Medical Practitioner Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Polish scholar and physician, descended from Scottish nobility and closely connected to the Po

Was a Polish scholar and physician, descended from Scottish nobility and closely connected to the Polish Leszczynski magnates.In 1632 he traveled with Boguslaw Leszczynski and the sons of other Polish magnates to various universities abroad. Their first stop was Franeker (1632), followed by Leiden. In 1632, in Amsterdam, Jonston published Thautomatographia naturalis. In 1634 they went to England. He received an M.D. from Leiden in 1634, and the same degree ad eundem from Cambridge later that year.[1] The same year he also received a Ph.D. in Leiden and Cambridge, on the basis of his dissertation De febribus. After this, they toured Europe until 1636, when news of Rafal Leszczynski's death summoned them home. Jonston settled in Leszno and remained in the Leszczynski family's service as Archiater et Civitatis Lesnensis Physicus Ordinarius.

Was an English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer. In 1844 he developed a process for treatin

Was an English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer. In 1844 he developed a process for treating cotton, mercerization, that improves many of its qualities for use in fabrics.John Mercer never went to school, he learned basic reading and writing from his neighbour. He was very fond of dyeing. With the help of a chemistry textbook he taught himself the basics of the dyeing process. He continued to experiment, until he discovered Antimony orange. Later on he developed the mercerization process.

A British particle physicist and theologian. He has written extensively on matters concerning scienc

A British particle physicist and theologian. He has written extensively on matters concerning science and faith, and was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2002.He was born in Weston-super-Mare and was educated initially in Street and then at The Perse School, Cambridge, where his contemporaries included Peter Hall.[1] Following National Service in the Royal Army Educational Corps from 1948 to 1949, John Polkinghorne read Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge (alongside Michael Atiyah and James MacKay), graduated in 1952[2] and then earned his PhD degree in physics in 1955, supervised by Abdus Salam in the group led by Paul Dirac[3]. In 1955 he married Ruth Martin (d. 2006 [4]), a fellow mathematician,

A British science writer and a visiting Fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex.John Gribbin

A British science writer and a visiting Fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex.John Gribbin graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Sussex in 1966. He later completed an MSc in astronomy, also from Sussex (1967) and a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge (1971).As a science writer, he has worked for the science journal Nature, and the magazine New Scientist and has written for The Times, The Guardian and the Independent as well as their Sunday counterparts and BBC radio.He is best known for his book In Search of Schrödinger's Cat (1984).

Was a computer scientist who is remembered today for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam experiment, a result m

Was a computer scientist who is remembered today for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam experiment, a result much discussed among physicists and researchers in dynamical systems and chaos theory, and as the head of the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1964 to 1970.Pasta was raised in New York City and did work as a real estate title examiner before becoming a New York City police officer from 1941 to 1942. Pasta followed his interest in physics and attended the City College of New York. During the depression Pasta was forced to drop out of the City College and find work, eventually being drafted into the Army during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star

A trained chemist and physicist, is a prominent science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 ye

A trained chemist and physicist, is a prominent science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 years.Sir John Maddox studied chemistry and physics at Christ Church, Oxford and King's College London. From 1949 to 1955 he lectured in theoretical physics at the University of Manchester. He then became the science correspondent at the Manchester Guardian, apost he held until 1964. From 1964 to 1966 he was the coordinator of the Nuffield Science Teaching Project, after which he was appointed as the editor of Nature, a role he held twice, from 1966-1973 and 1980-1995. He was director of Nuffield Foundation from 1975 to 1979. Maddox was knighted in 1995 and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society in 2000. He is currently a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association and a Trustee of Sense About Science.

Was a Scottish physiologist famous for intrepid self-experimenting which led to many important disco

Was a Scottish physiologist famous for intrepid self-experimenting which led to many important discoveries about the human body and the nature of gases.[1] He locked himself in sealed chambers breathing lethal cocktails of gases while recording their effect on his mind and body. He visited the scenes of many mining disasters and investigated their causes.[2][1] When the Germans used poison gas in World War I Haldane went to the front at the request of British secretary of state, Lord Kitchener and attempted to identify the gases being used. One outcome of this was his invention of the first gas mask [1].[1] His son, J.B.S. Haldane became equally famous, both by extending his father's interest in diving and as a key figure in the development of the modern evolutionary synthesis.[1]

Was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is consi

Was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered to be one of the fathers of epidemiology, because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, England, in 1854.

Was a physicist, and the originator of Bell's Theorem, one of the most important theorems in quantum

Was a physicist, and the originator of Bell's Theorem, one of the most important theorems in quantum physics.He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and graduated in experimental physics at the Queen's University of Belfast, in 1948. He went on to complete a PhD at the University of Birmingham, specialising in nuclear physics and quantum field theory. His career began with the British Atomic Energy Agency, in Malvern, Britain's, then Harwell Laboratory. After several years he moved to the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN, Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). Here he worked almost exclusively on theoretical particle physics and on accelerator design, but found time to pursue a major avocation, investigating the fundamentals of quantum theory.

Was a prominent 19th century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from hi

Was a prominent 19th century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism, which led to his appointment as successor to Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1862.Tyndall's first original work in physical science was in his experiments on magnetism and diamagnetic polarity, on which he worked from 1850 to 1855. While he was still lecturing on natural philosophy at Queenwood College, his magnetic investigations made him known among the leading scientists of the day and, through the initiative of Sir Edward Sabine, treasurer of the Royal Society, he was elected F.R.S. in June 1852. In 1850 he had made Michael Faraday's acquaintance and, shortly before the Ipswich meeting of the British Association in 1851 he began a lasting friendship with Thomas Huxley.

Was an American pharmacist influential in the fields of pharmacognosy, ethnobotany, economic botany,

Was an American pharmacist influential in the fields of pharmacognosy, ethnobotany, economic botany, and herbalism.[1After Lloyd's death, S.B. Penick bought the firm in 1938, and in 1960 the German pharmaceutical manufacturer Hoechst AG purchased the operations. Lloyd's innovations include a "cold still" for plant extractions and the first buffered alkaloid called alcresta (made with hydrous aluminium silicate). His most enduring legacy is the Lloyd Library and Museum and a series of local color novels about the Northern Kentucky area, and Etidorhpa, a scientific allegory that some consider the first real work of science fiction.

Was an American physicist. The 1973 decision of the patent suit Honeywell v. Sperry Rand named him t

Was an American physicist. The 1973 decision of the patent suit Honeywell v. Sperry Rand named him the inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer, a special-purpose machine that has come to be called the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.

British surgeon and geologist, was the son of a well-known medical practitioner in Deal.He was educa

British surgeon and geologist, was the son of a well-known medical practitioner in Deal.He was educated partly at a boarding-school in England, partly at the Moravian College at Neuwied (1843-1845), where he gained an intimate knowledge of German and an i

Was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general purpo

Was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States.

Was a Czech-American physicist at the University of Minnesota, who in 1911 invented the Zeleny elect

Was a Czech-American physicist at the University of Minnesota, who in 1911 invented the Zeleny electroscope. He also studied the effect of an electric field on a liquid meniscus.[1][2] His work is seen by some as a beginning to emergent technologies like liquid metal ion sources and electrospraying and electrospinning.

Is a Dutch writer.A year before his birth his parents escaped from Nazi Germany to The Netherlands.

