Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a French zoologist. He classified a number of reptile species with André Marie Constant Duméri

Was a French zoologist. He classified a number of reptile species with André Marie Constant Duméril.

Was a Polish lawyer, economist and politician. He was the Polish Treasury Minister from 1926 to 1929

Was a Polish lawyer, economist and politician. He was the Polish Treasury Minister from 1926 to 1929. Accused of misuse of government funds, Czechowicz was the only Polish politician of the interwar period that faced the State Tribunal of the Republic of Poland; the case was dropped without ruling due to pressure from the Sanacja regime.

Was a French astronomer.

Was a French astronomer.

Was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays. He focus

Was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays. He focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often named as one of the first French existentialist, he dissocia

Was a Polish mathematician and author.In the Hebrew periodical "Ha-Shachar" (The Dawn), vol. iii. et

Was a Polish mathematician and author.In the Hebrew periodical "Ha-Shachar" (The Dawn), vol. iii. et seq., there appeared a series of Hebrew articles by Lichtenfeld which attracted attention. His reputation was enhanced by his series of articles, in the Polish periodical "Izraelita," on Jewish mathematicians. Lichtenfeld is known also by his polemics with Slonimski on mathematical subjects.Lichtenfeld was the author of: "Yedi'ot ha-Shi'urim" (Warsaw, 1865); "Tzofnat Pa'neach" (ib. 1874), a critical review of S. Slonimski's "Yesode ?okmat ha-Shi'ur"; "Tosefot" (ib. 1875), polemic against S. Slonimski; "Kohen Lelo Elohim" (ib. 1876), mathematical criticisms; "Sippurim be-Shir," etc. (ib. 1877), a collection of poems and rimed prose by himself and by his son-in-law Leon Peretz.

Is a Romanian philosopher.He graduated from University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy in 1965,

Is a Romanian philosopher.He graduated from University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy in 1965, and from Faculty of Classical Languages in 1973. He earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Bucharest in 1976.

Was a French abbot and scientist. He was a doctor of theology from Lyon, but was also interested in

Was a French abbot and scientist. He was a doctor of theology from Lyon, but was also interested in mathematics and astronomy. His 1670 book, the Observationes diametrorum solis et lunae apparentium, came to form the basis of what was to become the metric system hundred years later. Based on the measurements of the size of the Earth conducted by Riccioli of Bologna (at 321,815 Bologna feet to the degree), Mouton proposed a decimal system of measurement based on the circumference of the Earth, explaining the advantages of a system based on nature. Mouton's publication appeared two years after John Wilkins, then president of the Royal Society published a similar proposal[1][2].

Was a French moral philosopher and Catholic feminist.

Was a French moral philosopher and Catholic feminist.

Is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in proof theory.After graduating from Tokyo Universi

Is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in proof theory.After graduating from Tokyo University, he went to Princeton to study under Kurt Gödel. He later became a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Takeuti is the current p

Was a celebrated Roman jurist. Scholars know very little of his personal life. It is impossible to d

Was a celebrated Roman jurist. Scholars know very little of his personal life. It is impossible to discover even his full name, Gaius or Caius being merely his personal name (praenomen). As with his name it is difficult to ascertain the span of his life, but it is safe to assume he lived from A.D. 110 to at least A.D. 179, since he wrote on legislation passed within that time.From internal evidence in his works it may be gathered that he flourished in the reigns of the emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. His works were thus composed between the years 130 and 180. Most academics hold the view that Gaius lived in some provincial town, and hence we find no contemporary notices of his life or works. It has also been theorised that he was a Roman who left for a career in the provinces, or that he was in fact the jurist Sextus Pomponius writing under another name. After his death, however, his writings were recognized as of great authority, and the emperor Theodosius II named him in the Law of Citations

Was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role

Was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy",[4] the "father of modern physics",[5] the "father of science",[5] and "the Father of Modern Science."[6] The motion of uniformly accelerated objects, taught in nearly all high school and introductory college physics courses, was studied by Galileo as the subject of kinematics. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus

Was a prominent Egyptian geographer.Hemdan was born in 1928 in Al Qalyubiyah governorate, Egypt. In

Was a prominent Egyptian geographer.Hemdan was born in 1928 in Al Qalyubiyah governorate, Egypt. In 1948, he graduated from the department of Geography, faculty of arts at the Cairo University with honors. In 1953 he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Reading, England and was then appointed a lecturer at the faculty of arts, Cairo University. In 1963 he resigned his post at the university in protest to stepping by his promotion. Since then, he secluded himself off the society and dedicated his life to writing and research. He died in 1993 in a domestic accident.

A Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was the former Secretary-General of the Unite

A Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1974 to 1984, Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs of Ceylon and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon.[1]

Was a Chinese astronomer/astrologer born in the State of Qi [1] also known as the Lord Gan (Gan Gong

Was a Chinese astronomer/astrologer born in the State of Qi [1] also known as the Lord Gan (Gan Gong). Along with Shi Shen, he is the first in history to compile a star catalogue, followed by the Greek Hipparchus who was the first in the Western tradition to create a star catalogue.

Is a Chinese mathematician and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is known for hi

Is a Chinese mathematician and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is known for his contributions to geometric analysis and quantum cohomology, among other fields. He was born in Nanjing, China, but now divides his time between Princeton University and Peking University.

Is a Dutch astronomer. Well before completing his university studies at Leiden, he had already becom

Is a Dutch astronomer. Well before completing his university studies at Leiden, he had already become well-established internationally as a radio astronomer in The Netherlands, specializing in studies of radio sources and the Milky Way Galaxy based on observations of radio continuum emissions and 21-cm spectral line radiation that originates in interstellar hydrogen. He emigrated to the United States, became a naturalized citizen, and held a number of important scientific and management positions in academic and government institutions.

An American astronomer, the endowed Leed '49 Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College

An American astronomer, the endowed Leed '49 Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College, and recipient of the Alexander Von Humboldt Prize. Wegner was also a member of a famous group of seven astronomers called the Seven Samurai who, in the 1980s, discovered the location of the Great Attractor. He has co-authored and authored over 320 articles in astronomy and astrophysics. [1] [2] [3] Gary Wegner received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona in 1967, and his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Washington in 1971. He is the Margaret Anne and Edward Leed '49 Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth and a recipient of the prestigious Alexander Von Humboldt Prize from the Humboldt Foundation in Germany where he spent time at the Ruhr University. He has also worked at Mount Stromlo Observatory in the Australian Capital Territory, Oxford University, the South African Astronomical Observatory, the University of Delaware, Pennsylvania State University,

The chief meteorologist for KWTV Channel 9, the CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. England wa

The chief meteorologist for KWTV Channel 9, the CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. England was possibly the first on-air meteorologist to alert its viewers of a possible tornado using a commercial Doppler weather radar . He is also known for contributing to the invention of the First Warning map graphic commonly used to show ongoing weather alerts without interrupting regular programming.England's first broadcasting job was a short stint at KTOK, an Oklahoma City talk radio station. England began working at KWTV in the fall of 1972.[1] A few months later, KWTV introduced the first radar system specifically designed for television and during a live cut-in by England on May 24, 1973 for a tornado warning in Canadian County. Channel 9 viewers saw the radar image of a damaging F4 tornado near Union City in Canadian County which resulted in extensive damage to that small town. The Union City tornado was also the first documented chase ever on a tornado

A first generation Lebanese-American, Nabhan was raised in Gary, Indiana. He served as Director of S

A first generation Lebanese-American, Nabhan was raised in Gary, Indiana. He served as Director of Science at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and co-founded Native Seeds/SEARCH, a nonprofit conservation organization that works to preserve indigenous southwestern agricultural plants as well as knowledge of their uses. Nabhan was the founding director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University. In 2008 he joined the University of Arizona faculty as a Research Social Scientist with the Southwest Center.Among his books are The Desert Smells Like Rain, Cultures of Habitat, Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity, Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation, Cross-pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry, Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods, and Gathering the Desert, which won the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished natural history writing. He was also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

American economist and a Nobel laureate. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Becker earned a B.A. at P

American economist and a Nobel laureate. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Becker earned a B.A. at Princeton University in 1951 and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1955.

Was a Swiss botanist who wrote Pinax theatri botanici (1596), which described thousands of plants an

Was a Swiss botanist who wrote Pinax theatri botanici (1596), which described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. He was a disiciple of the famous italian physician Gir

Was a French mathematician and inventor of descriptive geometry. An opportunity, however, presented

Was a French mathematician and inventor of descriptive geometry. An opportunity, however, presented itself: being required to work out from data supplied to him the defilading of a proposed fortress (an operation then only performed by a long arithmetical process), Monge, substituting for this a geometrical method, obtained the result so quickly that the commandant at first refused to receive it - the time necessary for the work had not been taken; but upon examination the value of the discovery was recognized

Was a French philosopher. His most important work is on poetics and on the philosophy of science. To

Was a French philosopher. His most important work is on poetics and on the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break (obstacle épistémologique et rupture épistémologique). He rose

Was a French futurist but also an industrialist, a philosopher and a state manager. He is mainly kno

Was a French futurist but also an industrialist, a philosopher and a state manager. He is mainly known for his remarkably lucid analysis of Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology and for his studies on the character structure.

Was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by

Was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by French mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, and the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related.