Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

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

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

Was an American solar astronomer, born in Chicago. He was educated at MIT, at the Observatory of Har

Was an American solar astronomer, born in Chicago. He was educated at MIT, at the Observatory of Harvard College, (1889-90), and at Berlin (1893-94). As an undergraduate at MIT, he invented the spectroheliograph, with which he made his discoveries of the solar vortices and magnetic fields of sun spots.In 1890 he was appointed director of the Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory; he was professor of Astrophysics at Beloit College (1891-93; associate professor at the University of Chicago until 1897, and full professor (1897-1905). He was coeditor of Astronomy and Astrophysics in 1892-95 and after 1895 editor of the Astrophysical Journal.

Romanian cell biologist. In 1974, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Albert Cl

Romanian cell biologist. In 1974, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve, for his discoveries concerning the structure and function of organelles in biological cells.

Was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North Ame

Was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly-known; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico.he first became interested in plants around age 15, but studied medicine and received an MD in 1831. He came to the US in the following year, apparently to invest some of his uncle's money, but spent his time on botanical travels, first visiting Thomas Nuttall in Philadelphia. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, and from there around to the adjacent states. After a couple of years on a farm in Illinois, he returned to St. Louis and established a medical practice. In 1840 he visited Germany, where he married a cousin, Dorothea Horstmann, and they returned to America. (Their son George Julius Engelmann became a noted gynecologist.)

Was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.His boo

Was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878), A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872) and The Birds of Africa (5 volumes, 1896 - 1912).

Was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father

Was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of American limnology.His illustrious career at Yale lasted for forty-three years. In 1949, Hutchinson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1950 to the National Academy of Science.After his retirement, he spent much of his time in England, and he died in London on May 17, 1991.

Was an American paleontologist. He was an expert on extinct mammals and their intercontinental migra

Was an American paleontologist. He was an expert on extinct mammals and their intercontinental migrations. Simpson was the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century and a major participant in the Modern synthesis, contributing Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944) and Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals (1945). Among other things, he is notable for anticipating such concepts as punctuated equilibrium (in his 1944 work, see quantum evolution), and dispelling the myth that the evolution of the horse was a linear process culminating in the modern Equus caballus

Was a French Jesuit theologian. He entered the Society of Jesus, 1 June 1618. After teaching the hum

Was a French Jesuit theologian. He entered the Society of Jesus, 1 June 1618. After teaching the humanities he was professor of sacred sciences at Fribourg, Switzerland (1631–41), and of moral theology at the Jesuit college in Halle, Belgium (1641–44). He then was at Munich (1644–47), rector at Halle (1647–51), and professor of moral theology at Ratisbon (1651–54). He was rector at Fribourg (1654–56), and professor of moral theology at Constance (1656–60), where he was also penitentiary of the cathedral, a post he retained until his death.

Was a British botanist, also partaking in the study of Geology and Naturalism. He attended Aberdeen

Was a British botanist, also partaking in the study of Geology and Naturalism. He attended Aberdeen University in 1815, aged only 14. He graduated four years later. He worked for the London Horticultural Society as Foreman of the Horticultoral Society Gardens at Chiswick, near London.Gordon's first publication was regarding Collectanea for a Flora of Moray in 1839, covering Moray and Nairn, as well as parts of Banffshire and Inverness. However,Gordon is particularly noted for his work on conifers, publishing The Pinetum in 1858, followed by a Supplement in 1862 and a fully revised second edition of The Pinetum in 1875 to which his publisher H. G. Bohn had added an index and a list of plates from three earlier nineteenth century botanical works. He described many new species of conifers from specimens collected by Karl Theodor Hartweg in Mexico and California.

Was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the

Was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the Trade Winds are sustained. As a key factor in ensuring that European sailing vessels reached North American shores, understanding the Trade Winds was as important in Hadley's day as the understanding of the solar wind and other extraterrestrial phenomena is to contemporary scientists considering manned lunar and Martian expeditions. Hadley was intrigued by the fact that winds which should by all rights have blown straight north had a pronounced westerly flow, and it was this mystery he set out to solve.

Was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Was an eminent American plant geneticist. He was born in Clark Co., Ohio, graduated from Antioch Col

Was an eminent American plant geneticist. He was born in Clark Co., Ohio, graduated from Antioch College in 1901 and from the University of Chicago (Ph.D.) in 1904, served as botanical expert to the United States Bureau of Plant Industry in 1903-04, and thenceforth was a botanical investigator of the Carnegie Institution at the Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Springs Harbor, N. Y., giving special attention to the results of Luther Burbank's work.[1]Shull played an important role in the development of hybrid corn which had great impact upon global agriculture. He described heterosis in maize in 1908 and made a number of other key discoveries in emerging field of genetics. Shull was the founder of the scientific journal Genetics.

Was a French mathematician. He did his studies at École Polytechnique (X 1862). He was known for hi

Was a French mathematician. He did his studies at École Polytechnique (X 1862). He was known for his work in geometry, particularly in enumerative geometry and the singularity theory of algebraic curves, in algebraic geometry. He also worked on invariant theory and projective differential geometry.

Was an American astronomer. He died in Washington, D.C.He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an

Was an American astronomer. He died in Washington, D.C.He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an astrophotographer, discovering three asteroids and photographing the Sun's corona.

