Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Co-operative economist

Is a Co-operative economist

Was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the gl

Was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.arson started her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial security and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished version of her first book, Under the Sea-Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life, from the shores to the surface to the deep sea.

Also known as "Abou Farès") has been convicted by the French justice system of being the mastermind

Also known as "Abou Farès") has been convicted by the French justice system of being the mastermind behind the 1995 terror bombings in French public transportation systems. He has denied these accusations.[

Was an Indian jurist. He was the Indian member appointed to the International Military Tribunal for

Was an Indian jurist. He was the Indian member appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East's trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the second World War.He studied mathematics and constitutional law at Presidency College, Kolkata, and the Law College of the University of Calcutta. He worked as professor at the Law College of the University of Calcutta from 1923 till 1936. He became a judge of Calcutta High Court in 1941 and Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta in 1944. The Indian government installed him as a legal adviser in 1927 and dispatched him to the Tokyo Trials in 1946. Pal had no formal training in International law and what knowledge he had of international law was self taught prior to the trial in Tokyo. [1] He delivered one of the three dissenting opinions of the Tribunal. He found all the defendants not guilty of Class A war crimes, even though he condemned the Japanese war-time conduct as "devilish and fiendish"

Was a successful astronomer of Indian subcontinent. He is a pioneer of modern astronomical research.

Was a successful astronomer of Indian subcontinent. He is a pioneer of modern astronomical research. He was born in modern-day Bangladesh, then part of the Bengal province of British India.

Was an Indonesian economist and politician. The son of a teacher called Suradi Prawiro, Radius atten

Was an Indonesian economist and politician. The son of a teacher called Suradi Prawiro, Radius attended school in Yogyakarta. In 1942, while still at Middle School he became a cigarette vendor. After finishing school, he continued his education in the Nederlands Economische Hogeschool in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After graduation, he completed a doctorate at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.

Was a Czech philosopher who coined the term technological evolution; a theory about society's replac

Was a Czech philosopher who coined the term technological evolution; a theory about society's replacement of physical labour with mental labour.Richta's first work was Clovek a technika v revoluci našich dnu ("Man and Technology in the Revolution of Our Day"), published in 1963. This work did much to bring the concept of technology into the forefront of philosophical thought during the 1960s. Richta then went on to publish Civilizace na rozcestí ("Civilization at the Crossroads") in 1966.

Was an India born mathematical statistician considered by peers to be "one of the architects of the

Was an India born mathematical statistician considered by peers to be "one of the architects of the modern theory of mathematical statistics"[1]. He published numerous papers[2] and is most well known for the concept of "Bahadur Efficiency"

Was a philosopher and logician. He was born in Navadvipa in present day Nadia district of West Benga

Was a philosopher and logician. He was born in Navadvipa in present day Nadia district of West Bengal state in India. he was the grandson of Sulapa?i (c. 14th century CE), a noted writer on Sm?ti from his mother's side. He was a disciple of Vasudeva Sarva

A Norwegian economist.

A Norwegian economist.

Was an Estonian-descended international economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of internati

Was an Estonian-descended international economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development.

Was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spening forty-five years of his life on trave

Was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spening forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He became a buddhist monk (Bauddh Bhikkhu) and eventually took up Marxist Socialism. He was also an Indian nationalist, having been arrested and jailed for three years for creating anti-British writings and speeches.

Professor of philosophy at the University of Tampere. Ms. Kauppi was an internationally recognized s

Professor of philosophy at the University of Tampere. Ms. Kauppi was an internationally recognized scholar of Leibniz and intensional logic.

A Finnish philosopher. Tuomela received his first degree of doctor of philosophy in 1968 from the Un

A Finnish philosopher. Tuomela received his first degree of doctor of philosophy in 1968 from the University of Helsinki) and the second one in 1969 from Stanford University. Tuomela has been full professor of philosophy (especially methodology and philosophy of the social sciences) at the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki since 1971.Having earlier worked and published in many fields of philosophy, especially philosophy of science and philosophy of action, the theory of social action has been his main research interest.

Is a German politician and member of the FDP. He served as Minister of Economics and Transport of Rh

Is a German politician and member of the FDP. He served as Minister of Economics and Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1987–1998. On 28 October 2009, he was appointed Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in the Cabinet Merkel II.

