Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a French astronomer. He was one of the 11 sons of Claude Delisle (1644-1720). Like many of his b

Was a French astronomer. He was one of the 11 sons of Claude Delisle (1644-1720). Like many of his brothers, among them Guillaume Delisle, he initially followed classical studies. Soon however, he moved to astronomy under the supervision of J. Lietaud and Jacques Cassini. He entered the French Academy of Sciences as pupil of Giandomenico Maraldi (1709-1788).

Was a French geographer and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during

Was a French geographer and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.France. He was very bright, showing an interest in mathematics and astronomy, and becoming a math teacher at the age of 19. Starting in 1817, he worked at the Paris Observatory with the mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace. Afterward, he worked as a mathematics professor at the Collège Louis-le-Grand during the 1820s.Following financial difficulties in France, Nicollet emigrated to the United States in 1832. First living in New Orleans, Louisiana, he later moved up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri.

Was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credit

Was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature.In the 1860s Lockyer became fascinated by electromagnetic spectroscopy as an analytical tool for determining the composition of heavenly bodies. During the solar eclipse of October, 1868, Lockyer observed a prominent yellow line from a spectrum taken near the edge of the Sun from Vijaydurg. With a wavelength of about 588 nm, slightly less than the so-called "D" lines of sodium. the line could not be explained as due to any material known at the time,

Is a French mathematician who, along with David Masser, formulated the abc conjecture in 1985. It is

Is a French mathematician who, along with David Masser, formulated the abc conjecture in 1985. It is perhaps the most important unsolved problem in diophantine analysis.

British statistician who advanced the use of statistical methods in biological assay and other field

British statistician who advanced the use of statistical methods in biological assay and other fields of laboratory medicine. Irwin’s grasp of modern mathematical statistics distinguished him not only from older medical statisticians like Major Greenwood

Was a German geographer, born at Schreiberhau, Silesia. He studied at the University of Breslau, rec

Was a German geographer, born at Schreiberhau, Silesia. He studied at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1874, and began teaching at the university, becoming later professor of geography. Here he remained until 1905, when on the death of Ratzel, he was called to the chair of geography at the University of Leipzig. His earlier writings were devoted to classical geography, but in later years he wrote extensively on glacial geology, the history of geography, and regional geography. In the last group are some of his best-known works, such as the systemic monographs on the Ionian Islands, the standard geography of central Europe, and the geography of Silesia. Among English-speaking people he is best known as the author of Central Europe (English, 1903; German, 1904),

Was a French naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships

Was a French naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey, and L'Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville between 1826 and 1829. During this voyage they discovered the now extinct giant skink of Tonga Tachygia microlepis.He was the scientific leader on La Recherche (1835-1836) during its expedition to the Arctic Sea.[citation needed] In 1835 Gaimard visited Iceland, returning again the following summer as the head of a scientific mission funded by the French government. Out of this trip came the 9 volume Voyage en Islande et au Groënland (8 text volumes, one of geographical illustrations), which was said at the time to be the definitive study of the islands. In 1838, he was the leader of a scientific expedition to Spitsbergen.

Was an English lawyer and naturalist. He was the elder brother of Sir Edward Sabine.Sabine practiced

Was an English lawyer and naturalist. He was the elder brother of Sir Edward Sabine.Sabine practiced law until 1808, when he was appointed inspector general of taxes. He held this position until 1835. He had a lifelong interest in natural history. He was an original fellow of the Linnean Society, founded in 1788. He was honorary secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1810 to 1830, and treasurer and vice-chairman of the Zoological Society of London.Edward Sabine was a member of John Ross's Arctic voyage in 1818. He sent Joseph a specimen of a new gull which had been discovered during the expedition, which Joseph named Sabine's Gull (Larus sabini) in honour of his brother.

