Medical Practitioner Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a French chemist and pharmacist.At 13, he was placed as apprentice in a pharmacy in Nancy where

Was a French chemist and pharmacist.At 13, he was placed as apprentice in a pharmacy in Nancy where he learnt pharmacy, chemistry and botany. At 15, he left Nancy for a military service in an hospital in Strasbourg.In 1801-1802, he lived in Paris where he learnt in various schools, Museum, school of medicine among others, and followed the lectures of Fourcroy, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. He carried out some chemical investigations on the composition of a fossil horn which were published later (J Chim Phys 1806).

A medieval Frenchmen has been claimed as the “Father of French Surgery”.[1][2] There is some dou

A medieval Frenchmen has been claimed as the “Father of French Surgery”.[1][2] There is some doubt about his birth place but it was most likely to be either the village of Mandeville or Edmondeville both in Normandy. He was the surgeon to Philippe Le Bel (Philip the Fair) of France and his successor Louis X. He is the author of Cyrurgia (Surgery) (1312). This is the first medieval treatise on surgery but was eclipsed by the more famous Guy de Chauliac’s Chirurgia magna. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis.[3]

Was a French medical doctor, malacologist and naturalist. He served as the expedition doctor and nat

Was a French medical doctor, malacologist and naturalist. He served as the expedition doctor and naturalist on the French 1874 Transit of Venus expedition to Campbell Island, New Zealand, with a peak on the island, Filhol Peak, being named after him.[1] From 1894 to 1902 he occupied the Chair of Comparative Animal Anatomy at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Was a French neurologist. Henri Gastaut was educated in neurology and neuroanatomy at the University

Was a French neurologist. Henri Gastaut was educated in neurology and neuroanatomy at the University of Marseille, graduating M.D. in 1945. In 1953 he became head of the neurobiological laboratories. He was appointed professor of anatomical pathology in 1954 and director of the regional centre for epileptic children in 1960. In 1973 a chair of clinical neurophysiology was established for him, a tenure he held until he was emerited in 1984.

Was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties

Was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s.Working under Justus von Liebig at Gießen, Regnault distinguished himself in the nascent field of organic chemistry by synthesizing several chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g. vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride, dichloromethane), and he was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Lyon. In 1840, he was appointed the chair of chemistry of the Ecole Polytechnique, and in 1841, he became a professor of Physics in the College de France.

Was a French pediatrician born in Paris. He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1839

Was a French pediatrician born in Paris. He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1839 with a dissertation on auscultation titled De l'auscultation et se valeur semiologique. In 1847 he became agrégé at the medical faculty of Paris, and from 1860 was associated with the Hôpital Sainte-Eugénie. Here he focused his efforts on post-mortem investigations on children. In 1862 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine.

Was a Dutch philosopher, physician, and professor of medicine. He was a vocal proponent of Cartesian

Was a Dutch philosopher, physician, and professor of medicine. He was a vocal proponent of Cartesianism, and corresponded frequently with René Descartes.[1] He was the author of a textbook of natural philosophy, Fundamenta physices.

A Danish biochemist and physiologist.

A Danish biochemist and physiologist.

Is a physicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen who studies the effects of cosmic r

Is a physicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen who studies the effects of cosmic rays on cloud formation. His work presents hypotheses about solar activity as an indirect cause of global warming; his research has suggested a possible link through the interaction of the solar wind and cosmic rays. His conclusions have been controversial as the prevailing scientific opinion on climate change considers solar activity unlikely to be a major contributor to recent warming, though it is thought to be the primary driver of many earlier changes in climate.

Was an American physician and naturalist. He was the grandfather of Henry Bryant Bigelow.Bryant was

Was an American physician and naturalist. He was the grandfather of Henry Bryant Bigelow.Bryant was born in Boston, and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1843. In 1847 he was forced to abandon medicine because of ill health and turned to natural hi

Was a British scientist noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air".[1]

Was a British scientist noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air".[1] He described the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 paper "On Factitious Airs". Antoine Lavoisier later reproduced Cavendish's experiment and gave the element its name. Cavendish is also known for the Cavendish experiment, his measurement of the Earth's density, and early research into electricity.Cavendish is considered to be one of the so-called pneumatic chemists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, along with, for example, Joseph Priestley, Joseph Black, and Daniel Rutherford. By combining metals with strong acids, Cavendish made hydrogen (H2) gas, which he isolated and studied. Although others,

Was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemi

Was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates. A prolific writer, he authored more than 600 scientific articles, ten scientific books, and a few books on the subject of science and religion. He received the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1980 and the National Medal of Science in 1966 for developing the Absolute Rate Theory of chemical reactions, one of the most important developments of 20th-century chemistry. Several other chemists later received the Nobel prize for work based on it, and his failure to receive the Nobel prize was a matter of surprise to many.[1]

An American physician, has received credit as the inventor of abdominal thrusts known as the Heimlic

An American physician, has received credit as the inventor of abdominal thrusts known as the Heimlich maneuver, though debate continues over his role in the development of the procedure. Heimlich also advocates the controversial and unproven use of malari

Was a German-U.S. physicist, and philosopher of science.Margenau worked on the theory of microwaves

Was a German-U.S. physicist, and philosopher of science.Margenau worked on the theory of microwaves and the devepment of duplexing systems that enabled a single radar antenna both to transmit and receive signals. He also worked on spectral line broadening, a technique used to analyse and review the dynamics of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Margenau wrote extensively on science, his works including: Ethics and Science, The Nature of Physical Reality, Quantum Mechanics and Integrative Principles of Modern Thought.