Indian mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory and the theory of err

Indian mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory and the theory of error-correcting codes in which the class of BCH codes is partly named after him. He was notable for his work along with S. S. Shrikhande and E. T. Parker in

Is a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and politician.He was born in Hamb

Is a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and politician.He was born in Hamburg, the son of Lina and the late Gustav Dahrendorf, a social democrat member of the German Parliament. He studied philosophy, classical philology and sociology at Hamburg University between 1947 and 1952, became a doctor of philosophy and classics (Dr. phil.) in 1952. He continued his academic research at London School of Economics as a Leverhulme Research Scholar in 1953-54, gaining a PhD in 1956. He was a professor of sociology in Hamburg (1957-60), Tübingen (1960-64) and Konstanz (1966-69).

A German Professor of Plant Biotechnology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg.Ra

A German Professor of Plant Biotechnology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg.Ralf Reski studied Biology, Chemistry and the Theory and Practice of Education at the Universities of Gießen und Hamburg. He was awarded his doctorate in Genetics in 1990 at the University of Hamburg and received his postdoctoral lecture qualification in Botany in 1994. From 1996 until 1999 he was a Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation. After various offers from universities within Germany and abroad he was appointed Professor at the University of Freiburg and became Head of the newly established Department of Plant Biotechnology. Since 2001 he is Director Plant Biotechnology of the Centre for Applied Biosciences (ZAB). Since 2002 Reski is member of the Editorial Board of "Plant Cell Reports", a well-established international plant science journal [1]

Was an American geologist and research scientist with the USGS. He is credited with the discovery of

Was an American geologist and research scientist with the USGS. He is credited with the discovery of the Carlin and Battle Mountain Gold Belts, which make up the richest gold-mineral region in Nevada as well as the United States.During World War II Roberts lived in Central America, where he had been sent to discover and conduct fundamental research on strategic minerals. After the war he returned to the United States; for the next 40 years he worked in Nevada and Utah, deciphering the geologic history of major mountain ranges and exploring mineral deposits.

Was an American geographer, born at Gloucester, Massachusetts He was educated at Harvard and he serv

Was an American geographer, born at Gloucester, Massachusetts He was educated at Harvard and he served at Cornell where he became professor in 1897.

Was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in

Was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938.

An Indian politician and a famous and controversial criminal lawyer.Jethmalani is considered a maver

An Indian politician and a famous and controversial criminal lawyer.Jethmalani is considered a maverick and has many distinctions to his credit. He started life very early, and after being given a triple-promotion in school and after completing his LL.B. at the age of 17, he was too young to join the Bar. But, after persuading the Chief Justice of Sind to pass a special resolution to relax the rules, he entered the profession with a vengeance.He married Shrimati Ratna Jethmalani in 1947, and Durga, when he moved to Bombay, after partition. They had already married before independence, so in a manner, it was just a ceremony to renew their vows. There was a law at that point of time in the Presidency of Bombay that disallowed bigamy, so he married his second wife in Delhi, when they traveled by road. He has 2 sons and 2 daughters. Two of his children, Mahesh Jethmalani and Rani Jethmalani are also well known lawyers.

Was the 35th Chief Justice of India, serving from June 1, 2004 to November 1, 2005.He joined the Bar

Was the 35th Chief Justice of India, serving from June 1, 2004 to November 1, 2005.He joined the Bar in Guna district in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962. In April 1977, he was recruited directly from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a District & Sessions Judge. After functioning as a District & Sessions Judge for a year, he resigned in May 1978 and reverted to the Bar for practice mainly in the High Court.

Was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona. Margalef

Was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona. Margalef, unquestionably one of the most important scientists that Spain has produced, worked at the Institute of Applied Biology (1946-1951), and at the Fisheries Research Institute, which he directed during 1966-1967. He created the Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona, from where he trained a huge number of ecologists, limnologists and oceanographers. In 1967 he became Spain's first professor of ecology.

An American evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and Da

An American evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and Darwinian medicine, as well as the evolutionary origins of emotions and how natural selection shapes the capacity for mood.Nesse is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is also the Director of the Evolution & Human Adaptation Program at University of Michigan.