Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a distinguished vertebrate paleontologist and prolific researcher and author. He received his A.

Was a distinguished vertebrate paleontologist and prolific researcher and author. He received his A.B. from the University of Nebraska and his Masters and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Tasmania from 1926 to 1962, and a visiting profe

Was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Tasmania from 1926 to 1962, and a visiting professor at several universities in the United States, Europe and Australia. In applied statistics, he is remembered primarily as the originator of the Pitman

A 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award is for the invention of the Southern blot

A 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award is for the invention of the Southern blot, now a common laboratory procedure, when he was working at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Southern is Professor of Biochemistry (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Trinity College. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the June 2003 Birthday Honours for services to the development of DNA Microarray Technologies.Southern is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Oxford Gene Technology. He is also the founder and chairman of a Scottish charity, The Kirkhouse Trust, which aims to promote education and research in the Natural Sciences, particularly the biological and medical sciences. In addition the Edina Trust was founded to promote science in schools. These charities are financed using royalty income from licensing microarray technology.

Was an American astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers' understanding of the nature of the un

Was an American astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers' understanding of the nature of the universe by demonstrating the existence of other galaxies besides the Milky Way. He also discovered that the degree of redshift observed in light coming from a galaxy increased in proportion to the distance of that galaxy from the Milky Way. This became known as Hubble's law, and would help establish that the universe is expanding.

Was the acting head of state of Finland from November 7, 1917 to November 15, 1917.Setälä was a li

Was the acting head of state of Finland from November 7, 1917 to November 15, 1917.Setälä was a linguist, professor of Finnish language and literature at Helsinki University from 1893 to 1929. He was a major influence on the study of Finnish language, and the founder of the research institute Suomen suku ("The Family of the Finnish Language").His political activities led him to be elected several times to the parliament, for the Young Finnish Party and for the National Coalition Party. For a brief period at the end of World War I, he served as acting head of state, and he later held cabinet posts as minister of education (1925) and foreign minister (1926).

A Finnish musicologist and semiotician, currently serving as Professor of Musicology at the Universi

A Finnish musicologist and semiotician, currently serving as Professor of Musicology at the University of Helsinki.fter receiving his Ph.D. degree at the University of Helsinki in 1978, Tarasti served a while at the University of Jyväskylä, appointed as Professor of arts education in 1979-1983 and professor of musicology in 1983-1984. In 1984 he attained position as professor of Musicology in Helsinki. Tarasti has held several posts as Director or President in semiotic and musical societies and has written and edited numerous books with a semiotical approach on music since the 1970s. He is the President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies (since 2004).

Zelmanov was born into a Jewish family in Khabarovsk, Soviet Union (now in Russia). He obtained doct

Zelmanov was born into a Jewish family in Khabarovsk, Soviet Union (now in Russia). He obtained doctoral degree at Novosibirsk State University in 1980, and a higher degree at Leningrad State University in 1985. He had a position in Novosibirsk until 1987, when he left the Soviet Union.

Was a Dutch teacher and astronomer.For most of his life he served as an educator, working in the dev

Was a Dutch teacher and astronomer.For most of his life he served as an educator, working in the developing countries of Indonesia, Liberia, and Turkey. While he was in Indonesia he served as that nation's Minister of Education. He became the director of the astronomy institute in Turkey, after moving there in 1954. He would help found the Ankara University Observatory.

Was a Czech philosopher, writer, and poet, one of the main personalities of the Prague underground.I

Was a Czech philosopher, writer, and poet, one of the main personalities of the Prague underground.In the late 1940s, Bondy was active in a surrealistic group. From 1957 to 1961, he studied philosophy and psychology at Charles University in Prague. From the 1960s he was one of the main figures of the Prague underground, writing texts for The Plastic People of the Universe.

Was the only son of Karl Pearson, and like his father, a leading British statistician. He went to Wi

Was the only son of Karl Pearson, and like his father, a leading British statistician. He went to Winchester School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded his father as professor of statistics at University College London and as editor of the journ

Was a Slovene mathematician and computer scientist.Zakrajšek was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (tod

Was a Slovene mathematician and computer scientist.Zakrajšek was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (today Slovenia). He became an orphan even before he started to attend school. He went to elementary school and gymnasium in Jesenice. He was a good student and he showed his talent and abilities very early. He graduated from technical mathematics at the Department of mathematics and physics of then Faculty for natural sciences and technology (FNT) of the University of Ljubljana.

Was an American linguist and Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University.Hau

Was an American linguist and Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University.Haugen was born in Sioux City, Iowa to Norwegians from the town of Oppdal in Norway. As a young child, the family moved back to Oppdal for a few years, but then returned to the United States. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City but transferred to St. Olaf College to study with Ole Edvart Rølvaag, where he earned his B.A. in 1928. He immediately went on to graduate studies in linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was awarded his Ph.D. in 1931.

Was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology (so

Was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology (sometimes considered to be the founder of Finnish psychology), physics and theater, and attempted to find unifying principles behind various branches of human and natural sciences.Kaila's father, Erkki Kaila was a protestant minister and later archbishop. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1910. In the 1920s he worked in the field of literary criticism and psychology as a professor at the University of Turku and is said to have been the first to introduce gestalt psychology to Finland. He was a part of the cultural circles of the time with the likes of Jean Sibelius and Frans Emil Sillanpää and in 1919 he married the painter Anna Lovisa Snellman. In 1930 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Kaila first visited Vienna in 1929 and took part in the sessions of the Vienna Circle. During World War II Kaila lectured in Germany. In 1948 Kaila became a member of the Finnish Academy. He died in Helsinki on August 1, 1958.

