Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was a mathematician who made important contributions to representation theory. He received his degre

Was a mathematician who made important contributions to representation theory. He received his degrees from Tokyo University and Osaka University and held permanent positions at Osaka University and Nagoya University. He had visiting positions at Princeton University, Illinois University, and Hamburg University. Nakayama's lemma is named after him.

Is mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan.He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receivin

Is mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan.He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receiving a B.S. in 1966 and an M.S. in 1968. He continued his studies under John Milnor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. He took teaching jobs at a series of universities: State University of New York at Stony Brook (1970), Tufts University (1972–1986), and Hiroshima Shudo University (1986–1997). His research was on topology, with an interest in homotopy groups.

Was a Polish philosopher and logician.Czezowski, born in Vienna, Austria, became a student of Kazimi

Was a Polish philosopher and logician.Czezowski, born in Vienna, Austria, became a student of Kazimierz Twardowski and member of the Lwów-Warsaw School of Logic. From 1923 to 1939 he was a professor at Stefan Batory University in Wilno, Lithuania, and fro

Is a Polish- US-American mathematician, and since 1996 John Raymond French Distinguished Professor o

Is a Polish- US-American mathematician, and since 1996 John Raymond French Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Syracuse University

Was a former Polish communist politician, who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. In August

Was a former Polish communist politician, who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. In August 1980, he led a government commission which attempted to end a strike in the Polish city of Gdansk, but he was replaced on August 21 without an explanation offered by state radio at the time for the change.Pyka was educated in the engineering of metallurgy. Pyka was a deputy to the Sejm, the Polish legislative body, for three consecutive terms from 1972 to 1980. In 1974, he became a deputy to the Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party.[1] He was also a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from October 23 1975 to August 24 1980, and a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party until 1980. In 1980, he was also briefly a deputy to a member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party.[1] During the period of martial law in Poland in 1981 he was interned for a year and had charges pressed against him

Was a Polish-born English economist who is known for the development of the Rybczynski theorem (1955

Was a Polish-born English economist who is known for the development of the Rybczynski theorem (1955).He studied in the London School of Economics.

Is an economist, politician and Esperantist. A member of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska)

Is an economist, politician and Esperantist. A member of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) party, he has been the president (mayor) of the Polish city of Bialystok since 5 December 2006, succeeding Ryszard Tur of the Christian National Union.

Was a Japanese historian and economist of the Meiji period, and one of the foremost proponents of th

Was a Japanese historian and economist of the Meiji period, and one of the foremost proponents of the bunmeishi view of history. He was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1894. He is sometimes referred to as "the Japanese Adam Smith"[1], as he wrote many journal articles advocating certain economic reforms and policies.Perhaps Taguchi's most famous work is his Short History of Japanese Civilization (??????, Nippon kaika shoshi). He put forth one of the first, and most famous, bunmeishi versions of Japanese history, focusing on the Japanese people and their culture, rather than on the governments, and on the role of the people in the country's overall progress over the ages.

An award-winning Canadian researcher who has worked in a variety of areas including biochemistry, im

An award-winning Canadian researcher who has worked in a variety of areas including biochemistry, immunology, and cancer genetics. He first became widely known for his pioneering work in the genetics of immunology.In 1984, Dr. Mak published his work on the cloning of T-cell receptor genes; as of 2005[update], that article has been cited nearly 1200 times. Dr. Mak’s role in advancing the use of genetically-altered mice in scientific study has led to important breakthroughs in immunology and understanding cancer at the cellular level. The basic research in breast cancer conducted by Dr. Mak has been published in top international scientific journals and he has given several keynote addresses at breast cancer symposia across Canada and the United States.

Was a Japanese politician. He served as the former mayor of Osaka from 1995 until 2003 and professor

Was a Japanese politician. He served as the former mayor of Osaka from 1995 until 2003 and professor emeritus of Osaka City University.[1]Isomura initially began his career as an economics professor at Osaka City University.[1] He became vice mayor of Osaka in April 1990 at the request of former Osaka Mayor Masaya Nishio.[1] Isomura succeeded Nishio when he was elected mayor in December 1995.[1] One of Isomura's main goals during his time in office was to make Osaka the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.[1] However, Osaka lost its bid to Beijing at the meeting of the International Olympic Committee in July 2001.[1]

An amateur Japanese astronomer and currently works at the Oizumi Observatory.He has discovered more

An amateur Japanese astronomer and currently works at the Oizumi Observatory.He has discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology, including the Amor asteroids 7358 Oze, (23714) 1998 EC3, (48603) 1995 BC2 and about nine Trojan asteroids. He also discovered the periodic comet P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi), which he originally reported as an asteroid.His asteroid discoveries of January 16, 1994 and December 31, 1994 have been named 8883 Miyazakihayao and 10160 Totoro by Kobayashi. The names reference anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, and one of his creations, My Neighbor Totoro. The names have been approved by the International Astronomical Union. Not to be confused with another Japanese astronomer, Toru Kobayashi, who co-discovered comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon).

