Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter Z

Is an Egyptian archaeologist and Egyptologist and the current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supr

Is an Egyptian archaeologist and Egyptologist and the current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.[1] He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley.

Was a Polish American linguist and Slavist. He was described as "one of the world's greatest experts

Was a Polish American linguist and Slavist. He was described as "one of the world's greatest experts on the Macedonian language and the leading expert on Macedonian-Arumanian contact"[1]He was active during the World War II Resistance Movement, after which he joined the guerilla war against the Germans in 1944. He was imprisoned that same year, but has managed to escape just when Red Army was about to liberate Kraków. In the period 1948-49 he was imprisoned for one year by the Communists, but was eventually released.[2]

Was a Czech-born astronomer who directed an international project, financed by the U.S. Air Force, t

Was a Czech-born astronomer who directed an international project, financed by the U.S. Air Force, to photograph and map the entire surface of the Moon by using the refracting telescope at the Pic du Midi Observatory in southern France.In July 1914, the First World War broke out and Professor Kopal enlisted into the army. His wife Ludmila Kopalová, together with their sons Zdenek and their first born Miloš, went to live with her father Josef Lelek in Jicín. The teacher Josef Lelek had a strong personality, in which were epitomised all the positive aspects of Czech teachers of the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, who, aside from their pedagogical activities, were strongly and entirely selflessly influenced by local cultural life and science and were enriched by their basic knowledge, usually their relationship to the local town where they worked. This was the case with Kopal's grandfather, doubtlessly thanks to whom the young grammar school pupil Zdenek was able to grasp scientific methods,

Was a Polish Slavic linguist. He was born in Szczakowa, Poland, then part of the Austro-Hungarian pr

Was a Polish Slavic linguist. He was born in Szczakowa, Poland, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. He died in Warsaw.Initially a student of chemistry, Stieber turned his attention to comparative Slavic linguistics at the University of Kraków in 1926. His interest in the dialects of border areas led him to the study of East Slovak and Ukranian dialects, where his work focused on toponyms, their etymology, and the history and settlement of the places where they are attested.

Was a Polish Slavic linguist. He was born in Szczakowa, Poland, then part of the Austro-Hungarian pr

Was a Polish Slavic linguist. He was born in Szczakowa, Poland, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. He died in Warsaw.Initially a student of chemistry, Stieber turned his attention to comparative Slavic linguistics at the University of Kraków in 1926. His interest in the dialects of border areas led him to the study of East Slovak and Ukranian dialects, where his work focused on toponyms, their etymology, and the history and settlement of the places where they are attested. He also carried out research on Sorbian and Belarusian, and was involved in producing linguistic atlases of Kashubian (1964-78), Polish (Nitsch 1957-70), and Lemkian (1956-64). Particularly valuable was his introduction of colors and symbols to dialect maps. Stieber's work in the 1930s represented some of the first studies of the dialect of the Lemko Rusyns. The deportation of this ethnic group in Operation Wisla after World War II underlines the importance of Stieber's work carried out while the community was still intact.

Was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science. Originally a Semi

Was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science. Originally a Semiticist, he is best known for his work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis and for the discovery of transformational structure in language, all achieved in the first 10 years of his career and published within the first 25. His contributions in the subsequent 35 years, including sublanguage grammar, operator grammar, and a theory of linguistic information, are perhaps even more remarkable.and in 1913 at the age of four came with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A student in the Oriental Studies department, he received his bachelor's (1930), master's (1932), and doctoral (1934) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He began teaching at Penn in 1931, and would go on to found the linguistics department there in 1947, the first such department in the country

Also known as Chiungtze C. Tsen, was a Chinese mathematician born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, who proved T

Also known as Chiungtze C. Tsen, was a Chinese mathematician born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, who proved Tsen's theorem. He was one of Emmy Noether's students at the University of Göttingen. He died in Xikang in 1940.

He is credited with authorship of a large portion of the Great Learning, including its foreword. Zen

He is credited with authorship of a large portion of the Great Learning, including its foreword. Zengzi's disciples are believed to have been among the most important compilers of the Analects of Confucius and other Confucian classics. Zengzi was also an early Chinese proponent of a round earth theory, as opposed to a flat earth model (refer to the article for more detail).

Was a Chinese philosopher, educator, and a Confucian scholar.Zhan was born in Zengcheng, Guangdong.

Was a Chinese philosopher, educator, and a Confucian scholar.Zhan was born in Zengcheng, Guangdong. He was appointed the president of Nanjing Taixue (?????, Nanjing Guozijian, the Imperial Nanjing University) in 1524. He was later appointed the Minister of Department of Li (??, Li Bu, which mainly administers imperial examination, national sacrifice, ceremony, diplomacy and education), Minister of Governmental Personnel (??), and then Minister of Military Affairs for War (??) at Nanjing of Ming Dynasty.

Is a Chinese mathematician and president of Shandong University, beginning in July of 2000.

Is a Chinese mathematician and president of Shandong University, beginning in July of 2000.