Was a Danish chemist and astronomer.In the period 1911-1913 with Henry Norris Russell, he developed

Was a Danish chemist and astronomer.In the period 1911-1913 with Henry Norris Russell, he developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.In 1913 he determined the distances to several Galactic Cepheid stars by statistical parallax, and was thus able to calibrate the relationship discovered by Henrietta Leavitt between Cepheid period and luminosity. In this determination he made a mistake, possibly a slip of the pen, putting the stars 10 times too close. He used this relationship to estimate the distance to the Small Magellanic Cloud.From 1919 to 1946 Hertzsprung worked at Leiden Observatory in The Netherlands, from 1937 as director. Perhaps his greatest contribution to astronomy was the development of a classification system for stars to divide them by spectral type, stage in their development, and luminosity. The so-called "Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram" was used for many years as a classification system to explain stellar types and evolution.

Is a Dutch economist and politician. He is a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) and since

Is a Dutch economist and politician. He is a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) and since June 17, 2010 a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.

Was an English entomologist.In 1877 she issued a pamphlet, Notes for Observations on Injurious Insec

Was an English entomologist.In 1877 she issued a pamphlet, Notes for Observations on Injurious Insects, which was distributed among persons interested in this line of inquiry, who readily sent in the results of their researches, and was thus the beginning of the well-known Annual Series of Reports on Injurious Insects and Farm Pests. In 1881 Miss Ormerod published a special report upon the turnip-fly, and in 1882 was appointed consulting entomologist to the Royal Agricultural Society, a post she held until 1892. For several years she was lecturer on scientific entomology at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

Was an American economist, statesman, and author.Special assistant to Arthur Millspaugh's economic m

Was an American economist, statesman, and author.Special assistant to Arthur Millspaugh's economic mission in Persia, he was appointed Treasurer-General of Persia by the order of the parliament of Iran in 1943.He also headed the Persian Relief Commission, and wrote a book entitled "Introduction to Iran".

Was a Swedish political economist and economic historian.Heckscher was born in Stockholm into a prom

Was a Swedish political economist and economic historian.Heckscher was born in Stockholm into a prominent Jewish family, son of the Danish-born businessman Isidor Heckscher and his spouse Rosa Meyer, and completed his secondary education there in 1897. He studied at university in Uppsala and Gothenburg, completing his PhD in Uppsala in 1907. He was professor of Political economy and Statistics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1909 until 1929, when he exchanged that chair for a research professorship in economic history, finally retiring as emeritus professor in 1945.

Was professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, she was a member of the Danis

Was professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, she was a member of the Danish resistance movement fighting against the German occupation of Denmark.She began studying French and German language at the University of Copenhagen in 1929. She specialized in linguistics and her thesis treated "the importance of dialect geography for the perception of sound changes."

Was a Swedish mycologist and botanist born at Femsjö in Småland.In 1811 he entered the University

Was a Swedish mycologist and botanist born at Femsjö in Småland.In 1811 he entered the University of Lund where, in 1814, he was appointed an associate professorship in botany, and in 1824, became a full professor. In 1834 he became professor borgströmianus of practical economy (from 1851 "botany and practical economy") at Uppsala University.Fries is considered to be, after Persoon, founding father of modern mushroom taxonomy (see mycology). His taxonomy of mushrooms was influenced by German romantics (see Goethe). He utilized spore color and arrangement of the hymenophore (pores, gills, teeth etc.) as major taxonomic characteristics.

Was the first woman to become a university lecturer in Germany.In 1904, she received a doctorate in

Was the first woman to become a university lecturer in Germany.In 1904, she received a doctorate in Zurich, Switzerland. By 1908, she was a lecturer at the economic College in Mannheim, and by 1924 had a professorship in economicsShe wrote a number of books and articles on economic questions. From 1912 on she edited the feminist yearbook Jahrbuch der Frauenbewegung.The University of Mannheim grants the annual award "Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner-Preis" for students' theses on gender research.

Was a Swiss-born psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, where sh

Was a Swiss-born psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, where she first discussed what is now known as the Kübler-Ross model. She is a 2007 inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of twenty honorary degrees and by July 1982 had taught, in her estimation, 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions.

Is, at age 96, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic that occurred 15 April

Is, at age 96, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic that occurred 15 April 1912. She was the youngest passenger on board, and possesses no recollection of the sinking.

An American astronomer whose research interests center on comets and asteroids.She discovered the as

An American astronomer whose research interests center on comets and asteroids.She discovered the asteroids 1930 Lucifer and 1983 Bok. In addition, she took an extensive set of photographic plates of comets over 25 years, attempting to get consistent data for the magnitudes of the comet nuclei.She is on the faculty of the University of Arizona.

Was an American mathematician specializing in statistics.Scott was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, her

Was an American mathematician specializing in statistics.Scott was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, her family moved to Berkeley, California when she was 4 years old. She attended the University of California, Berkeley where she studied math and astronomy. Th