Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an Armenian linguist, scholar and public functionary. A layman of the princely Pahlavuni family,

Was an Armenian linguist, scholar and public functionary. A layman of the princely Pahlavuni family, he was the son of Vassak Pahlavuni. After Byzantium annexed the Kingdom of Ani, Gregory went on to serve as the Governor-general of the province of Edessa

Was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Betw

Was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name.

Was a Romanian mathematician, computer pioneer, and member of the Romanian Academy. His research was

Was a Romanian mathematician, computer pioneer, and member of the Romanian Academy. His research was mainly in the fields of mathematical logic (Lukasiewicz-Moisil algebra), algebra and differential equations. He is viewed as the father of computer science in Romania.

Is a Russian mathematician who has made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric

Is a Russian mathematician who has made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology. In particular, he proved Thurston's geometrization conjecture. This solves in the affirmative the famous Poincaré conjecture, posed in 1904 and regarded as one of the most important and difficult open problems in mathematics until it was solved.

Was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Sh

Was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Shayn, but his astronomical discoveries are credited under the name G. Shajn. Nonetheless, his last name is sometimes given as Schajn.He worked on stellar spectroscopy and the physics of gaseous nebulas. Together with Otto Struve, he studied the rapid rotation of stars of young spectral types and measured the radial velocities of stars. He discovered new gaseous nebulas and the anomalous abundance of 13C in stellar atmospheres.He became a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1939, and was also a member of various foreign societies such as the Royal Astronomical Society. From 1945 to 1952 he was the director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

Is a Russian economist, and politician. He is best known as the author of 500 Days, a plan for the t

Is a Russian economist, and politician. He is best known as the author of 500 Days, a plan for the transition of the USSR into a free-market economy, and for his leadership of the liberal Yabloko party. Yavlinsky was born into a relatively well-off family in Lviv, Ukraine. His father Alexei was an officer, while his mother Vera taught chemistry at an institute. Both his parents are buried in Lviv, and his brother Mikhail lives there.

Was a Ukrainian nobleman, political philosopher, botanist, zoologist and geologist known from his wr

Was a Ukrainian nobleman, political philosopher, botanist, zoologist and geologist known from his writings in the West as Gregor, who lost his Russian titles in 1811 for verbally attacking Emperor Alexander I and was subsequently incorporated into the Bohemian nobility (Inkolat im Herrenstande) and accorded the rank of Count in the Austrian Empire.

Was a Soviet/Russian astronomer.He is credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, and notably 951 G

Was a Soviet/Russian astronomer.He is credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, and notably 951 Gaspra[1] and 762 Pulcova. The Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries under the name G. N. Neujmin, and his surname appears this way in the literature. However, the modern English transliteration of his name would be Neuymin.He also discovered or co-discovered a number of periodic comets, including 25D/Neujmin, 28P/Neujmin, 42P/Neujmin, 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte and 58P/Jackson-Neujmin. The asteroid 1129 Neujmina was named in his honour.

Was an amateur astronomer and pioneer of radio astronomy. He was instrumental investigating and exte

Was an amateur astronomer and pioneer of radio astronomy. He was instrumental investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work, and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies.Instead Reber decided to build his own radio telescope in his back yard in Wheaton. His design was considerably more advanced than Jansky's, consisting of a parabolic sheet metal mirror 9 meters in diameter, focusing to a radio receiver 8 meters above the mirror. The entire assembly was mounted on a tilting stand allowing it to be pointed in various directions, although not turned. The telescope was completed in 1937.

Was an American geologist.Gilbert was born in Rochester, New York and graduated from the University

Was an American geologist.Gilbert was born in Rochester, New York and graduated from the University of Rochester. In 1871, he joined George M. Wheeler's geographical survey as its first geologist. He then joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879.[1] During this time he published an important monograph, The Geology of the Henry Mountains (1877). After the creation of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1879, he was appointed to the position of Senior Geologist and worked for the USGS until his death (including a term as acting director).

Is a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) in

Is a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) in 1948, and received a doctorate degree in physics and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He is primarily engaged in the research on partial differential equation, differential geometry, and mathematical physics. He served as vice president of Fudan University and from 1988 to 1993 president of the University of Science and Technology of China. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

An Italian population geneticist, evolutionist and literary author born in Adria, who has been worki

An Italian population geneticist, evolutionist and literary author born in Adria, who has been working at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (NY), at the Padua and Bologna Universities, and is now a professor at the University of Ferrara since 1996.A population geneticist by training, has been working on several aspects of human genetic variation. In collaboration with Robert R. Sokal, he pioneered the statistical comparison of patterns of genetic and linguistic variation, showing that language differences may contribute to reproductive isolation, and hence promote genetic divergence between populations.

Is a Brazilian economist, politician and currently Brazil's Finance Minister.He graduated in Economi

Is a Brazilian economist, politician and currently Brazil's Finance Minister.He graduated in Economics from the Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade of the University of São Paulo and is a professor of Economics at several leading universities of São Paulo.He has long been associated with the left wing Workers' Party and was a key member in the successful presidential campaign of the party's founder and leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Upon Lula's access to power in 2003, Mantega was appointed Minister for Planning, and later chairman to BNDES (National Bank for Economical and Social Development).

Was an Italian geneticist.

Was an Italian geneticist.

