Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherit

Was a German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherited wealth to sponsor bird collectors in South America, including Jan Kalinowski and Hermann von Ihering. His collection of 55,000 birds was sold to the Sen

Was a Danish zoologist.

Was a Danish zoologist.

Was a distinguished molecular immunologist who did pioneering research in the United States and his

Was a distinguished molecular immunologist who did pioneering research in the United States and his native Germany. The areas of investigation upon which he left his mark include the immunoglobulins and the complement system.

Was a Prussian-born American botanist who specialized in the plant family Gesneriaceae. In 1954 he r

Was a Prussian-born American botanist who specialized in the plant family Gesneriaceae. In 1954 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Goshen Biblical Seminary in 1956. He married in 1958 and remained in the United States for the rest of his life. He obtained a Master's degree in Botany from Cornell University and in 1979 a PhD in Botany from the University of Miami. Wiehler was on the staff of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens from 1973 until 1982, when he left Selby to found the Gesneriad Research Foundation in Sarasota, Florida.

Was a German-born philosopher.He is best known for his influential work The Imperative of Responsibi

Was a German-born philosopher.He is best known for his influential work The Imperative of Responsibility (German 1979, English 1984). His work centers on social and ethical problems created by technology. Jonas insists that human survival depends on our efforts to care for our planet and its future. He formulated a new and distinctive supreme principle of morality: "Act so that the effects of your action are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life".

was a Danish linguist known for developing the linguistic theory of glossematics with Louis Hjelmsl

was a Danish linguist known for developing the linguistic theory of glossematics with Louis Hjelmslev. From 1951-52 he wrote the first part of his and Hjelmslev's coauthored work "Outline of Glossematics", Uldalls views differed from Hjelmslev's in several important points. Uldall also worked in London with Daniel Jones and later went to the United States to work on the Maidu language. He went on to have teaching posts in Athens and to work for the British council in Nigeria where he died. [1][2]

A Catholic priest, a Swiss theologian, and a prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of th

A Catholic priest, a Swiss theologian, and a prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). K

Was an Austrian-American jurist.In 1919, he became full professor of public and administrative law a

Was an Austrian-American jurist.In 1919, he became full professor of public and administrative law at the University of Vienna. He established and edited the Journal of Public Law (Zeitschrift für Öffentliches Recht) in Vienna. At the behest of Chancellor Karl Renner, Kelsen worked on drafting a new Austrian Constitution, enacted in 1920. The document still forms the basis of Austrian constitutional law. Kelsen was appointed to the Constitutional Court, for a life term. In 1925, he published General Political Theory (Allgemeine Staatslehre) in Berlin.Following increasing political controversy about some positions of the Constitutional Court (especially about divorce) and an increasingly conservative climate, Kelsen, who was considered a Social Democrat, although not a party member, was removed from the court in 1930.

Was a German philologist and linguist, specializing over many decades in the Illyrian languages. Bet

Was a German philologist and linguist, specializing over many decades in the Illyrian languages. Between 1936 and 1946 he was a professor at the University of Würzburg, where he founded the Archiv für die Gewässernamen Deutschlands[1] in 1942. Between 1947 and 1949 he held a chair at Heidelberg and from 1949 to the time of his death he was Professor für vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft und Slavistik and Leiter des indologischen und slavischen Seminars in the University of Tübingen.

Was an American linguist of Austrian origin. He was full professor for English and Linguistics at th

Was an American linguist of Austrian origin. He was full professor for English and Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is predominantly known for publishing the first linguistic atlas of the US (Linguistic Atlas of New England, for which he received the Loubat Prize) and for being the first main editor of the Middle English Dictionary. Together with Raven I. McDavid, Jr. he also published a linguistic atlas of the eastern United States, The Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States.

A British biochemist.On leaving school he became a junior laboratory technician for Dr Hans Krebs at

A British biochemist.On leaving school he became a junior laboratory technician for Dr Hans Krebs at the University of Sheffield who encouraged him to study further and apply for a scholarship at the same university. He graduated with a BSc Honours in Chemistry in 1949. His interest had now moved to biochemistry and he studied in the Faculty of Medicine, receiving a PhD degree in 1953 for a thesis entitled Studies on gastric urease.

