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Was an Egyptian archaeologist who worked in the Western desert of Egypt (including in 1940 dig at El

Was an Egyptian archaeologist who worked in the Western desert of Egypt (including in 1940 dig at El Haiz, and then at Siwa), and also in the necropolis at Dahshur.

A Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist who is among the foremost authorities on South As

A Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist who is among the foremost authorities on South Asian archaeology and history.[1] He is Emeritus Professor at the Quaid-e-Azam University and the director of Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations. Throughout his career, Dani has held various academic positions and international fellowships, apart from conducting archaeological excavations and research. He is also the recipient of various civil awards in Pakistan and abroad. As a prolific linguist, he speaks more than 14 local and international languages and dialects.

Was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer.Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, K

Was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer.Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari.[1] Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric."

Was an Arab navigator and cartographer born in 1421 in Julphar, which is now known as Ras Al Khaimah

Was an Arab navigator and cartographer born in 1421 in Julphar, which is now known as Ras Al Khaimah. This city makes up one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. He was raised with a family famous for seafaring; at the age of 17 he was able to navigate ships. He was so famous that he was known as the first Arab seaman. The exact date is not known, but bin Majid probably died in 1500. He became famous in the West as the navigator who has been associated with helping Vasco da Gama find his way from Africa to India. He was the author of nearly forty works of poetry and prose.

An Algerian-born Moroccan citizen working as a waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, was killed by Israeli

An Algerian-born Moroccan citizen working as a waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, was killed by Israeli agents of the Mossad intelligence agency on July 21, 1973, in what is known as the Lillehammer affair.

Was Egypt’s first Egyptologist and pioneer in his own country.He was a curator at the Egyptian Mus

Was Egypt’s first Egyptologist and pioneer in his own country.He was a curator at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and a staff member of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. He was jointly responsible for the Egyptian collections’ classification and significantly involved in the museum’s removal from both Boulaq to Giza and Giza to the Tahrir Square at Cairo’s city center.

Was a Japanese mathematician. He made significant contributions to the fields of number theory and g

Was a Japanese mathematician. He made significant contributions to the fields of number theory and geometry, and furthered methods for simplifying continued fractions.

Was a Japanese mathematician of the Edo period.The crater Naonobu on the Moon is named after him.

Was a Japanese mathematician of the Edo period.The crater Naonobu on the Moon is named after him.

Is a French Jewish[1] actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, Gazon maudit, The Tast

Is a French Jewish[1] actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, Gazon maudit, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep. His career took off in 1987 when he founded the comedy group Les Nuls with Bruno Carette, Chantal Lauby and Dominique

Is a French mathematician, currently Professor at the College de France, IH

Is a French mathematician, currently Professor at the College de France, IH

French theologian and poet, was born, probably in Lille, some years before 1128. He had a very wides

French theologian and poet, was born, probably in Lille, some years before 1128. He had a very widespread reputation during his lifetime and his knowledge, more varied than profound, caused him to be called Doctor universalis. Among his very numerous works two poems entitle him to a distinguished place in the Latin literature of the Middle Ages; one of these, the De planctu naturae, is an ingenious satire on the vices of humanity. He created the allegory of grammatical "conjugation" which was to have its successors throughout the Middle Ages. The Anticlaudianus, a treatise on morals as allegory, the form of which recalls the pamphlet of Claudian against Rufinus, is agreeably versified and relatively pure in its latinity.

Is a famous Monégasque chef. He formerly held French nationality. In addition to his Louis XV resta

Is a famous Monégasque chef. He formerly held French nationality. In addition to his Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, he also operates an eponymous restaurant at the Plaza Athénée in Paris. Until the closure of his New York restaurant at the Essex House hot

Was appointed a Life peer as Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, of Earlsferry in the District of North East

Was appointed a Life peer as Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, of Earlsferry in the District of North East Fife and Privy Counsellor in 1992.He was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, the University of Glasgow and at New College, Oxford. He was a Junior Re

Is an American economist and was from 1987 to 2006 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal

Is an American economist and was from 1987 to 2006 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve of the United States. He currently works as a private advisor, making speeches and providing consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC.

A theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory (and how par

A theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory (and how particle theory is applicable to the early universe).He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 in physics and stayed to receive a master's and a doctorate, also in physics.As a junior particle physicist, Guth first developed the idea of cosmic inflation in 1979 at Cornell after attending a Big Bang lecture by Robert Dicke, and gave his first seminar on the subject in January 1980.[1] Moving on to Stanford University Guth formally proposed the idea of cosmic inflation in 1981, the idea that the nascent universe passed through a phase of exponential expansion that was driven by a positive vacuum energy density (negative vacuum pressure). The results of the WMAP mission in 2006 made the case for cosmic inflation very compelling.

Was a British computer scientist, mathematician, logician and cryptanalyst.Turing is often considere

Was a British computer scientist, mathematician, logician and cryptanalyst.Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science. He provided an influential formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing mac

Was an English mathematician, logician and cryptographer.Turing is often considered to be the father

Was an English mathematician, logician and cryptographer.Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science. Turing provided an influential formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine. With the Turing test, he made a significant and characteristically provocative contribution to the debate regarding artificial intelligence: whether it will ever be possible to say that a machine is conscious and can think. He later worked at the National Physical Laboratory, creating one of the first designs for a stored-program computer, the ACE although it was never actually built in its full form. In 1948 he moved to the University of Manchester to work on the Manchester Mark I, then emerging as one of the world's earliest true computers.

Was a prominent Australian ichthyologist.McCulloch collected and published prolifically; from his fi

Was a prominent Australian ichthyologist.McCulloch collected and published prolifically; from his first paper in 1906, no year passed without his making a contribution to science, and he wrote over 100 original papers in all, many including his own illustrations. He travelled widely for his collections, including trips to Queensland, Lord Howe Island, New Guinea, the Great Barrier Reef and various Pacific islands.

Was an American logician and professor of philosophy at Yale University and the University of Pittsb

Was an American logician and professor of philosophy at Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh. A frequent collaborator with Nuel Belnap, Anderson was instrumental in the development of relevance logic and deontic logic.

An American geologist and retired Army colonel, currently the Senior Staff Geochemist at Shell Inter

An American geologist and retired Army colonel, currently the Senior Staff Geochemist at Shell International Exploration and Production Inc[1]. He received a B.S. in Geology from University of Missouri–Rolla in 1974, before completing his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology at Harvard University in 1984, on a Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation focused on refractory inclusions in Carbonaceous Chondrites. He began a career in the petroleum industry in 1985 when he joined Shell USA. In 1981, he was awarded the Nininger Meteorite Award, and in 2008 he was awarded a professional degree by University of Missouri–Rolla [2]. Alan Kornacki is most known for his characterization of wax from deep water crude oil, an important obstacle in modern drilling and refining technology, and his research on new sources of hydrocarbons such as oil shale.

An American economist, a chair professor in the Economics Department of Princeton University and co-

An American economist, a chair professor in the Economics Department of Princeton University and co-director of Princeton’s Center for Economic Policy Studies, which he founded in 1990.Blinder received his undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton, graduating summa cum laude in 1967. He subsequently attended the London School of Economics and then received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971.Blinder has served as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Congressional Budget Office, on President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, and as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1994 to 1996. He was an adviser to John Kerry during Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.

Was a British philosopher, writer, speaker, and student of comparative religion. He was best known a

Was a British philosopher, writer, speaker, and student of comparative religion. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience.He wrote more than 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as persona

Was a French Jewish economist. He taught at the Paris University (1925–1939).

Was a French Jewish economist. He taught at the Paris University (1925–1939).

He shortest serving Justice of the High Court of Australia

He shortest serving Justice of the High Court of Australia

Was an American astronomer.He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served a

Was an American astronomer.He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as the director of Washburn Observatory from 1948 to 1958. From 1958 to 1968 he was the director of Lick Observatory. Later he served on the faculties of both the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Whitford was a pioneer in the field of photoelectric photometry, greatly improving sensitivity. The Whitford reddening curve, quantifying the interstellar absorption of light, was important in the mapping of the distribution of stars in the Milky Way. He also studied the stars in galactic nuclear bulges.