Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was a navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer. His bes

Was a navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer. His best known work, A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, published in 1775, is a valuable source of information about the Floridas during the period of British control. His maps and charts are considered better than any produced before, and often for many years after, their publication.On March 3, 1761, Romans married Maria Wendel (or Mary Wendell) at the Dutch Reformed Church in Albany, New York. A son, Peter Milo Romans, was born on January 16, 1762. There is no further record of Maria Wendel Romans, and Romans mentions Peter only once in his writings.

Is a French economist, founder of the school of economic thought known as quantum economics. After i

Is a French economist, founder of the school of economic thought known as quantum economics. After its doctoral dissertation (Paris, 1958) he continues his studies at the University of Cambridge (U.K.), under the supervision of Piero Sraffa and Dennis Robertson. In 1954, he becomes a member of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), in Paris. His works on macroeconomic theory and monetary analysis have been awarded with two medals by the CNRS, in 1961 and in 1973. He was professor in monetary macroeconomics at the Universities of Dijon, France, and Fribourg, Switzerland.

Is a British statistician, Master and Chaplain of St Peter's College, Oxford and a member of the Sta

Is a British statistician, Master and Chaplain of St Peter's College, Oxford and a member of the Statistics Department at Oxford University.

Is a French philosopher and Director of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI). He is also

Is a French philosopher and Director of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI). He is also the founder in 2005 of the political and cultural group, Ars Industrialis, and founder in 2010 of the philosophy school, Ecole de Philosophie d’Epineuil-le-Fleuriel. His best known work is Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus.

Was an American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used eff

Was an American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He is the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut.Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving his B.S. in chemistry (1936) and Ph.D. in physical chemistry (1939).

Was an English ornithologist. He was lecturer in zoology at Oxford University, a long-time editor of

Was an English ornithologist. He was lecturer in zoology at Oxford University, a long-time editor of British Birds and one of the authors of The Handbook of British Birds. He was the first Secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and founder of the Oxford Ornithological Society in 1921.Tucker was born at Northaw, Hertfordshire and was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford, gaining first class honours in 1923. He spent 1924 at the Zoological Gardens in Naples investigating parasitism in crustaceans. In 1925 he was appointed Demonstrator in the Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge. In 1926 he became Demonstrator in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Oxford University.

Is a French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist. Often referred to today, in France, sim

Is a French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist. Often referred to today, in France, simply as BHL,[1] he was one of the leaders of the "Nouvelle Philosophie" (New Philosophy) movement in 1976.

Was an Argentine physiologist who in 1947 with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori received Nobel Pri

Was an Argentine physiologist who in 1947 with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori received Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of blood sugar (glucose) in animals. He is the first Argentine and Latin American Nobel laureate in the Sciences.After graduating, he quickly developed and presented his M.D. thesis on the physiological activities of pituitary extracts, published in 1911, a theme he would pursue for the rest of his scientific career. Since 1908 he was already an assistant lecturer in the same department, and immediately after his doctorate he took up the post of Professor of Physiology in the University's School of Veterinary Medicine. Simultaneously

A German linguist and specialist in African studies.From 1978 to 2004 Heine held the chair for Afric

A German linguist and specialist in African studies.From 1978 to 2004 Heine held the chair for African Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. His main focal points in research and teaching are African linguistics, language sociology, grammaticalisation theory and language contact. The grammaticalisation theory, which deals with the changes in grammar, and to which he contributed 7 books and numerous articles, is his main focal point.From 1968 to 1969 he was an assistant at the Department for African Studies of the Cologne University, from 1969 to 1972 he was a lecturer and from 1975 to 1978 visiting professor at the University of Nairobi. In 1978 he took over the chair of African Studies at the University of Cologne.

Is a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He rec

Is a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his PhD in 1987 from the University of Washington and the Technische Universität Darmstadt. After two postdoctoral years at the Institute for Mathema

Was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and earned a B.S. from the

Was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan, 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at the La Plata Observatory, Argentina. In 1933 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Michigan with a thesis titled, "The System Beta 1000 Plus Delta 31". He was a professor at Faculdad de Ingeniera de San Juan from 1948 until 1955. His astronomical studies included southern double stars, variable stars, occultations, asteroids and comets. On November 8, 1942 he may have discovered Nova Puppis. In 1958 he became the first president of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía.

Physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian.

Physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian.

Bernard Bolzano in English, was a Bohemian mathematician, theologian, philosopher, logician and anti

Bernard Bolzano in English, was a Bohemian mathematician, theologian, philosopher, logician and antimilitarist of German mother tongue.Bolzano entered the University of Prague in 1796 and studied mathematics, philosophy and physics. Starting in 1800, he a

Was a German evolutionary biologist, and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. He

Was a German evolutionary biologist, and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. He is probably best known as one of the architects of the modern evolutionary synthesis, which he popularised in Germany. Besides his work on how environmental factors influenced the evolution of geographically isolated populations and on evolution above the species level, which contributed to the modern synthesis, he also worked extensively in the area animal behavior (ethology). His education and scientific work was interrupted by service in the German military during both World War I and World War II.