Is a Dutch writer.A year before his birth his parents escaped from Nazi Germany to The Netherlands. But when World War II had broken out, the country was soon occupied too, and there remained no other route available than the one forced upon all those other Jewish families. The family was transported through camp Westerbork and to camp Bergen-Belsen. Jona survived the war, but both his parents died. [1]

Was an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of a killed-viru

Was an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of a killed-virus polio vaccine, the eponymous Salk vaccine.While being interviewed by Edward R. Murrow on See It Now in 1955, Salk was asked: "Who owns the patent on this vaccine?" Surprised by the question's assumption of the requirement of a profit motive for his creation, he responded: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

Is the Horace Hearne Chair in theoretical Physics at the Louisiana State University, known for his w

Is the Horace Hearne Chair in theoretical Physics at the Louisiana State University, known for his work on black hole collisions and quantum gravity.Jorge Pullin attended the University of Buenos Aires (electrical engineering) for two years before leaving for Instituto Balseiro in Argentina to finish a M.Sc. in Physics (1986). Then he moved to the University of Cordoba to pursue his Ph.D. which was submitted in 1988 to the Instituto Balseiro; his advisor was Reinaldo Gleiser. He moved to Syracuse University in 1989 and to the University of Utah in 1991 as a postdoc. He joined the faculty of Penn State University in 1993, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1997 and full professor in 2000. In 2001 he moved to Louisiana State University. [1][2]

Is a Dutch physicist.

Is a Dutch physicist.

Was an Austrian physician whose works lay the foundation of psychoanalysis.his father, Leopold Breue

Was an Austrian physician whose works lay the foundation of psychoanalysis.his father, Leopold Breuer, taught religion in Vienna's Jewish community. Breuer's mother died when he was quite young, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother and educated by his father until the age of eight. He graduated from the Akademisches Gymnasium of Vienna in 1858 and then studied at the university for one year, before enrolling in the medical school of the University of Vienna. He passed his medical exams in 1867 and went to work as assistant to the internist Johann Oppolzer at the university.

Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discov

Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discovery, he is considered one of the founders of modern medicine.[ciAuenbrugger was a native of Graz in Styria, an Austrian province. His father, a hotel keeper, gave his son every opportunity for an excellent preliminary education in his native town and then sent him to Vienna to complete his studies at the university. Auenbrugger was graduated as a physician at the age of 22 and then entered the Spanish Military Hospital of Vienna, where he spent 10 years.

Was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He gained

Was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He gained notoriety for being one of the SS physicians who supervised the selection of arriving transports of prisoners, determining who was to be killed and who was to become a forced laborer, and for performing human experiments on camp inmates, amongst whom Mengele was known as the Angel of Death.

Was a French apothecary and physician. Joseph Barsalou was born in Agen in the South West of France.

Was a French apothecary and physician. Joseph Barsalou was born in Agen in the South West of France. He came from a family of apothecaries that was originally from Narbonne. Joseph Barsalou received no formal medical training. His father handed down his knowledge of herbs and minerals. It is through his friendship with the Scaliger family that Joseph Barsalou gained access to the library of Julius Caesar Scaliger and his son Joseph Justus Scaliger. Julius Caesar Scaliger was a physician,

Was a French physician and a noted translator. Jean-Charles's surname was originally Mardirossian, b

Was a French physician and a noted translator. Jean-Charles's surname was originally Mardirossian, but the family shortened it to Mardrus. His family had some Armenian origins, and his relatives were so wealthy that there was actually a Mardirossian dynasty in Egypt. Today he is best known for his translation of the Thousand and One Nights from Arabic into French, which was published from 1898 to 1904, and was in turn rendered into English by Powys Mathers. He had five brothers, and his father helped Muslims, and befriended the khedive of Egypt, who, to thank him, decorated him as the carrier of the sublime door.

Was a French physician. A follower of Paracelsus, he is now remembered for important if transitional

Was a French physician. A follower of Paracelsus, he is now remembered for important if transitional alchemical theories. He left Lyon in 1580 for Kassel in Hesse, and moved on to Geneva where in 1584 he received right of citizenship. Having been elected there to the Council of Two Hundred in 1587, he undertook diplomatic missions to Bern, Basle, Schaffhausen and Zurich in the years 1589 to 1596. In 1594 he became a member of the Council of Sixty.