Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter F

An Iranian High Energy physicist. He is a professor at Sharif University and the Institute for Studi

An Iranian High Energy physicist. He is a professor at Sharif University and the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.He is known for the proposal of the para-string theory, construction of modular invariant partition functions for WZNW models via the orbifold method, classification of 11-dimensional supergravity solutions with a quotient structure, and discovery of non-commutativity in D-branes of string theory.

Is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to aparth

Is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue.Farid Esack was born into a poor Muslim family in the Wynberg suburb of Cape Town. While still a child, he and his mother were forcibly relocated as "non-Whites" under provisions of the Group Areas Act. At age nine, Esack joined the revivalist Tablighi Jamaat movement, and by age 10 he was teaching at a madrassah (religious school). At the age of 15 he received a scholarship to pursue Islamic studies in Pakistan. By the time he left for Pakistan in 1974 he had also become the local chairman of an anti-apartheid group, National Youth Action, and had been detained several times by security police.[1]

Is a professor of Geology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is chair of the Commission o

Is a professor of Geology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is chair of the Commission on Human Development and Local Administration of the Shura Council.[1][2]Hassan is co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development and Secretary-General[3] (2001) and Member of the National Council for Women in Egypt since 2000. As a scientist, politician and development specialist, her career has centered on women's causes in policies, public services, sciences, information and technology, social work at grass roots level, education and culture,

Is an Egyptian American scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific explo

Is an Egyptian American scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon, including the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography.Currently, El-Baz is Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, Boston MA, U.S.A. He is Adjunct Professor of Geology at the Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Geological Society of America Foundation, Boulder, CO, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC.

Is an Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist, Cancer Biologist and Toxicologist known for h

Is an Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist, Cancer Biologist and Toxicologist known for her work on the anti-tumoral effects of snake venom and iodoacetate. She is currently Professor of Biochemistry at Zagazig University, Egypt, head of the Biochemistry Division, Faculty of Science, and a member of Egyptian Universities Promotion Committees "EUPC".

An Iranian university professor.He graduated from Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran in 19

An Iranian university professor.He graduated from Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran in 1938 by receiving his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He received his master's and PhD in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1946 and Polytechnic University of New York in 1950 respectively. He is a Fellow of IEEE and AAAS for major contribution to network and information theory.

Was a well-known scholar of Islam; M. Yahya Birt of the Association of Islam Researchers described h

Was a well-known scholar of Islam; M. Yahya Birt of the Association of Islam Researchers described him as "probably the most learned of the major Muslim thinkers in the second-half of the twentieth century, in terms of both classical Islam and Western philosophical and theological discourse."

Was a French philosopher and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He taught a

Was a French philosopher and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He taught at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and at the Sorbonne university. He was an instructor of Gilles Deleuze, who, according to Michael Hardt, charged him of drawing on biology, psychology, and other fields, neglecting philosophy. Deleuze said to his former teacher, "Your other reproach touches me even more. Because I believe entirely in the specificity of philosophy and I owe this conviction to you yourself."[citation needed] Alquié also directed Deleuze's secondary thesis, "Expressionism in Philosophy: Spinoza." He has published many books about Descartes, Kant and Spinoza, as well as a book on Nicolas Malebranche. He was close to André Breton and wrote Philosophy of Surrealism (1955).

Was a German journalist, author, professor and WWII veteran. During the German invasion of the Sovie

Was a German journalist, author, professor and WWII veteran. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union he was a Panzersoldat and seriously wounded on the Eastern Front. As a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union he later came into British internment. After the war he was a port and construction worker and studied architecture in Duisburg. As a journalist he was the rapporteur from Moscow and New Delhi. In 1953, he undertook a journalism apprenticeship at the Rheinische Post.