Internationally renowned for his studies of DNA tumour viruses and the molecular biology of normal a

Internationally renowned for his studies of DNA tumour viruses and the molecular biology of normal and cancerous cells. He currently resides in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and daughter.Sambrook was educated at the University of Liverpool (BSc (hons) 1962) and he obtained his PhD at the Australian National University in 1966. He did postdoctoral research at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (1966-67) and the Salk Institute (1967-69). In 1969 James Watson hired the young virologist, Joseph Sambrook to work at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. Sambrook established a tumor virus group that continues to the present day.

Was a French mathematician who was the first to show how the tangents at the multiple points of curv

Was a French mathematician who was the first to show how the tangents at the multiple points of curves could be determined by mathematical analysis.

Was a French mathematician and physicist. He was a professor of mathematics and in 1696 became a mem

Was a French mathematician and physicist. He was a professor of mathematics and in 1696 became a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to

Was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most remembered today for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and United States v. The Amistad.In November 1811, at the age of thirty-two, he became the youngest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Story continues to be the youngest-appointed Supreme Court Justice. Here he found a congenial home for the brilliance of his scholarship and the development and expression of his political philosophy.

Was a French mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the theory of hydrody

Was a French mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the theory of hydrodynamics, vibration, light, and heat. From 1872 to 1886, he was appointed professor at Faculty of Sciences of Lille, lecturing differential and integral calculus at Institut industriel du Nord (École centrale de Lille). From 1896 to his retirement in 1918, he was professor of mechanics at Faculty of Sciences of Paris.

Was a French astronomer. He was one of the 11 sons of Claude Delisle (1644–1720). Like many of his

Was a French astronomer. He was one of the 11 sons of Claude Delisle (1644–1720). Like many of his brothers, among them Guillaume Delisle, he initially followed classical studies. Soon however, he moved to astronomy under the supervision of J. Lietaud and Jacques Cassini. He entered the French Academy of Sciences as pupil of Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709–1788). Though he was a good scientist and member of a wealthy family he did not have much money.

Was a British anatomist and naturalist.He studied under John Hunter in London. He became a teacher o

Was a British anatomist and naturalist.He studied under John Hunter in London. He became a teacher of anatomy in London, and the founder of the Brookesian Museum of Comparative Anatomy.

An atmospheric scientist noted for tornado, hurricane, and weather radar research. He created the Do

An atmospheric scientist noted for tornado, hurricane, and weather radar research. He created the Doppler On Wheels (DOW) mobile radars which observe tornadoes, hurricanes and other phenomena from close range. He invented meteorological bistatic radar multiple-Doppler networks and holds several patents related to this technology.He observed the fastest winds and the largest tornado circulations, and first observed hurricane boundary layer rolls/streaks. He has appeared in numerous television shows and his work, particularly with the DOWs, and is cited in numerous popular and technical books about weather. He is featured in Discovery Channel's show "Storm Chasers", where he leads a group of storm chasers conducting research during tornado season.

Was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker. He was a director of

Was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

Was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the

Was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874).In 1860 he was appointed the state geologist for California and was instructed by the legislature to undertake a comprehensive geologic survey of the state. To carry out the California Geological Survey, he organized an eminent, multi-disciplinary team, including William H. Brewer, James Graham Cooper, William More Gabb, Charles F. Hoffmann, and Clarence King. They began a survey that covered not only geology and geography, but also botany, zoology, and paleontology. Although significant progress was made, Whitney made a tactical error by first publishing two volumes on paleontology when the legislators were clamoring for information about gold. Whitney argued that the survey should do more than simply serve as a prospecting party

Was a Serbian botanist of Croatian origin. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade.

Was a Serbian botanist of Croatian origin. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade.He was acquainted with the Serbian linguist Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic in Vienna who wrote him a letter of recommendation in to the Serbian authorities in order to fulfill his wish to settle in the then Principality of Serbia. Once there he changed his first name to the Eastern Orthodox equivalent Josif and converted to the Eastern Orthodox faith.Pancic worked as a physician in rural Serbia and documented its flora during his frequent visits of the principality. He fell in love with Kopaonik which he visited 16 times between 1851 and 1886.