Was a British humorous artist and cartoonist.H. M. Bateman was noted for his "The Man Who..." series

Was a British humorous artist and cartoonist.H. M. Bateman was noted for his "The Man Who..." series of cartoons, featuring comically exaggerated reactions to minor and usually upper-class social gaffes, such as "The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before the Loyal

Was a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time me

Was a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Chinese Communists during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He developed the first mobile blood-transfusi

Was an internationally renowned organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cali

Was an internationally renowned organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is widely recognized for his work in the development of the chemical synthesis of biologically import compounds and pharmaceuticals.Henry Rapoport obtained a B.S. in chemistry in 1940, an M.S. in chemistry in 1941, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1943, each from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then worked at Heyden Chemical Corporation and the National Institutes of Health for several years. In 1946, he became a professor at UC Berkeley where he remained for the rest of his career. In 1989, he retired but continued his research as professor emeritus until his death from pneumonia in 2002.

Is a German physicist. The focus of his research is the field of semiconductor research. His best-kn

Is a German physicist. The focus of his research is the field of semiconductor research. His best-known work is the first functional "European" transistor, which he developed and patented together with Heinrich Welker in the vicinity of Paris in 1948, at the same time and independently from the Bell Labs engineers. Mataré lives in California. Born in Aachen, he is the nephew of the sculptor Ewald Mataré (1887-1965).

Was a Washington, D.C. based businessman who was famous first for the development of discount stores

Was a Washington, D.C. based businessman who was famous first for the development of discount stores in the drug store, bookstore, and auto part businesses, and later as a corporate raider. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a Russian-immigrant pharmacist.Trained as a pharmacist at George Washington University, Haft opened the first Dart Drug discount store in 1955 in Washington, which he sold in 1984 at which time the chain had 75 stores. He also founded (with family members) Crown Books (which was led by son Robert), Trak Auto, Combined Properties, and Total Beverage, and acquired part of Shoppers Food Warehouse.

Was an American nuclear physicist who contributed to the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of

Was an American nuclear physicist who contributed to the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of the team which made the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States, in the basement of Pupin Hall at Columbia University. He participated in the first atomic bomb test, codenamed Trinity. After the close of World War II, he was a professor of physics at the University of Chicago until 1982. There, he helped Fermi establish the Enrico Fermi Institute and was its director from 1958 to 1962. The latter part of his career was as a senior fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was a recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award.

Was an American physicist. He was an Institute Professor Emeritus of physics at MIT. Feshbach is bes

Was an American physicist. He was an Institute Professor Emeritus of physics at MIT. Feshbach is best known for Feshbach resonance and for writing, with Philip M. Morse, Methods of Theoretical Physics.Feshbach was invited to stay at MIT after he received his doctorate. He remained on the physics faculty for over fifty years. From 1967 to 1973, he was the director of MIT's Center for Theoretical Physics, and from 1973 to 1983, he was chairman of the physics department. In 1983, Feshbach was named as an Institute Professor, the highest faculty honor at MIT.

Was a chemist originating in Podkamien, near Brodów who distinguished himself by his fostering of t

Was a chemist originating in Podkamien, near Brodów who distinguished himself by his fostering of the economic development of Galicia.Initially he launched his academic career by completing a doctoral thesis at the University of Jena. Subsequently he worked as an assistant professor at the Lviv Polytechnic in Lemberg between 1857 and 1868 and after that he started as the full Professor of Applied Chemistry at the same institution until 1879.

Was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.In 1875 von Baeyer was a

Was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.In 1875 von Baeyer was asked to succeed Liebig at the University of Munich and Fischer went there with him to become an assistant in organic chemistry.In 1878 Fischer qualified as a Privatdozent at Munich, where he was appointed Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry in 1879. In the same year he was offered, but refused, the Chair of Chemistry at Aix-la-Chapelle.In 1881 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University of Erlangen and in 1883 he was asked by the Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik to direct its scientific laboratory. Fischer, however, whose father had now made him financially independent, preferred academic work.

Was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiologica

Was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation (X-ray mutagenesis) as well as his outspoken political beliefs.

Was a Austro-Hungarian-born, German (Transylvanian Saxon) physicist, and, along with the Russian Kon

Was a Austro-Hungarian-born, German (Transylvanian Saxon) physicist, and, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and the American Robert Goddard, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. The three were never active collaborators: i