A leading Persian physicist in the field of nanotechnology and solid-state physics. He is currently

A leading Persian physicist in the field of nanotechnology and solid-state physics. He is currently Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics and member of the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia He is an elected fellow of The American Physical Society, and recipient of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society’s highest honor, the J. W. Beams Award,

Was a Filipino Architect and Civil Engineer. Born August 7, 1897, in San Fernando, Pampanga, he was

Was a Filipino Architect and Civil Engineer. Born August 7, 1897, in San Fernando, Pampanga, he was the son of Dr. Basilio Ocampo and Leoncia Hizon.Many of Manila's finest business buildings and residences attest to Ocampo's ability as an architect and engineer. Among these are the Manila Cathedral; UST Central Seminary; the Arguelles, Paterno (later became Far Eastern Air Transport Inc. or FEATI), Ayala, Cu Unjieng and Cu Unjieng and Fernandez buildings; the Assumption Academy of Pampanga and the residence of Mr. Joaquin Baltazar, the latter having taken the first prize in the 1930 beautiful home contest.

He is currently the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He is currently the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Is a professor of European politics at the Center for Comparative and International Studies at the S

Is a professor of European politics at the Center for Comparative and International Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Frank Schimmelfennig obtained his PhD in political science from the University of Tübingen, Germany in 1995, during which time he was employed as a research fellow at the Institute of Political Science. During his studies, Schimmelfennig had research stays in Dijon, France and at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

Was a German scholar who edited an 18th century edition of Josephus once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

Was a German scholar who edited an 18th century edition of Josephus once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

Is an Australian academic and business figure

Is an Australian academic and business figure

Was an American educator, minister, songwriter, and television host. Rogers was the host of the tele

Was an American educator, minister, songwriter, and television host. Rogers was the host of the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.

Is a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor, lives in Delft, Holland, and is professor emeritus o

Is a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor, lives in Delft, Holland, and is professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. He is also a professional author of technical literature, nonfiction books, thrillers and a decisive biography of the master forger Han van Meegeren.

Was a German canon lawyer, a defender of the Catholic Church against the State. After completing his

Was a German canon lawyer, a defender of the Catholic Church against the State. After completing his course at the gymnasium of Paderborn in 1850, he studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, and graduated at the latter university in 1856. He was admitted there as privatdocent of Roman and canon law in 1857, and became professor extraordinary in 1862. He held this position until 1875 when he accepted the chair of canon law at the newly-erected university of Czernowitz in Bukowina, Austria.

Was an Estonian philologist, physician, and a noted Estophile, a co-founder of the Learned Estonian

Was an Estonian philologist, physician, and a noted Estophile, a co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society at the Tartu University (then known as the Dorpat University) and its chairman (1843-1850).

Was a German Classical scholar who taught at the University of Heidelberg, where he headed the Insti

Was a German Classical scholar who taught at the University of Heidelberg, where he headed the Institut für Klassische Archäologie (1879—1920);[1] his most memorable feat was in recognizing scattered fragments of sculpture as the remains of Augustus' Ara Pacis.

Was an instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich. In World War I he served in th

Was an instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich. In World War I he served in the Royal Bavarian 1st Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria". He was the leader of the Oberland League and ranked alongside Hitler, Ludendorff, Roehm and Kriebel as one of the chief conspirators of the Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923. He was convicted along with Hitler in 1925 but continued to head the Oberland League until 1929.

Is University Professor for the Humanities at the Utrecht University. In 1999 he was a visiting Prof

Is University Professor for the Humanities at the Utrecht University. In 1999 he was a visiting Professor at Harvard for the Erasmus Chair. From September 2004 to June 2005, he was a fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). He was awarded the Spinozapremie in 1995. In May, 2005 he became President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for a three year period.

Was a German jurist and legal historian. He was one of the 20th centuries' most important scholars i

Was a German jurist and legal historian. He was one of the 20th centuries' most important scholars in the field of Roman Law. The Nazis forced him to leave Germany and to emigrate to England due to his political stance and his Jewish origins. However, Schulz's brilliant academic career was brutally interrupted when it had just reached its peak. In 1934, Schulz was forcibly transferred to the University of Frankfurt am Main and then forced into retirement in 1935. In spite of this, Schulz stayed in Germany. Only in 1939 he emigrated, first to the Netherlands and then to Oxford (England). In Oxford, Schulz managed to survive due to financial support from various sources including Oxford University Press and the Rockefeller Foundation.