Was an English astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darw

Was an English astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin.He studied under Charles Pritchard, went on to study at Trinity College Cambridge, where his tutor was Edward John Routh, was admitted to the bar, but returned to science. In 1883 he became Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.He studied tidal forces involving the Sun, Moon, and Earth, and formulated the fission theory of Moon formation. [2

An astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.He received his Ph.D in 1948 at th

An astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.He received his Ph.D in 1948 at the University of California, Berkeley; his dissertation is entitled A Study of Variable Stars in Nebulosity. His specialty is stars at an early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate mass pre-main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after him) and the interstellar medium. He is perhaps best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig-Haro objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born. Herbig has also made prominent contributions to the field of diffuse interstellar band (DIB) research, especially through a series of nine articles published between 1963 and 1995 entitled "The diffuse interstellar bands."

Was an heir to the The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company fortune. Hartford was born in New York

Was an heir to the The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company fortune. Hartford was born in New York City and was the son of Edward V. Hartford, heir to the A&P fortune and auto parts inventor. His father died in 1922 and he was cared for by his mother Henrietta Guerard Hartford.

Was a noted philologist and linguist.Adler arrived in the United States in 1833 and graduated valedi

Was a noted philologist and linguist.Adler arrived in the United States in 1833 and graduated valedictorian[2] from New York University in 1844. In 1846, he became a professor of modern languages at New York University.In 1849, he compiled the Dictionary of German and English Languages, whose publication marked Adler as one of the great linguists of his era.In 1858, Adler completed his last important work, A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language.Adler's Latin textbook has become the focus for renewed study of Spoken Latin in the 21st Century, after languishing in near oblivion since its publication.[3] Both of these textbooks are in effect editions of the language textbooks of H. Ollendorff.

M.D., Emeritus Professor of Natural History in Edinburgh, an eminent naturalist.In 1843 he graduated

M.D., Emeritus Professor of Natural History in Edinburgh, an eminent naturalist.In 1843 he graduated in medicine at Dublin, and in the following year was appointed professor of botany in that university, succeeding his namesake, William Allman (1776-1846). This position he held for about twelve years until he removed to Edinburgh as Regius Professor of natural history. There he remained until 1870, when considerations of health induced him to resign his professorship and retire to Dorset, where he devoted himself to his favorite pastime of horticulture.The scientific papers which came from his pen are very numerous. His most important work was upon the gymnoblastic hydrozoa, on which he published in 1871-1872, through the Ray Society, an exhaustive monograph, based largely on his own researches and illustrated with drawings of remarkable excellence from his own hand. Biological science is also indebted to him for several convenient terms which have come into daily use, e.g. endoderm and ectoderm for the two cellular layers of the body-wall in Coelenterata.

English meteorologist, was born in Pimlico, London.In 1860 he obtained a post in the meteorological

English meteorologist, was born in Pimlico, London.In 1860 he obtained a post in the meteorological department of the Board of Trade under Admiral Robert FitzRoy, who was then deeply interested in the subject of storm-warnings, and, in the same year he published the first annual volume of British Rainfall, which contained records from 168 stations in England and Wales, but none from Scotland or Ireland.Three years later he resigned his appointment at the Board of Trade, where his rainfall inquiries were not appreciated--at least not as a prior study of storm-warnings--and devoted his whole energies to the organization of a band of volunteer observers for the collection of particulars of rainfall throughout the British Isles

An American economist and the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Harvard

An American economist and the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Harvard University.[1] He is most well-known for his advocacy of reducing immigration rates to the United States.Borjas was called 'America’s leading immigration economist' by BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal. He is an influential figure in the debate on immigration and his research on the economic impact of immigration plays a central role in the debate over immigration policy in the United States.[3]He has written many books and has published more than 100 articles in books and scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.[

Was a Canadian-born English evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what

Was a Canadian-born English evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what he called comparative psychology, postulating a similarity of cognitive processes and mechanisms between humans and animals.He was the youngest of Charles Darwin's academic friends, and his views on evolution are historically important. He invented the term neo-Darwinism, which is still often used today to indicate an updated form of Darwinism. Romanes' early death was a loss to the cause of evolutionary biology in Britain. Within six years Mendel's work was rediscovered, and a whole new agenda opened up for debate.

U.S. economist. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982, and was a key leader of the Chicago Sch

U.S. economist. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982, and was a key leader of the Chicago School of Economics, along with his close friend Milton Friedman.

Was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages.

Was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages. Zipf worked at Harvard University. He worked with Chinese languages and demographics, and much of his effort can explain properties of the Internet and ma

Was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary bi

Was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century.[1] Stebbins received his Ph.D. in botany from Harvard University in 1931. He went on to the University of California, Berkeley, where his work with E. B. Babcock on the genetic evolution of plant species, and his association with a group of evolutionary biologists known as the Bay Area Biosystematists, led him to develop a comprehensive synthesis of plant evolution incorporating genetics.His most important publication was Variation and Evolution in Plants, which combined genetics and Darwin's theory of natural selection to describe plant speciation. It is regarded as one of the main publications which formed the core of the modern evolutionary synthesis and still provides the conceptual framework for research in plant evolutionary biology; according to Ernst Mayr,