Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Was a Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist. Near the end of his

Was a Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist. Near the end of his career, he became known for his antisemitism and devotion to right wing politics, in the years leading up to World War II.

Was a Japanese ornithologist. His works included Birds of the Island of Java (2 Volumes, 1933-36) an

Was a Japanese ornithologist. His works included Birds of the Island of Java (2 Volumes, 1933-36) and Parrots of the World in Life Colours (1975). He described the Crested Shelduck in 1917.

Is a celebrity chef famous for her Oriental food and television appearances.Following various appear

Is a celebrity chef famous for her Oriental food and television appearances.Following various appearances in the London culinary press, Nancy became famous across the country when her new cooking show was one of the launch programmes on Channel 5. Since then, as well as presenting various cookery shows, she has taken part in other television programmes, including

Was a Japanese geographer and regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography.He was a professor

Was a Japanese geographer and regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography.He was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University from 1911 to 1929, where he created the department of geography and founded The Association of Japanese Geographers. The latter is the primary academic geographic society in Japan.

Was a Japanese physicist specializing in the near-Earth space environment. He served as Secretary Ge

Was a Japanese physicist specializing in the near-Earth space environment. He served as Secretary General of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy from 1975 to 1983. In 1990 he was awarded the AGU's Waldo E. Smith Medal.He is best known for proving that, under certain conditions, the magnetic field from a field-aligned current and the magnetic field from the associated Pederson current in the ionosphere would exactly cancel at the surface of the Earth. The magnetic equivalence of field-aligned currents with Pederson currents is referred to colloquially as Fukushima's Theorem.

A Japanese amateur astronomer and planetarian (a member of the professional staff of a planetarium).

A Japanese amateur astronomer and planetarian (a member of the professional staff of a planetarium).He supports ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station), which is a program that offers students an opportunity to experience the excitement of amateur radio by talking directly with crewmembers of the ISS (International Space Station).Since 1995, he and his friend Takeshi Urata have discovered a large number of asteroids in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, including: 1995DJ2, Kamikochi, Azumino, Jonen, Iruma, and Sado. He has discovered so many asteroids that he is ranked in the top 50 most asteroid discoverers in the world (“The Astronomy Yearbook – 2008). The asteroid 6025 SATO-NAOTO, which Takeshi Urata discovered on December 30, 1992, was named after him.

English economist, was born at Compton, Berkshire, the eldest son of the Rev. JR Senior, vicar of Du

English economist, was born at Compton, Berkshire, the eldest son of the Rev. JR Senior, vicar of Durnford, Wiltshire.Senior was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford; at the university he was a private pupil of Richard Whately, afterwards archbishop of Dublin, with whom he remained connected by ties of lifelong friendship. He took the degree of B.A. in 1811, was called to the bar in 1819, and in 1836, during the chancellorship of Lord Cottenham, was appointed a master in chancery. On the foundation of the professorship of political economy at Oxford in 1825 Senior was elected to fill the chair,

The eldest child of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. A descen

The eldest child of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. A descendant of the House of Nassau, founded in 1093, which has ruled Luxembourg since 1890, Guillaume has been heir apparent to the crown of Luxembourg since his father's accession in 2000 and bears the titles of Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Hereditary Prince of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon-Parma. He isHis godparents are Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg and Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg. If he succeeds to the grand ducal throne as expected, he will reign as the fifth of his name, Guillaume V (or William V when anglicized).

Is a British-American logician and wrestler.Ackerman was born on March 4, 1978 in New York City, New

Is a British-American logician and wrestler.Ackerman was born on March 4, 1978 in New York City, New York United States to Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman. He was educated at the American School in London followed by Harvard University where he

He provided the foundations for nematode taxonomy and described over 1000 different nematode species

He provided the foundations for nematode taxonomy and described over 1000 different nematode species. An individual with a variety of skills, he made signficiant contributions to a number of scientific dicsciplines and the USDA Nematology Lab, originally established with him as the director, continues today.

Was a biostatistician best known for his work with William Haenszel which led to the Mantel-Haenszel

Was a biostatistician best known for his work with William Haenszel which led to the Mantel-Haenszel test and its associated estimate, the Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio. The Mantel-Haenszel procedure and its extensions allow data from several sources or grou

Was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764.Bli

Was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764.Bliss was born in the Cotswolds village of Bisley in Gloucestershire and studied at Pembroke College, Oxford. He graduated B.A. in 1720 and M.A. in 1723.Rector of St Ebb's church in Oxford, he succeeded Edmond Halley as professor of geometry at Oxford University in 1742 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society the same year. He succeeded James Bradley to become the fourth Astronomer Royal in 1762.

Was a US botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York. Britt

Was a US botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York. Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York. His parents wanted him to study religion, but he was attracted to nature study at an early age.He was a graduate of the Columbia University School of Mines and afterwards taught geology and botany at Columbia. Britton was the first director of the New York Botanical Garden. He engendered substantial financial support for the botanical garden by naming plants after wealthy contributors.He married Elizabeth Gertrude Knight, a bryologist and fellow member of the Torrey Botanical Club. They were life-long collaborators in botanical research.