Was a German-Dutch lensmaker.He settled in Middelburg in the Netherlands in 1594, married the same y

Was a German-Dutch lensmaker.He settled in Middelburg in the Netherlands in 1594, married the same year, and became a citizen in 1602. He remained in Middelburg until his death.He was credited with creating and disseminating designs for the first practical telescope. Crude telescopes and spyglasses may have been created much earlier, but Lippershey is believed to be the first to apply for a patent for his design (beating Jacob Metius by a few weeks), and making it available for general use in 1608. He failed to receive a patent but was handsomely rewarded by the Dutch government for copies of his design. The "Dutch perspective glass", the telescope that Lippershey invented, could only magnify thrice.

Was a South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist. He discove

Was a South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist. He discovered the rich deposit of alluvial diamonds at Alexander Bay in Namaqualand, vast platinum and chrome reefs at Lydenburg, Rustenburg and Potgietersrus, which led to some of the largest platinum mines in the world, phosphates and copper at Phalaborwa in the Transvaal lowveld, gold in the Free State and the world’s biggest chrome deposit at Jagdlust near Pietersburg.

Was a biochemist, a leader in protein chemistry and the founding chairman of the Department of Bioch

Was a biochemist, a leader in protein chemistry and the founding chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle.Neurath had wide-ranging interests in the physical chemistry of proteins. He published seminal papers on protein structure and denaturation and debunked early models of protein structures, notably those of William Astbury.Neurath was always a careful scientist, never overreaching the data. His research focused mainly on the proteases, (proteins that act as enzymes cleaving other proteins).

Was a German mathematician. He introduced the Petersson inner product and is also known for the Rama

Was a German mathematician. He introduced the Petersson inner product and is also known for the Ramanujan–Petersson conjecture.

Is a Swiss mathematician and statistician based in Zürich, where he has been a professor with the S

Is a Swiss mathematician and statistician based in Zürich, where he has been a professor with the Seminar für Statistik since 1983 at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). As of 2007, Künsch is the Chair of ETH

German embryologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his discov

German embryologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, the influence exercised by various parts of the embryo that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues and organs.

Was a prominent Norwegian zoologist.He co-founded the Norwegian Royal Society of Sciences in 1760, w

Was a prominent Norwegian zoologist.He co-founded the Norwegian Royal Society of Sciences in 1760, with Gerhard Schoning, the historian, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus, bishop of Trondheim.

Is a German economist and regarded as one of the foremost experts on international financial matters

Is a German economist and regarded as one of the foremost experts on international financial matters.[citation needed] He was president of Deutsche Bundesbank from 1993 until 1999 and remains one of the most important figures in finance of the European Un

A German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherited w

A German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherited wealth to sponsor bird collectors in South America, including Jan Kalinowski and Hermann von Ihering. His collection of 55,000 birds was sold to the Senckenberg Museum at Frankfurt on Main after his death.

Was a German zoologist who worked on ornithology and entomology. Boetticher was employed at the natu

Was a German zoologist who worked on ornithology and entomology. Boetticher was employed at the natural history museum in Coburg.

Is a German economist and former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was formerly

Is a German economist and former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was formerly a professor of economics at the Darmstadt University of Technology. As of April 2010[update], he is president of the International School of Management .

Was a German mathematician who worked primarily in analytic number theory. He is the author (with He

Was a German mathematician who worked primarily in analytic number theory. He is the author (with Heini Halberstam) of a definitive book[1] on sieve theory. Richert worked primarily in analytic number theory, and beginning around 1965 started a collaborat

Was a Danish astronomer.He started his observational career during his studies at the Copenhagen Uni

Was a Danish astronomer.He started his observational career during his studies at the Copenhagen University. After completing his degree in 1906 he worked at the Urania, the Treptow Observatory at Berlin, and finally at Horsholm Observatory in Copenhagen.He is most famous for his work on Mars and Jupiter. Other areas he worked on were star parallax, the measuring of variable stars, the color of stars, and the observation of comets, sunspots, and the ring of Saturn.

Is a German economist and philosopher. He is considered one of the most important theorists on the f

Is a German economist and philosopher. He is considered one of the most important theorists on the field of Marx's theory of value. He began a long-term cooperation with Helmut Reichelt already from his years of university studies.