A Chinese amateur astronomer. He is from Henan province.He co-discovered periodic comet 153P/Ikeya-Z

A Chinese amateur astronomer. He is from Henan province.He co-discovered periodic comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang. He is the first Chinese amateur astronomer who has a comet name after him. He is also a telescope maker. Periodic comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang is discovered by his self-made telescope on Feb.1st 2002.

Was an astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and l

Was an astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar from Nanyang, Henan during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25–220) of China. He was educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, began his career in a minor civil service in Nanyang, and eventually became Chief Astronomer, Prefect of the Majors for Official Carriages, and then Palace Attendant at the imperial court. With unyielding stances on certain historical and calendrical issues, Zhang was seen as a somewhat controversial figure and hence was barred from becoming an official court historian. His political contention with palace eunuchs over influencing the policies of Emperor Shun (r. 125–144) led to his retirement from the central court to serve as an administrator of Hejian in Hebei. He retired and returned home to Nanyang for a short period of time, but was recalled to serve at the capital once more in 138, where he died a year later.

Was a Chinese astronomer and military engineer from Bazhong, Sichuan during the early Song Dynasty (

Was a Chinese astronomer and military engineer from Bazhong, Sichuan during the early Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).[1] He is credited with creating an armillary sphere for his astronomical clock tower that employed the use of liquid mercury (dripped periodically from a clepsydra clock).[2] The liquid mercury filled scoops of the waterwheel would rotate and thus provide the effect of an escapement mechanism in clockworks and allow the astronomical armillary sphere to rotate as needed.[2] He designed the model for his armillary sphere in 976 and completed the creation of it in 977.[

Was a Chinese astronomer who is widely regarded as the father of modern Chinese astronomy[1].While s

Was a Chinese astronomer who is widely regarded as the father of modern Chinese astronomy[1].While studying in Chicago in 1928, he discovered an asteroid, which was given the provisional designation 1928 UF and later the number 1125. He named it "China" or "??" (Zhonghuá). However, this asteroid was "lost", that is, it was not observed beyond its initial appearance and a precise orbit could not be calculated. In 1957, the Purple Mountain Observatory in China discovered a new asteroid, and with his agreement the new object 1957 UN1 was re-assigned the official designation 1125 China in place of the lost 1928 UF. However, in 1986, the newly discovered object 1986 QK1 was confirmed to be a rediscovery of the original 1928 UF,

Was a Chinese astronomer who is widely regarded as the father of modern Chinese astronomy

Was a Chinese astronomer who is widely regarded as the father of modern Chinese astronomy

Was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively r

Was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" (Chinese: ???????) or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 143According to the History of Ming, he was originally named Ma Sanbao (???) and his home was Kunyang (??), present day Jinning (??). He belonged to the Semu social caste. He was a sixth-generation descendant of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, a famous Khwarezmian Yuan governor of Yunnan Province, originally from Bukhara in modern day Uzbekistan. The family name "Ma" came from Shams al-Din's fifth son Masuh (Mansour). Both his father, Mir Tekin, and grandfather, Charameddin, had made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and their travels contributed to the young boy's education.[citation needed]

Is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of m

Is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China.is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China.

Is a Russian biologist, historian and dissident. His twin brother is the historian Roy Medvedev.

Is a Russian biologist, historian and dissident. His twin brother is the historian Roy Medvedev.

Was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist born in present-day Yongzhou, Hunan during t

Was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist born in present-day Yongzhou, Hunan during the Song Dynasty. He conceptualized the Neo-Confucian cosmology of the day, explaining the relationship between human conduct and universal forces. In this way, he emphasizes that humans can master their qi ("psycho-physical stuff; vital life energy") in order to accord with nature.

Was a Chinese mathematician born in Shanghai, known for his work in algebraic geometry.

Was a Chinese mathematician born in Shanghai, known for his work in algebraic geometry.

Was one of the greatest Chinese mathematicians lived during the Yuan Dynasty.Zhu born close to today

Was one of the greatest Chinese mathematicians lived during the Yuan Dynasty.Zhu born close to today's Beijing, two of his mathematical works have survived. Introduction to Computational Studies (????), written in 1299, is an elementary textbook on mathematics. Zhu included four illustrative problems to explain operations in arithmetic and algebra, adding 284 further problems as exercises. This book also showed how to measure different two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional solids. The Introduction had an important influence on the development of mathematics in Japan. The book was once lost in China until a copy of the book was made from a Korean source from a reprinted edition of 1660.

Was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Princ

Was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His contribution to Chinese philosophy included his assigning special significance to the Analects of Confucius, the Mencius, the Great Learning, and the Doctrine of the Mean (the Four Books), his emphasis on the investigation of things (gewu), and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts.

Was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring State

Was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. His name is sometimes spelled Chuang Tsu, Chuang Tzu, Zhuang Tze, Chouang-Dsi, Chuang Tse or -- in English -- Master Chuang.

Was a Chinese philosopher. Zisi, who was the only grandson of Confucius, supposedly taught Mencius a

Was a Chinese philosopher. Zisi, who was the only grandson of Confucius, supposedly taught Mencius and wrote the Doctrine of the Mean. He is honorifically called Zisizi (???, "Master Zisi").

Was a prominent Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties.

Was a prominent Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties.