Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 unti

Was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death. He was interested in nature from an early age, first in birds and then spiders, on which he published his first article in 1827.He published A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (2 vols., 1861-1864), which included accounts of 304 species and gave the first adequate descriptions of British spiders. Ten of the plates included were by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge and twelve were by the Irish naturalist Robert Templeton.

A British population geneticist. He is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Notti

A British population geneticist. He is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham, in the School of Biology.Brookfield is interested in how the genomes evolve and has recently focussed on the evolution of DNA sequences which control development, particularly in Drosophila, and on the evolution of transposable elements.

An American plant geneticist.Sanford graduated in 1976 from the University of Minnesota with a BSc i

An American plant geneticist.Sanford graduated in 1976 from the University of Minnesota with a BSc in horticulture. He then went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received an MSc in 1978 and a PhD in 1980 in plant breeding and genetics. Between 1980 and 1986 Sanford was an assistant professor at Cornell University, and then from 1986 to 1998 he was an associate professor. Although retiring in 1998, Sanford continues at Cornell as a courtesy associate professor. He held an honorary Adjunct Associate Professor of Botany at Duke University. Sanford has published over 80 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals.

Was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principa

Was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he suddenly broke from the

Was an American paleontologist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United

Was an American paleontologist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of vertebrate fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, particularly with the genus Smilodon, more commonly known as the sabertooth cat.He was born in Hopkinton, Iowa the son of the postmaster and proprietor of a general store. As a young man, he began collecting Paleozoic invertebrate fossils near his Iowa home. He received a bachelors degree from Lenox College in Iowa, then went to the University of California to study geology and botany under Joseph Le Conte. He later went to Munich, Germany to study under the famous paleontologist Karl von Zittel. In 1894 he returned to the U.S. and joined the faculty at the University of California, teaching and performing research in both vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology.

Was an American ornithologist. He is considered to be one of the giants of American ornithology, and

Was an American ornithologist. He is considered to be one of the giants of American ornithology, and was America's first taxonomist, describing 198 birds not previously mentioned by Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon. Cassin drew, printed and hand-colored many of the illustrations for the Railroad Surveys as the western regions of the United States were explored. He was named curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in 1842, and after John T. Bowen's death, he took control of the Academy. His "Illustrations" was intended to be a 3-volume work, but financial considerations prevented more than one volume being published.

Was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B, alon

Was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B, along with Michael Ventris.After the war he was on the staff of the Oxford Classical Dictionary before beginning a Classics lectureship at Cambridge in 1952. That year he began working with Ventris on the progressive decipherment of Linear B, the two writing Documents in Mycenean Greek in 1956 following a controversial first paper three years earlier. Chadwick's philological skills were applied to Ventris' initial theory that Linear B was an early form of Greek rather than another Mediterranean language.

Was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the offi

Was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery. During the 1840s

Budapest, Hungary; died August 9, 2000 in Berkeley, California, United States) was a Hungarian-Austr

Budapest, Hungary; died August 9, 2000 in Berkeley, California, United States) was a Hungarian-Australian-American economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics winner

A British phonetician and Esperanto teacher at University College London, where until his retirement

A British phonetician and Esperanto teacher at University College London, where until his retirement in 2006 he held the departmental chair in Phonetics.Wells is best known for his book and cassette Accents of English, the book and CD The Sounds of the IPA, Lingvistikaj Aspektoj de Esperanto and the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. He is the author of the most widely used English-Esperanto dictionary, and is also the inventor of the X-SAMPA ASCII phonetic alphabet. During the summer, Wells directs a two-week course which focuses on practical and theoretical phonetics as well as aspects of teaching phonetics. The course ends with written and oral examinations, for which the IPA Certificate of Proficiency in the Phonetics of English is awarded. A considerable part of Wells's research focuses on the phonetic description of varieties of English. From 2003 to 2007 he was president of the International Phonetic Association.

Was a Scottish botanist, garden and cemetery designer, and garden magazine editor.After traveling th

Was a Scottish botanist, garden and cemetery designer, and garden magazine editor.After traveling through Europe from 1813 to 1814, Loudon began to focus on the improvement of the construction of greenhouses and other agricultural systems. He ultimately developed a design for hinged surfaces that could be adjusted depending on the angle of the Sun. Loudon also developed plans for industrial worker housing and solar heating systems.Loudon established himself as a city planner, decades before Frederick Law Olmsted and others began to work. His vision for the possibility of long term planning for London’s green spaces was illustrated within his work, Hints for Breathing Places for Metropolis published in 1829. He envisioned city growth being carefully shaped and circulation influenced by the inclusion of greenbelts.

Was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, Cornwall and died in Cambridg

Was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, Cornwall and died in Cambridge. The Cornish name Couch is pronounced "cooch".His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics. The calculations were made to explain discrepancies with Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton. At the same time, but unknown to each other, the same calculations were made by Urbain Le Verrier. Le Verrier would assist Galle in locating the planet (September 1846); which was found within 1° of its predicted location, a point in Aquarius. (There was, and to some extent still is, some controversy over the apportionment of credit for the discovery; see Discovery of Neptune.)