Was a French philosopher and theologian. His only printed works are a fragment on the Eucharist[2],

Was a French philosopher and theologian. His only printed works are a fragment on the Eucharist[2], and the Moralia A brevi ala and De Origine Animae[3]. In the last of these he maintains that children who die unbaptized must be lost, the pure soul being defiled by the grossness of the body, and declares that God's will is not to be questioned. He upholds the theory of Creationism (i.e., that a soul is specially created for each human being). Ravaisson-Mollien has discovered a number of fragments by him, among which the most important is the De Essentia Dei et de Substantia Dei; a Liber Sententiarum, consisting of discussions on ethics and scriptural interpretation, is also ascribed to Champeaux.

Was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop of Mende. Durandus' principal work is the Sp

Was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop of Mende. Durandus' principal work is the Speculum iudiciale, which was compiled in 1271, and revised in 1286 and 1291. It is a general explanation of civil, criminal and canonical procedure, and also includes a survey of the subject of contracts. It is a remarkable encyclopedical synthesis of Roman and ecclesiastical law,

Was a French mathematician. His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating lim

Was a French mathematician. His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating limits involving indeterminate forms 0/0 and 8/8. Although the rule did not originate with l'Hôpital, it appeared in print for the first time in his treatise on the infinitesimal calculus, entitled Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes.[2] This book was a first systematic exposition of differential calculus. Several editions and translations to other languages were published and it became a model for subsequent treatments of calculus.

Was a French geographer , ethnologist , zoologist who studied the island of Madagascar.He was the so

Was a French geographer , ethnologist , zoologist who studied the island of Madagascar.He was the son of the wealthy industrialist Alfred Grandidier also a zoologist and expert on Madagascar. Guillaume Grandidier was Secretary of the Geographical Society of Paris and a prolific author.He wrote Atlas des Colonies Françaises, Protectorats et Territoires sous Mandat de la France. Société D´Éditions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. Paris. (1934) , with Petit, G. Zoologie de Madagascar. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, Paris 2 ((1932) and edited with his father Collection des Ouvrages Anciens Concernant Madagascar 9 vols. Paris: Comité de Madagascar (1903–1920) and many other works on Madagascar. The best known is the monumental Madagascar L'Histoire politique, physique et naturelle de Madagascar. This work was undertaken in cooperation with his father and others such as Alphonse Milne-Edwards and Leon Vaillant. This work ran to 40 volumes

an Argentine American economist who is currently Director of Columbia University's mid-career Progr

an Argentine American economist who is currently Director of Columbia University's mid-career Program in Economic Policy Management in their School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).He published significant research in macroeconomics, especially monetary economics and the economics of emerging markets and transition economies.[1] Calvo, together with Edmund Phelps and John B. Taylor, did pioneering work on staggered wage setting as a channel for producing price stickiness. The Calvo pricing approach is named after him.

He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He became interested i

He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He became interested in astronomy and because of his dedication and enthusiasm was hired in 1943 as an assistant at the newly founded Observatorio Astrofísico de Tonantzintla. In order to pursue his astronomical training he visited the U.S. and worked from 1943 to 1944 at Harvard College Observatory.Upon his return to Mexico in 1945 he continued working at the Observatorio Astrofísico de Tonantzintla where he was responsible for the commissioning of the new 24-31-inch. Schmidt camera and where he became involved in the study of extremely red and extremely blue stars. In 1947 he started working for the Observatorio de Tacubaya of the UNAM

Was a Swedish Turkologist and diplomat.Jarring studied at Lund University, and earned his PhD in 193

Was a Swedish Turkologist and diplomat.Jarring studied at Lund University, and earned his PhD in 1933 with his dissertation Studien zu einer osttürkischen Lautlehre. After teaching Turkic languages at the University for the rest of the 1930s, he worked for the Swedish foreign service as attaché at their embassy in Ankara in 1940. He later held diplomatic positions in Teheran, Baghdad, and Addis Ababa, and was appointed Swedish minister to India in 1948. After several other diplomatic missions, he was Sweden's Permanent Representative the United Nations 1956-1958, and sat in the UN Security Council for the last two of those years. He was ambassador to the USA 1958-1964, and to the Soviet Union 1964-1967.

Was a Danish phycologist, and a leading authority on the ecology and taxonomy of Danish phytoplankto

Was a Danish phycologist, and a leading authority on the ecology and taxonomy of Danish phytoplankton. Nygaard completed his Masters at University of Copenhagen, initially working at the Freshwater Biological Laboratory in Hillerød as a research stipendiary. From 1933 until his retirement in 1972 he was employed as a lecturer in the Danish grammar school system. Thereafter, he was provided an office at the Freshwater Biological Laboratory to facilitate his work. In recognition of his scientific contributions, the University of Copenhagen awarded him the degree dr. scient. honoris causa[1][2].

Was a Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955-1959, and in the U.S.S

Was a Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955-1959, and in the U.S.S.R. 1959-1961. He was an expert on Southeast Asia Orchidaceae. He published several multi-volume works on orchids, e.g. The Orchids of Thailand – A Preliminary List (with T. Smitinand) and Orchid Genera in Thailand vol. I- XIV. These works are strictly taxonomic and floristic, but decorated with Seidenfaden’s own drawings of flower parts as seen under the dissection microscope.

Was Graduate Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the ea

Was Graduate Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the early bacteriophage biologists, he was known also for his studies on the metabolism of bacteria and neurobiology of leeches, and for his writing on the history and philosophy of biology.His introductory textbook, Molecular Genetics; an Introductory Narrative has been translated into Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.He was perhaps most generally known for his works on the progress of science, especially his 1969 lectures at Berkeley published as The Coming of the Golden Age

Was a Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician born in Xingtai, Hebei and lived during the Yu

Was a Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician born in Xingtai, Hebei and lived during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).