Aesthetics at the Institute for Art Research at

A Finnish philosopher, aesthetician and Professor of Aesthetics at the Institute for Art Research at Helsinki University, Finland. Haapala received his PhD from Birkbeck, University of London in 1985.In addition to aesthetics, Haapala also specialises in hermeneutics, especially the philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Martin Heidegger.