Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French Catholic missionary writer from Toulouse. Jarric entered the Society of Jesus on Decemb

Was a French Catholic missionary writer from Toulouse. Jarric entered the Society of Jesus on December 8, 1582, and taught philosophy and moral theology at Bordeaux for many years. Although he desired to join the missionaries of his order, his wish was not fulfilled. Instead, he dedicated himself to writing on their behalf. The result was Histoire des choses plus memorables advenues tant ez Indes orientales, que autres païs de la descouverte des Portugois, which appeared in three parts: the second of which appeared in 1610 and the third in 1614.

Was a French literary critic, journalist and essayist. He became Director of the École des Hautes-Études. He was an agrégé in philosophy, contemporary with Henri Vaugeois and Louis Dimier. As a young man he was a strong nationalist and anti-Dreyfusard. He was the leading literary critic of Action française, and author of the first work on Charles Maurras. Along with Georges Valois, Lasserre was one of the first to work to incorporate Nietzschean themes into neoroyalism.

Is a French historian of law and psychoanalyst. Legendre holds a position of research director at th

Is a French historian of law and psychoanalyst. Legendre holds a position of research director at the École pratique des hautes études. His work is primarily devoted to the history of juristic institutions and concepts (Roman law and Canon law) and to the anthropology of Western civilization[1][2].8

Is a French academic. Veltz holds a engineering degree from École Polytechnique and a PhD in social

Is a French academic. Veltz holds a engineering degree from École Polytechnique and a PhD in social sciences from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. After beginning his career as an urban planner, he went into academic life and consulting. He founded and headed LATTS, an interdisciplinary research group, at the crossroads of technical and sociological research. From 1981 to 1991, he was the Dean of Research at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, one of the leading French Grandes écoles. From 1999 to 2004, he was the Director of this School. He also chaired ParisTech, which is a group of ten foremost engineering schools in Paris.

Was a Polish political, social and education activist.He was imprisoned and murdered during the Seco

Was a Polish political, social and education activist.He was imprisoned and murdered during the Second World War at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Received his Bachelor of Science degree from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 1962. He ea

Received his Bachelor of Science degree from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 1962. He earned his Master of Science degree from Fordham University, New York in 1965, and completed his PhD degree at the University of California at San Diego in 1968. All of his three degrees are in physics.

Is a French lawyer, professor emeritus of the University of Paris II: Panthéon-Assas law school, an

Is a French lawyer, professor emeritus of the University of Paris II: Panthéon-Assas law school, and a member of the Institut de France (Académie des sciences morales et politiques) since 1999.

Was an extremely successful bureaucrat who played a central role in the shaping of Thailand's econom

Was an extremely successful bureaucrat who played a central role in the shaping of Thailand's economic development and in the strengthening of its system of higher education. Puey was the Governor of the (Central) Bank of Thailand for 12 years, a Dean of the Faculty of Economics, and also a rector of Thammasat University in Bangkok. Puey was a member of the Free Thai Movement during World War II. He was a Magsaysay Award winner in the field of public service in 1965.

Was an early Russian sinologist. Kafarov was born in the familly of Orthodox priest. He studied in K

Was an early Russian sinologist. Kafarov was born in the familly of Orthodox priest. He studied in Kazan seminary and Sankt-Petersbourg Academy, from which was directed to the Russian Orthodox Mission in China.