Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a Flemish astronomer who was born in Herk-de-Stad. He is also known by the Latin name Vendelinus

Was a Flemish astronomer who was born in Herk-de-Stad. He is also known by the Latin name Vendelinus. His name is sometimes given as Govaert Wendelen; his first name spelt Godefroid or Gottfried.Around 1630 he measured the distance between the Earth and the Sun using the method of Aristarchus of Samos. The value he calculated was 60% of the true value (243 times the distance to the Moon; the true value is about 384 times; Aristarchus calculated about 20 times).In 1643 he recognized that Kepler's third law applied to the satellites of Jupiter.

Was a member of the Logicians school of ancient Chinese philosophy. He also ran a school and enjoyed

Was a member of the Logicians school of ancient Chinese philosophy. He also ran a school and enjoyed the support of rulers, and supported peaceful means of resolving disputes in contrast to the wars which were common in the period (the so-called Warring States Period). However, little is known about the particulars of his life, and furthermore many of his writings have been lost.[3] All of his essays, fourteen originally but only six still extant, are included in the book Gongsun Longzi (????).

Was a prominent crystallographer of Indian origin. He is notably known for the determination of the

Was a prominent crystallographer of Indian origin. He is notably known for the determination of the molecular structure of the enzyme ribonuclease in 1967. This was the first protein structure elucidated and published in the United States.Gopinath Kartha was born in Cherthala, near Alappuzha in the state of Kerala, India. He went to school at Sanathanadharma Vidya Sala in Alappuzha. His undergraduate diploma in Math, Physics, and Chemistry was from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He obtained his B.Sc in Physics in 1950 from the University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained another B.Sc in Mathematics from Andhra University in Visakhapatnam in 1951.

A Japanese mathematician who introduced the notion of Azumaya algebra in 1951. His advisor was Shoki

A Japanese mathematician who introduced the notion of Azumaya algebra in 1951. His advisor was Shokichi Iyanaga and he is now an emeritus professor at Indiana University.

A Japanese mathematician, and currently a professor emeritus of mathematics (former Michael Henry St

A Japanese mathematician, and currently a professor emeritus of mathematics (former Michael Henry Strater Chair) at Princeton University.Shimura was a colleague and a friend of Yutaka Taniyama. They wrote a book (the first book treatment) on the complex multiplication of abelian varieties, an area which in collaboration they had opened up.Shimura then wrote a long series of major papers, extending the phenomena found in the theory of complex multiplication and modular forms to higher dimensions (amongst other results). This work (and other developments it provoked) provided some of the 'raw data' later incorporated into the Langlands program. It equally brought out the concept, in general, of Shimura variety; which is the higher-dimensional equivalent of modular curve. Even to define in general a Shimura variety is quite a formidable task: they bear, roughly speaking, the same relation to general Hodge structures as modular curves do to elliptic curves.

Was a Japanese astronomer who helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into J

Was a Japanese astronomer who helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into Japan. Asada spent much of his career in the flourishing commercial city of Osaka, where he practiced medicine for a living. Because of the Japanese government's policy of seclusion, Western scientific theory was generally available only through obsolete Chinese works edited by Jesuit missionaries in China. Yet Asada managed to construct sophisticated mathematical models of celestial movements and is sometimes credited with the independent discovery of Kepler's third law.

Was a German philosopher and statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics.He was bo

Was a German philosopher and statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics.He was born in Elblag (in German: Elbing). Beginning in 1738 he studied in Jena, Halle, again Jena and Leipzig. In the years 1743 to 1746 he worked as controller in

Was an American statistician and educator. He was the son of Fritz Noether, the nephew of Emmy Noeth

Was an American statistician and educator. He was the son of Fritz Noether, the nephew of Emmy Noether, and the grandson of Max Noether.

Was an economist. He worked in particular on international trade.Haberler's two major works were The

Was an economist. He worked in particular on international trade.Haberler's two major works were Theory of International Trade (1936) and Prosperity and Depression (1937).In 1957 GATT commissioned a report on the terms of trade for primary commodities, and Haberler was appointed Chairman. The report found that there was a decline in the terms of trade for primary producers, since 1955 commodity prices were said to have fallen by 5%, whilst industrial prices rose by 6%. Haberler's report seems to prefigure the report written by Raúl Prebisch for UNCTAD in 1964, but when Prebisch's report came out Haberler denounced it. His particular disagreement was with the idea that there was a systematic long-term (secular) decline in the terms of trade.

E occupies an equally grand place in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics.

