Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a German literary scholar. Berendsohn was educated at the universities of Berlin, Freiburg, Muni

Was a German literary scholar. Berendsohn was educated at the universities of Berlin, Freiburg, Munich, and Kiel, in German studies, Scandinavian studies, and philosophy. He obtained his doctorate at Kiel in 1911 and after completing his habilitation, became a professor at the University of Hamburg, teaching German literature and Scandinavian studies. Besides his academic career, he lectured and officiated at baptisms and weddings for the Hamburg Free Religious Community (freireligiösen Gemeinde) and the German Monist League. He was also a member of the humanist, non-Christian Rising Sun Lodge as well as the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Was a virtuoso performer and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore. He began to study music at the

Was a virtuoso performer and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore. He began to study music at the age of 6, learning from his father, a violinist. In his youth, he toured Europe performing as the violist of the Strub String Quartet. Later, he served as the principal violist in the Berlin Radio Orchestra. He came to the United States in 1939, served in the United States Army during World War II, and then returned to a life of music teaching, performing, and recording. He was a founding member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Was a Chinese scholar, writer and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made important contribu

Was a Chinese scholar, writer and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, philology, vernacular literature and literary theory.

Is a teacher of African American Studies, English and comparative literature at Harvard University.

Is a teacher of African American Studies, English and comparative literature at Harvard University. Among his writings include "Beyond Ethnicity" and "Neither Black nor White yet Both." He was also the editor for the Modern Library Classics release of Georges by Alexander Dumas. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1975 from the Free University of Berlin.[1]

Was a Chinese scholar from Shaoyang, Hunan. He moved to Yangzhou in 1831, where he remained for the

Was a Chinese scholar from Shaoyang, Hunan. He moved to Yangzhou in 1831, where he remained for the rest of his life. Wei obtained the provincial degree (juren) in the Imperial examinations and subsequently worked in the secretariat of several prominent statesmen, such as Lin Zexu. Wei was deeply concerned with the crisis facing China in the early 19th century; but, while he remained loyal to the Qing Dynasty, he also sketched a number of proposals for the improvement of the administration of the empire.

Was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai K

Was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of Song, and for his refusal to yield to the Yuan Dynasty despite being captured and tortured, he is a popular symbol of patriotism and righteousness in China. He is considered one of three heroes of the Song's last years, alongside Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie.[citation needed]

Was a Ming dynasty scholar, painter, landscape garden designer, and great grandson of Wen Zhengming,

Was a Ming dynasty scholar, painter, landscape garden designer, and great grandson of Wen Zhengming, a famous Ming dynasty painter.

Is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. She has made major co

Is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. She has made major contributions to post-Foucaultian political theory and feminist theory. In particular, she uses the ideas of Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Freud, Frankfurt School theorists, Foucault, and contemporary continental philosophers to address problematics of political power, political identity, citizenship, and political subjectivity.

Was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell U

Was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She was the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Wasserstein was born in Brooklyn, New York to Morris Wasserstein, a wealthy textile executive, and his wife, Lola Schleifer, an amateur dancer who moved to the United States from Poland when her father was accused of being a spy. Lola Wasserstein reportedly inspired some of her daughter's characters. Wendy was one of five siblings, including brother Bruce Wasserstein.

Is a Doctor of mechanical engineering and was between 1980 and 1990 Vice-President and between 1990

Is a Doctor of mechanical engineering and was between 1980 and 1990 Vice-President and between 1990 and 2005 President of the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe in Germany.

Is a German chemist and emeritus professor. From 1976 till his retirement in 1999 he was full profes

Is a German chemist and emeritus professor. From 1976 till his retirement in 1999 he was full professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Kiel. His main areas of research were the chemistry of medium and large rings, the synthesis of cyclophanes, and the heteroquadricyclane?heteropin rearrangement, e.g. for the synthesis of oxepins from furans (known as Prinzbach–Tochtermann sequence[1]).

Is a German teacher at a vocational school in Brunswick, and an amateur Atlantis researcher. He is c

Is a German teacher at a vocational school in Brunswick, and an amateur Atlantis researcher. He is convinced that the events which are connected with Atlantis took place around 1200 B.C. and that the Atlanteans are identical to the Sea Peoples. He started his attempt to find the location of Atlantis in 1992 and proceeded independently of the well-known Atlantis theories, using only the text of Plato and the interpretation of ´nesos´ as an island inside a river or a river delta. Working with satellite images Wickboldt identified a part of a system of rings which he thought fitted those that Plato described.[1]

Is a Dutch professor, chair of the Department of Social Science & Technology at the Faculty of Arts

Is a Dutch professor, chair of the Department of Social Science & Technology at the Faculty of Arts & Culture in the Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Was a German theologian and New Testament scholar. He was of Huguenot ancestry and a native of Lübe

Was a German theologian and New Testament scholar. He was of Huguenot ancestry and a native of Lübeck. He began his studies at the University of Erlangen, where he met Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), with whom he maintained a friendship throughout his career. Later he studied at Leipzig, where he was student of Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930), and afterwards continued his studies at the University of Göttingen. In 1890 he became the Professor of New Testament Exegesis at Göttingen, and in 1916 relocated to the University of Giessen as a senior professorship.

Was a curator at the Musée du Louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in

Was a curator at the Musée du Louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in Paris.[1] As a historian, he publicly rejected Gustave Flaubert's depiction of infanticide in Punic culture, described in Salammbô.[2] Among his private purchases was the Nazareth Inscription, an imperial Roman inscription in Greek that was sent to him from Nazareth. Unfortunately, part of his working library was lost in the fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in 2004.[3]

Was a German professor of veterinary medicine, director of the University of Veterinary Medicine Han

Was a German professor of veterinary medicine, director of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover (1966–68, 1978–80 and 1980-81[1]) and a specialist for pigs. Schulze studied veterinary medicine at Leipzig University and at Hanover University and became a professor (1950–56) and dean (1952–55) in Leipzig. In 1957 he was appointed a professor in Hanover and established a reputable clinic specializing on pigs.[1] In 1968 he was a founder of the "International Pig Veterinary Society" (IPVS).[2] His dedication to this species earned him the respectful title "Pigs-Schulze" ("Schweine-Schulze") by students, colleagues and vets.[1] Schulze was awarded honorary degrees of the Free University of Berlin, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the University of Warsaw and Leipzig University. On August 24, 2006, the university decided to posthumously name a prize after him.[3]

Was a German philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of Humboldt Universität. He

Was a German philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of Humboldt Universität. He is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language and to the theory and practice of education. In particular, he is widely recognized as having been the architect of the Prussian education system which was used as a model for education systems in countries such as the United States and Japan.

Was a Dutch Christian scholar of Hebrew, known for his Latin translation of the Mishnah, the first o

Was a Dutch Christian scholar of Hebrew, known for his Latin translation of the Mishnah, the first of the complete work. It was published from 1698 to 1703. The son of a German-born minister, he studied at the University of Groningen, and later taught in Amsterdam.[1].

Is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business

Is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, created the Sharpe ratio for risk-adjusted investment performance analysis, contributed to the development of the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns-based style analysis for evaluating the style and performance of investment funds.

Was an American philologist.He was educated at Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Leipzig, and Freiburg univers

Was an American philologist.He was educated at Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Leipzig, and Freiburg universities. He became the provost of Columbia University and was chosen vice-president of the Germanistic Society of America. His publications include:

Is a New York University economics professor (although he is also affiliated with Princeton Universi

Is a New York University economics professor (although he is also affiliated with Princeton University) who has written extensively about labor market and other economic factors that affect the economy. He also made valuable contributions to the history of economic thought. He is among the 500 best economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc.

Is a British professor, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. He is a former Master of Sel

Is a British professor, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. He is a former Master of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Elder brother of the Very Reverend Professor Henry Chadwick, also a distinguished historian of the early Church and a former Dean of Christ Church, University of Oxford, younger brother of Sir John Chadwick KCMG, a diplomat whose senior posting was as British Ambassador to Romania.

US citizen in 1945, was a Columbia University professor,Vickrey was awarded the prize jointly with J

US citizen in 1945, was a Columbia University professor,Vickrey was awarded the prize jointly with James Mirrlees for research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information. An example of this is the situation where, for instance, the insured know more about their health than their insurer.

Is Professor and head of department of Science, Technology and Society at the Utrecht University, an

Is Professor and head of department of Science, Technology and Society at the Utrecht University, and he is scientific director of the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Utrecht University. Also he is a member of the board of the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands. In addition he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Energy Assessment, vice-chairman of the Dutch research programme on CO2 Capture

Was Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Theory of State at Heidelberg University. Brugger

Was Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Theory of State at Heidelberg University. Brugger studied law, philosophy and sociology at the Universities in Munich and Tuebingen. After completing his Ph.D. (Dr. iur.) at Tuebingen University with the prize-winning book Menschenrechtsethos und Verantwortungspolitik. Max Webers Beitrag zur Analyse und Begruendung der Menschenrechte (1980) he studied for the LL.M. at the University of California in Berkeley (1981). Since that time, he has been publishing comparative articles and books on German and American constitutional law and theory and the philosophy of law.