A Japanese sociolinguist, born in Tokyo in 1926. He is the author of ??????, translated into English

A Japanese sociolinguist, born in Tokyo in 1926. He is the author of ??????, translated into English as Words in Context.

Was a Japanese zoologist. He published over 200 scientific articles on marine animals such as chaeto

Was a Japanese zoologist. He published over 200 scientific articles on marine animals such as chaetognaths, ctenophores, and tunicates. He was Professor of Zoology at Kyoto University working at the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory in Shirahama, Japan. F

A Japanese economist and professor of The University of Tokyo. He graduated from Faculty of Economic

A Japanese economist and professor of The University of Tokyo. He graduated from Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University in 1973 and from Graduate School of Economics in the same institute in 1975. He earned Ph.D from Harvard University in 1979. He served as Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs from 1999 to 2001.

Was a Japanese mathematician. He was student of Seki Takakazu and played critical role in the develo

Was a Japanese mathematician. He was student of Seki Takakazu and played critical role in the development of the Enri (??, "circle principle") - a crude analogon to the western calculus. He obtained power series expansion of (arcsin(x))^2 in 1722, 15 years earlier than Euler. This was the first power series expansion obtained in Wasan.

Was a Japanese astronomer.The crater Hatanaka on the Moon is named after him.

Was a Japanese astronomer.The crater Hatanaka on the Moon is named after him.

A Japanese economist. Doi received his B.A. degree from Osaka University in 1993 and Ph.D. degree fr

A Japanese economist. Doi received his B.A. degree from Osaka University in 1993 and Ph.D. degree from University of Tokyo in 1999. He is currently associate professor of economics at Keio University from 1999.In 2007, Doi was awarded the Fiftieth Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science, Japan Center for Economic Research, and the Twenty-ninth Suntory Prize for Social Sciences, Suntory Fundation.

An economist specializing in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece.Amemiya is the Edward Am

An economist specializing in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece.Amemiya is the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics (emeritus) and a Professor of Classics at Stanford University. He is the fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Statistical Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Was a Japanese geophysicist.was a Japanese geophysicist.He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomi

Was a Japanese geophysicist.was a Japanese geophysicist.He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1987.

A Russian-born astronomer.She co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Lyu

A Russian-born astronomer.She co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Lyudmila Chernykh. She has also discovered various asteroids.

Was a Chinese philosopher, who was one of the leading exponents of New Confucianism. He was influenc

Was a Chinese philosopher, who was one of the leading exponents of New Confucianism. He was influenced by Plato and Hegel as well as by earlier Confucian thought

Was a Chinese philosopher and educator born in Dazhou, Sichuan during the late Ming and early Qing d

Was a Chinese philosopher and educator born in Dazhou, Sichuan during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His given name was Dahao, but later he changed his given name to Zhen and his courtesy name to Puyuan (??).

Is an economist and politician in Turkey. She was Turkey's first and so far only female Prime Minist

Is an economist and politician in Turkey. She was Turkey's first and so far only female Prime Minister.She is the daughter of a Turkish governor of Bilecik province during the 1950s, with a family heritage of Moslem Georgians of Adjara. She graduated from the School of Economics at Robert College after finishing the American College for Girls in Istanbul.

Was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She contributed co

Was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She contributed columns to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot and longer articles to the CounterPunch, Znet, and Israeli Indymedia websites.Reinhart studied philosophy and Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem as an undergraduate, where she later received an M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy. In 1976 she obtained a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her thesis supervisor was Noam Chomsky.Reinhart was a former professor of linguistics and literary theory at Tel-Aviv University. She was also a guest lecturer at Duke University [1] and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and ended her international career as Global Distinguished Professor at New York University (NYU).

American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. After teaching in a high school, in 1874 h

American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. After teaching in a high school, in 1874 he became associated with the United States Fish Commission, working on the Connecticut coast. From 1874 to 1876 he studied medicine at Columbian College (now George Washington University).