E occupies an equally grand place in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. He invented calculus independently of Newton, and his notation is the one in general use since

A German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic,

A German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic,

German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He helped found both modern mathematical

German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He helped found both modern mathematical logic and analytic philosophy.

Is the I. J. Schoenberg Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a pio

Is the I. J. Schoenberg Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a pioneer in methods for smoothing noisy data. Best known for the development of generalized cross validation and "Wahba's problem", she has developed methods w

Was a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory.

Was a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory.

Is an Australian philosopher and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University

Is an Australian philosopher and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University

Is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and a distinguished professor

Is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and a distinguished professor of philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as well as a regular visitor at St. Andrews University. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and the

Was an Italian linguist.Being an autodidact, he published in 1854 his first important work on the la

Was an Italian linguist.Being an autodidact, he published in 1854 his first important work on the languages of the orient. In 1860 he was appointed professor of linguistics at the Accademia scientifico-letteraria in Milan and introduced the study of comparative philology, Romance studies and Sanskrit.

Is an American mathematician of Polish birth known for his contributions to geometric topology, quan

Is an American mathematician of Polish birth known for his contributions to geometric topology, quantum algebra, and combinatorics. Kuperberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis.[1] He also maintains the Front for the arXiv.[2]Kuperberg is the son of two mathematicians, Krystyna Kuperberg and Wlodzimierz Kuperberg. He was born in Poland in 1967, but his family emigrated to Sweden in 1969 due to the 1968 Polish political crisis. In 1974, Kuperberg's family moved to the United States, eventually settling in Auburn, Alabama. Kuperberg wrote three computer games for the IBM Personal Computer in 1982 and 1983: Paratrooper, J-Bird and PC-Man. He enrolled at Harvard University in 1983 and received a bachelor's degree in 1987.[3]

Was a German speaking Austrian Augustinian priest and scientist, and is often called the father of g

Was a German speaking Austrian Augustinian priest and scientist, and is often called the father of genetics for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. Its rediscovery prompted the foundation of the discipline of genetics.Mendel was born into a German-speaking family in Heinzendorf, Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire (now Hyncice, Czech Republic), and was baptized two days later. He was the son of Anton and Rosine Mendel, and had one older sister and one younger. They lived and work on a farm which had been owned by the Mendel family for at least 130 years.[2

Was an Italian solar astronomer.He was educated at the Universities; WIlliam Paterson University and

Was an Italian solar astronomer.He was educated at the Universities; WIlliam Paterson University and University of Romano. He began his career at the Collegio Ramapo observatory in Mahwah as an assistant astronomer. In 1915 the Abbettro family moved form a small town in Passic County to Rome, Italy. In 1921 he succeeded his father as the director of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, and continued until 1957. Starting at the same time he was also a professor at the University of Florence, and continued in this capacity until 1957.Gregorio Giuseppe Abettro is noted for having led expeditions to observe solar eclipses to Siberia (1936) and Sudan (1952). He was also a visiting professor at the University of Cairo in 1948–49. He was the vice president of the International Astronomical Union in 1938, and received the Medaglia d'argento from the Italian Geographic Society (1915),

Is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis.Clark is most well known for his

Is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis.Clark is most well known for his theory of economic history related to the change in behaviors that enabled the Industrial Revolution, discussed in his book, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Ec

American biologist and researcher, was co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill. [1] He w

American biologist and researcher, was co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill. [1] He was born in Woodbine, New Jersey into a Jewish family, and he credited two uncles, both agricultural scientists, for his interest in research. He went to Cornell University and received a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1924. He attended Harvard University where he was an instructor in zoology while also working toward his master's and doctorate degrees. From 1927 to 1930 he moved from Harvard to Cambridge University in England to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology with Richard Goldschmidt in Berlin where he performed research

English genealogist, civil servant and "the first great economic statistician.Gregory King was born

English genealogist, civil servant and "the first great economic statistician.Gregory King was born at Lichfield, England. His father was a surveyor and landscape gardener. Gregory was a very bright boy and his father used him as an assistant in his surve

Was an Australian amateur ornithologist.Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to Engl

Was an Australian amateur ornithologist.Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to England around 1900. He wrote The Birds of Australia (twelve volumes, 1910-1927), assisted by Tom Iredale.He was Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Club from 1935-1938[1]. He was made CBE in 1939 for his services to ornithology[2]Mathews described M. s. musgravei, currently recognized as a subspecies of the Splendid Fairy-wren, in 1922 as a new species of bird.[3

Was an Australian amateur ornithologist.Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to Engl

Was an Australian amateur ornithologist.Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to England around 1900. He wrote The Birds of Australia (twelve volumes, 1910-1927), assisted by Tom Iredale.