Was a German jurist and a member of the pandectistic school of law thought. He became famous with hi

Was a German jurist and a member of the pandectistic school of law thought. He became famous with his essay on the legal concept of action, which sparkled a debate with Theodor Muther that is said to have initiated the studies of the processal law as we know it today.Windscheid's thesis stated that the roman law concept of "action" could not be confused with the modern concept of action, but that it was similar to the concept of "anspruch" (pretension). Later he began studying German civil law and wrote the book Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts; this book was the main source of inspiration for the German Civil Code BGB. Between 1873 and 1883, Windschied took part in the commission in charge of the redaction of the German civil code.

Was an Estonian Swede optician who spent his adult life in Germany. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt

Was an Estonian Swede optician who spent his adult life in Germany. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.During this period his interest in astronomy and optics increased. In Mittweida he had hoped to study with Dr. Karl Strehl, a noted optical theorist. Strehl, however, had recently departed. Gradually, Schmidt found his true calling, namely the grinding and polishing of highly precise optics for astronomical applications. He seems to have begun the grinding of mirrors sometime around 1901, and thereafter began to sell some of his products to amateur astronomers. By March 1904, he had made so much progress in his new endeavor that after finishing his studies, he was soon in contact with professionals at the major observatories in Germany.

Teaches phonology and morphology at the University of Cambridge. Previously, he taught for nine year

Teaches phonology and morphology at the University of Cambridge. Previously, he taught for nine years at Harvard. Vaux specializes in phonological theory, dialectology, field methodology, and languages of the Caucasus. Vaux was Editor of the journal Annual of Armenian Linguistics from 2001-2006 and is co-editor of the book series Oxford Surveys in Generative Phonology.

A noted cancer researcher at The Johns Hopkins University. His first degree was in mathematics gradu

A noted cancer researcher at The Johns Hopkins University. His first degree was in mathematics graduating summa cum laude in 1970 from the University of Pennsylvania. His interest was more in medicine and he received his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University four years later. He was subsequently a resident in pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has received the Gairdner Foundation International Award, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in 1998, Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and other awards for his research. His recent work has often concerned oncogenes. His observation that colon cancer progresses from benign polyps to malignant cancers has revolutionized screening for colon cancer by colonoscopy.

Was a German linguist who devoted himself to the study of the comparative syntax of the Indo-Europea

Was a German linguist who devoted himself to the study of the comparative syntax of the Indo-European languages.Delbrück was professor of Sanskrit and comparative linguistics at the University of Jena (1870-1912). In 1871 he published a study of the subjunctive and optative moods in Sanskrit and Greek, which was the first thoroughly methodical and complete treatment of a problem in comparative syntax. His great achievement, however, was preparing the three volumes on syntax in Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen (Outline of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages), published between 1893 and 1900.

Was a Swedish astronomer.After finishing his secondary education at Örebro högre allmänna lärove

Was a Swedish astronomer.After finishing his secondary education at Örebro högre allmänna läroverk, Lindblad matriculated at Uppsala University in 1914. He received his filosofie magister degree in 1917, his filosofie licentiat degree in 1918 and completed his doctorate and became a docent at the university in 1920. From 1927 he was professor and astronomer of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and head of the Stockholm Observatory. In the latter capacity he was responsible for the observatory's move from the old building in the centre of Stockholm to a newly built facility in Saltsjöbaden Observatory, which was opened in 1931.

Was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, advocate for social reform, and pacif

Was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died.[1]

Was a French Franciscan theologian and Cardinal. He was an opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals. He

Was a French Franciscan theologian and Cardinal. He was an opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals. He undertook diplomatic missions for Pope John XXII, with Bernard Gui. He was made Archbishop of Salerno and then Cardinal in 1320.

A philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. Althoug

A philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. Although usually regarded as English, he was born in Wales.

Was an important American biologist. After starting off as a botanist looking at plant chromosomes,

Was an important American biologist. After starting off as a botanist looking at plant chromosomes, Berwind Kaufmann ended up making pioneering contributions to three principal fields of basic cytogenetics:Kaufmann was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He stayed in his hometown and attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his B.Sc. degree in 1918, M.A. in 1920, and Ph.D. in 1925. His doctoral thesis dealt with the structure of the chromosomes of Tradescantia and led to a major publication. In 1926 he went to Southwestern College, Memphis, Tennessee, where he taught biology. He left in 1929 to become professor and chairman of the Department of Botany at the University of Alabama. He took a sabbatical leave in 1932-1933 at the California Institute of Technology

Was an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the

Was an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book The Feminine Mystique.As a young girl, Betty was active in Marxist and Jewish circles; she later wrote how she felt isolated from the community at times, and felt her "passion against injustice...originated from my feelings of the injustice of anti-Semitism". She went to high school in Peoria. She briefly became involved in her high school newspaper, but when she was turned down for a column, she and six other friends launched a literary magazine called Tide. In this magazine, Betty and her friends talked about home life as opposed to school life.