Is Professor of Bioinformatics at the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford and a pro

Is Professor of Bioinformatics at the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow of University College, Oxford. Hein was previously Director of Bioinformatics Research Centre at Aarhus University, Denmark.

A Serbian linguist.Jovan Ajdukovic graduated from the University of Belgrade, Serbia in 1991. His ma

A Serbian linguist.Jovan Ajdukovic graduated from the University of Belgrade, Serbia in 1991. His main research intereset is contact linguistics and sociolinguistics, in particular, study of Russianisms in Slavic languages, which was the topic of his Master and Ph.D. theses.He is an editor of the international online journal Balkan Rusistics [1] (University of Sofia, Bulgaria) and a member of the Advisory Board of The International Journal of Russian Studies [2] (Ankara University, Turkey).Jovan Ajdukovic is best known for his contribution to the so-called "Theory of Contacteme" (Ajdukovic 2004, ????????? 2004, 2007) and for his "Adaptation Dictionary of Russianisms in South and West Slavic Languages", which for­mally de­scri­bes the adap­ta­tion of lexical Russianisms on each le­vel of lan­gu­a­ge - pho­ne­tic-pho­no­lo­gi­cal, derivatio­nal, morp­fo­lo­gi­cal, se­man­tic, styli­stic and syntac­tic (Ajdukovic 2004, 771).

Was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the Univ

Was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade.When he finished gymnasium in 1884, Cvijic wanted to study medicine abroad, but his municipality couldn't pay his scholarship. His professor from Šabac gymnasium, Vladimir Karic, suggested he attend geography lectures at the so-called Great School in Belgrade. Cvijic did that, and entered the Nature-mathematics section of the Great School. He finished his studies in the year of 1888. For one school-year he was a lecturer in Second Belgrade Gimnasium. After that, in 1889, he started studies of physical geography and geology at Vienna University with state scholarship. Cvijic finished his studies in Vienna in 1892, and in 1893 he defended his doctoral dissertation on subject "Das Karstphänomen" (The phenomenon of Karst) on the same university.

Was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who studied the people, stories, and language

Was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who studied the people, stories, and language of the Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado areas of the Southwestern United States. Rael taught and studied at Stanford University and donated his considerable collection of ethnographic materials to the Library of Congress.

Was a German geographer, brother of botanist Wilhelm Troll.From 1919 until 1922 Troll studied amongs

Was a German geographer, brother of botanist Wilhelm Troll.From 1919 until 1922 Troll studied amongst other biology, chemistry, geology, geography and physics at the Universität in München. In 1921 he obtained his doctorate in botany and in 1925 his habilitation in geography. Between 1922 and 1927 he worked as assistant at the Geography Institute in Munich. Troll was engaged in research in the ecology and geography of mountainous lands: between 1926 and 1929 went in a research journey throughout South American Andean countries where he visited northern Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama. In 1933 and 1934 his research interests took him to East and South Africa; in 1937 Troll was in Ethiopia; and in 1954 he visited Mexico.

Was a Chilean priest and naturalist.He was educated at Talca and the Jesuit College at Concepción.

Was a Chilean priest and naturalist.He was educated at Talca and the Jesuit College at Concepción. He was forced to leave Chile in 1768 when the Jesuits were expelled. He settled in Bologna and became professor of natural sciences there. He wrote Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili[1] (1782), which was the first account of the natural history of that country, and described many species to science for the first time.He is usually referred to as Abate Molina (form of Abbott Molina), and is also sometimes known by the Italian form of his name, Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Ruiz and Pavon dedicated him Molina, later considered a subgenus of Baccharis by Heering (Reiche 1902), and recently F. H. Hellwig recreated as Neomolina and ranked as genus. Other authors dedicated Moliniopsis, a genus of Gramineae, as synonym of Molinia Schrank nom.illeg.