An American biologist, and businessman.[1] Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and was

An American biologist, and businessman.[1] Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and was instrumental in mapping the human genome.[2] He was listed on Time Magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.Venter began his academic career at a community college, College of San Mateo in California. He received his bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 1972, and his Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology in 1975 — both from the University of California, San Diego. In San Diego, he married former Ph.D. candidate, Barbara Rae.[6][7] After working as a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he joined the National Institutes of Health in 1984. In Buffalo, he divorced Dr. Rae-Venter and married his student, Claire M. Fraser,[7] and remained married to Ms. Fraser until 2005.[

An American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on COBE wit

An American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on COBE with George Smoot. COBE was the first experiment to measure "... the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation."This work helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe using the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE). According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science."Mather is a senior astrophysicist at the U.S. space agency's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and adjunct professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2007, Mather was listed among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World.

Was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to

Was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy.Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as they were becoming distinguishable. One of the most learned men of his age, he had been invited to lecture on advanced algebra at the University of Paris while still in his early twenties. Dee was an ardent promoter of mathematics, a respected astronomer and a leading expert in navigation, having trained many of those who would conduct England's voyages of discovery. In one of several tracts which Dee wrote in the 1580s encouraging British exploratory expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage, he appears to have coined the term "British Empire".

Was an Irish-born scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography.He taught himself the theory

Was an Irish-born scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography.He taught himself the theory of space groups, including the quaternion method; this became the mathematical basis of later work on crystal structure. Whilst at Cambridge he also became known as "Sage", a nickname given to him by a girl working in Ogden's Bookshop at the corner of Bridge Street in about 1920[1]. After graduation, he began research under Sir William Bragg at the Davy Faraday Laboratory at the Royal Institution[3] in London. In 1924 he determined the structure of graphite[3]. He also did work on bronze[3]. While at Cambridge he worked on the structure of vitamin B1 (1933), pepsin (1934), vitamin D2 (1935), the sterols (1936), and the tobacco mosaic virus (1937)[3].

Was an English optician.Dollond was the son of a Huguenot refugee, a silk-weaver at Spitalfields, Lo

Was an English optician.Dollond was the son of a Huguenot refugee, a silk-weaver at Spitalfields, London, where he was born. He followed his father's trade, but found time to acquire a knowledge of Latin, Greek, mathematics, physics, anatomy and other subjects. In 1752 he abandoned silk-weaving and joined his eldest son, Peter Dollond (1730-1820), who in 1750 had started in business as a maker of optical instruments. His reputation grew rapidly, and in 1761 he was appointed optician to the king.

Was one of the most important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages. He was nicknamed

Was one of the most important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages. He was nicknamed Doctor Subtilis for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought.Scotus was back in Paris before the end of 1304, probably returning in May. He continued

Is a Justice of the High Court of Australia

Is a Justice of the High Court of Australia

A Canadian economist and member of the University of Toronto faculty.[1]Floyd received his B.Comm. f

A Canadian economist and member of the University of Toronto faculty.[1]Floyd received his B.Comm. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1958, and continued to obtain an honours economics degree in 1959. He later obtained M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1962 and 1964 respectively.Before coming to the University of Toronto in 1970, Floyd spent 9 years at the University of Washington. He joined the Washington faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1962, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1966 and Full Professor in 1970.Since 1970, Floyd has been a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto.

Was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologis

Was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766-1828).John Gray was Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups as well as descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world.

American zoologist, physician, and naturalist, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, the son of Sila

American zoologist, physician, and naturalist, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, the son of Silas Holbrook, a teacher, and Mary Edwards.

Was an American amateur ornithologist.Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel

Was an American amateur ornithologist.Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel Thayer, a banker who built Harvard's Thayer Hall. After graduating from Harvard, Thayer married Evelyn Forbes and settled at the family farm at Lancaster,

Was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.Flamsteed accurately calculated the solar e

Was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.Flamsteed accurately calculated the solar eclipses of 1666 and 1668. He was responsible for several of the earliest recorded sightings of the planet Uranus, which he mistook for a star and catalogued as 34 Tauri. The first of these was in December, 1690, which remains the earliest known sighting of Uranus by an astronomer.On August 16, 1680 Flamsteed catalogued a star, 3 Cassiopeiae, that later astronomers were unable to corroborate. Three hundred years later, the American astronomical historian William Ashworth suggested that what Flamsteed may have seen was the most recent supernova in the galaxy's history, an event which would leave as its remnant the strongest radio source outside of the solar system, known in the third Cambridge (3C) catalogue as 3C 461 and commonly called Cassiopeia A by astronomers.

Was a Scottish zoologist and geologist.Fleming was the author of The Philosophy of Zoology (1822 ) a

Was a Scottish zoologist and geologist.Fleming was the author of The Philosophy of Zoology (1822 ) and A History of British Animals (1828).Fleming also wrote Insecta. In: Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopae-dia Britannica, with preliminary dissertations on the history of the sciences(1821).