Was a surgeon and botanist.The Danish alliance with Napoleonic France resulted in many Danish coloni

Was a surgeon and botanist.The Danish alliance with Napoleonic France resulted in many Danish colonies being seized by the British, including the outpost at Frederiksnagore. The British East India Company took over Frederiksnagore and Wallich was imprisoned. He was released on parole in 1809 on the merit of his scholarship. From August 1814, Wallich became an Assistant Surgeon in the East India Company's service and resigned as Superintendent of the Indian Museum in December 1814. Wallich was later appointed assistant to William Roxburgh, the East India Company's botanist in Calcutta. By 1813 he took great interest in the flora and natural vegetation of India,

Was a Russian mathematician and economist.A former colonel in the Soviet Army, he joined Voronezh St

Was a Russian mathematician and economist.A former colonel in the Soviet Army, he joined Voronezh State University as a student in 1957 and, on graduating in 1961, joined the faculty there. In 1969 he became Methods of Operational Research Chair and, late

Was a Russian mathematician and economist.A former colonel in the Soviet Army, he joined Voronezh St

Was a Russian mathematician and economist.A former colonel in the Soviet Army, he joined Voronezh State University as a student in 1957 and, on graduating in 1961, joined the faculty there. In 1969 he became Methods of Operational Research Chair and, later, vice-dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.[

Also known as Spatarul Milescu-Cârnu - Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed (in Russian: ??????? ?????

Also known as Spatarul Milescu-Cârnu - Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed (in Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????? - Nikolai Gavrilovich Spathari or ??????? ?????????? ??????? - Nikolaye Gavrilovich Milescu), was a Moldavian writer, traveler, geographer, and diplomat. Milescu spoke Romanian, Latin, Greek, and Russian.A boyar born in Vaslui, he studied at the Patriarchate College of Istanbul and after returning to Iasi, was appointed Chancellor for the Moldavian Prince Gheorghe Stefan. In 1660-1664, he acted as representative of his country with its Ottoman overlord, and then as envoy to Berlin and Stockholm.

Was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and an internationally respected academic. He was assassinated by

Was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and an internationally respected academic. He was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber in July 1999.Neelan Tiruchelvam was a scholar, an international activist and a legislator, as well as a practicing lawyer, social sc

An astrophysicist and, since 1996, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the A

An astrophysicist and, since 1996, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Since 2006, he has hosted PBS's educational television show NOVA scienceNOW.Tyson has written a number of popular books on astronomy. In 1995, he began to write the "Universe" column for Natural History magazine. In a column for the magazine he authored in 2002, Tyson coined the term "Manhattanhenge" to describe the two days annually on which the evening sun aligns with the cross streets of the street grid in Manhattan, making sunset visible along unobstructed side streets.

A British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Research Direc

A British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Research Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance. He is widely seen as one of the leading British economists of his generation.His work is predominantly on time series econometrics and financial econometrics. In recent years he has worked on the theory of the measurement of the variability of asset prices. He was an undergraduate at York University and did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (awarded in 1990) at the LSE where he was on the faculty from 1988 to 1993. He moved to Oxford in 1991, originally as the Gatsby Research Fellow in Econometrics. He became an Official Fellow in Economics in 1993, a position he held until 2006. He was Director of the Oxford Financial Research Centre from 2006 to 2007.

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He wrote his PhD (1964) on the gramma

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He wrote his PhD (1964) on the grammar of Nupe, a language of Nigeria. Since then his research has encompassed theoretical syntax, language acquisition, the 'savant' syndrome, and general linguistic theory, particularly the work of Noam Chomsky.In the 1990s he began working with an autistic man, Christopher, in collaboration with Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli. According to Smith and Tsimpli, Christopher has a non-verbal IQ of between 60 and 70, but his English is comparable to that of normal native speakers, and he has an extraordinary ability to learn new languages.

Was an early American geneticist. She and Edmund Beecher Wilson were the first researchers to descri

Was an early American geneticist. She and Edmund Beecher Wilson were the first researchers to describe the chromosomal basis of sex.An outstanding student, Nettie Stevens completed in two years the four-year course at Westfield Normal School (now Westfield State College) in Massachusetts. She graduated at the top of her class. At Stanford, she received her B.A. in 1899 and her M.A. in 1900, having returned to college after an initial career as a school teacher. Stevens continued her studies in cytology at Bryn Mawr, where she was influenced by the work of the previous head of the Biology Department, Edmund Beecher Wilson, and by that of his successor, T. H. Morgan. She also studied marine organisms in Europe.

Was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811.In 1758 Maskelyne was a

Was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811.In 1758 Maskelyne was admitted to the Royal Society, which in 1761 despatched him to the island of St. Helena to observe the transit of Venus. This was an important observation since accurate measurements would allow the accurate calculation of Earth's distance from the Sun, which would in turn allow the scale of the solar system to be calculated.Bad weather prevented any useful observations, however Maskelyne used his journey to develop a method of determining longitude using the position of the moon, the lunar distance method. He returned to England, resuming his position as curate at Chipping Barnet in 1761, and began work on a book, publishing the lunar distance method of longitude calculation in 1763 in The British Mariner's Guide, which included the suggestion that to facilitate the finding of longitude at sea, lunar distances should be calculated beforehand for each year and published in a form accessible to navigators.

Professor Emeritus, is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher of international reputat

Professor Emeritus, is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher of international reputation. He studied engineering and mathematics at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba and the title of his 1961 Ph.D. Dissertation was Topological sp

Was the extremely prolific Minnesota geologist responsible for the six-volume The Geology of Minneso

Was the extremely prolific Minnesota geologist responsible for the six-volume The Geology of Minnesota: Final Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, which is the work of Winchell and his assistants. A bibliography of his publications by Warren Upham in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (volume 26, pp. 27-46) contains almost 300 titles.Winchell attended public school in Connecticut and then taught school in Connecticut and Michigan. While teaching in Michigan he graduated from the University of Michigan and received a Master of Arts degree in 1867. He then did geological studies in Michigan, Ohio, and New Mexico.