Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emp

Was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Dezong.It is not known when Cui Sun was born. His family was from the prominent Cui clan of Boling (??, in modern Hengshui, Hebei) and had been prominent since Northern Wei.[2] Cui Sun's ancestors traced their ancestry through a line of officials of Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty (265-420), Northern Wei, and Tang Dynasty, although, as far as Cui Sun's branch was concerned, after Cui Sun's great-grandfather Cui Xinggong (???), who served as the director of the archival bureau (???, Mishu Sheng), his grandfather and father were said to have little reputation, and their names were not even recorded in the New Book of Tang's table of the chancellors' family trees.[3][4]

Was a German astronomer.Cuno Hoffmeister founded the Sonneberg Observatory and discovered approximat

Was a German astronomer.Cuno Hoffmeister founded the Sonneberg Observatory and discovered approximately 10.000 variable stars and several asteroids. He also co-discovered comet C/1959 O1. Hoffmeister crater on the Moon is named after him, as are the asteroids 1726 Hoffmeister and 4183 Cuno.

Was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti.He trave

Was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti.He travelled extensively through Central and South America, and published a number of books on cacti, including the six-volume 4,000-page Die Cactaceae, 1958-1962, and the Kakteenlexikon first appearing in 1966 and updated posthumously.Although he collected and described many new species and defined a number of new genera, much of his work was based on faulty assumptions about the evolution of cacti, and too focused on geographic distribution; many of his genera have since been reorganized or abandoned.

Was a German-American geneticist. He made several important genetic discoveries, demonstrating chrom

Was a German-American geneticist. He made several important genetic discoveries, demonstrating chromosomal crossover in Drosophila weeks after Barbara McClintock and Harriet Creighton had done so [with maize] in 1931. He demonstrated that there were multiple genes on the Drosophila Y chromosome and described the mechanism of dosage compensation. During World War II he led research for the American government on low dose radiation safety; his group concluded that there is no "safe" threshold below which radiation is not harmful. After the War his research focused on human genetics; he wrote the very successful pioneering US textbook Principles of Human Genetics, and studied what is now known as gene regulation. Though not a physician,

An American molecular biologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a tiny worm, Caenorhabd

An American molecular biologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a tiny worm, Caenorhabditis elegans.Cynthia Kenyon graduated valedictorian in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Georgia in 1976. She received her PhD in 1981 from MIT where, in Graham Walker's laboratory, she was the first to look for genes on the basis of their activity profiles, discovering that DNA-damaging agents activate a battery of DNA repair genes in E. coli. She then did postdoctoral studies with Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, studying the development of C. elegans.

Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Was an English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal cro

Was an English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover, its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolution.Cyril Darlington was born in Chorley, a small cotton town in Lancashire, England in 1903. His father, William was a teacher at a small school. He had one brother six years older. When he was eight, the family moved to London. His childhood was an unhappy one, characterized by a stern, bitter and frustrated father, who struggled mightily against poverty. He enjoyed neither sports, nor studies. He began to cultivate a disdain for authority. He decided to become a farmer in Australia, so he applied to the South Eastern Agricultural College at Wye, known later as Wye College. He was a rather indifferent student, but his social life took a decided turn for the better when he took up boxing, with some success. He was now six feet three inches tall, and an imposing figure.

Was a South African astronomer.He worked at Union Observatory in Johannesburg from 1928 to 1947 (IAU

Was a South African astronomer.He worked at Union Observatory in Johannesburg from 1928 to 1947 (IAU code 078, previously known as Transvaal Observatory and later known as Republic Observatory). He served with South African forces in the second world war, and was mentioned in despatches. After the war he was director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory (YCSO) station in Johannesburg (IAU code 077), which had been established by Yale University in the 1920s.[1] Columbia University subsequently collaborated in that venture and the operation became known as the Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory (YCSO, Inc. was formally created in 1962). Due to light pollution that observatory had to be shut down in 1951 and he supervised the move of its instrument, a 26-inch refracting telescope, to Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia (IAU code 414).

Was an English educational psychologist who contributed to [1] educational psychology and claimed to

Was an English educational psychologist who contributed to [1] educational psychology and claimed to have developed the method of factor analysis in psychological testing,[2] although his mentor and predecessor as chair of the psychology department at University College London, Charles Spearman actually did so.[3] Burt is known for his studies on the effect of heredity on intelligence. Shortly after he died, his studies of inheritance and intelligence came into disrepute after evidence emerged indicating he had falsified research data,[2] in addition to having falsely claimed to have invented factor analysis. Some scholars have asserted that Burt did not commit intentional fraud.[citation needed]

A Czech politician. Before entering politics he was a notary public and advisor to the Czech governm

A Czech politician. Before entering politics he was a notary public and advisor to the Czech government. He is a member of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. Having once been close to Vaclav Havel and a strong opponent of Vaclav Klaus, Svoboda voted for Klaus in the 2008 presidential election without explanation for his dramatic u-turn.

Was an American scholar of Near Eastern cultures and ancient languages.Gordon was born in Philadelph

Was an American scholar of Near Eastern cultures and ancient languages.Gordon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Lithuanian emigrant and physician Benjamin Gordon. He was raised in an upper class Jewish family with a particular emphasis on devotion to Jewish learning, rational thinking, and an openness to secular learning. Gordon began studying Hebrew at age five and became interested in both Greek and Latin as a young child.

Was an American molecular biologist.Levinthal graduated with a Ph.D. in physics from University of C

Was an American molecular biologist.Levinthal graduated with a Ph.D. in physics from University of California, Berkeley and taught physics at the University of Michigan for seven years before moving to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1957. In 1968 he joined Columbia University as the Chairman and from 1969 Professor of the newly-established Department of Biological Sciences, where he remained until his death from lung cancer in 1990.

Was a Polish economist. In postwar Poland, he was a director of Central Planning Office (Centralny U

Was a Polish economist. In postwar Poland, he was a director of Central Planning Office (Centralny Urzad Planowania) from 1945-1948, author of the Three-Year Plan. Sidelined by Stalinist hardliners, he returned to politics after the Polish October as vice president of the Economic Committee to the Council of Ministers (1957-1963) and professor of Warsaw University (from 1958). In the 1970s he was a United Nations expert for developing countries (Algeria, Ghana and Syria). Chairman of the Consultant Economy Council from 1981-1987, member of the Counsultant Council to the Head of State from 1986-1990. He was the author of many academic publications in the realm of economics.

Was a Polish philosopher and logician, and a member of the Lwow-Warsaw School of Logic. He studied u

Was a Polish philosopher and logician, and a member of the Lwow-Warsaw School of Logic. He studied under Jan Lukasiewicz and Karl Popper in the London School of Economics, and W.V.O. Quine.[1][2][3].In his paper "Logic and Existence" (1954–5) he presented a version of free logic. He begins by presenting the problem of non-referring nouns, and commends Quine for resisting the temptation to solve the problem by saying that non-referring names are meaningless. Quine's solution, however, was that we must first decide whether our name refers before we know how to treat it logically. Lejewski found this unsatisfactory because we should have a formal distinction between referring and non-referring names. He goes on to write, "This state of affairs does not seem to be very satisfactory

Was a Polish philosopher, jurist and sociologist.[1]In 1924–39 and in 1945–65 Znamierowski was p

Was a Polish philosopher, jurist and sociologist.[1]In 1924–39 and in 1945–65 Znamierowski was professor of law theory at Poznan University. From 1948 he was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.[1]