Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is a British statistician who has made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. H

Is a British statistician who has made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. He prides himself rather on being a non-mathematical statistician, and says that the thing that frightened him most in his life was when Maurice Kendall ask

Is a distinguished German mathematician and cryptographer. He received his Ph.D. from the University

Is a distinguished German mathematician and cryptographer. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Saarbrücken in 1966, and his habilitation in 1970. Schnorr's contributions to cryptography include his study of Schnorr groups, which are used in the d

Was the author of numerous articles and books on linguistics and on American Sign Language poetry. H

Was the author of numerous articles and books on linguistics and on American Sign Language poetry. He gave workshops and presentations across the country that raised awareness and appreciation for the movement, meter, and rhythm in ASL poetry. His own poetic works, which have drawn international recognition for their aestheticism and contribution to literary scholarship, are available on video, taped both by him and by other ASL artists.A frequent visitor and presenter in the Rochester area, Valli gave several workshops on ASL poetry at the University of Rochester. He also visited classes and was a keynote presenter at the Second National ASL Literature Conference, which was held at the University in 1996.

Is a German economist and professor of public finance at University of Cologne. He is currently pres

Is a German economist and professor of public finance at University of Cologne. He is currently president of the Counsel of Economic Advisors at the Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany).[1] Fuest is on the editorial board of the academic journal ORDO.[2]

Is an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland

Is an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland

Was an American biologist credited with the discovery of isozymes (different forms of enzymes that c

Was an American biologist credited with the discovery of isozymes (different forms of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction). He was a member of the National Academy of Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and served as president of several biology societies.Markert's Ph.D. research, and subsequent postdoctoral work at Caltech, focused on the sexuality and other physiological and genetic aspects of Glomerella, a genus of pathogenic plant fungi. At Caltech, he also worked with George Beadle on corn and Neurospora genetics.[1]

Was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages. Realizing that the grammatical str

Was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages. Realizing that the grammatical structures of Bantu languages are quite different from those of European languages, he was one of the first African linguists of his time to abandon the Euro-centric approach to language description for a more locally grounded one. A most prolific writer, he published a string of grammars, several dictionaries, comparative work, and a history of Bantu linguistics.

Was a famous American meteorologist and advocate of time zones. While director of the Cincinnati Obs

Was a famous American meteorologist and advocate of time zones. While director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio, he developed a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps, and weather forecasts. Congress in 1870 established the U.S. Weather Bureau and inaugurated the use of daily weather forecasts. In recognition of his work, Abbe, who was often known as Old Probability for the reliability of his forecasts, was appointed the first head of the new service.In order to compile his information, Abbe required a time-keeping system that was consistent between the stations. To accomplish this he divided the United States into four standard time zones. In 1883, Abbe convinced North American railroad companies to adopt his time zone system. In 1884, Britain, which had already adopted its own standard time system for England, Scotland, and Wales, helped gather international consent for global time

Was an American herpetologist. He received his B.S. in 1921, after that he did a five year expeditio

Was an American herpetologist. He received his B.S. in 1921, after that he did a five year expedition in China. In China he gave scientific names for the Kuatun Horned Toad, Hyla sanchiangensis, Amolops chunganensis, Rana fukienensis, and others. He also did a great deal of work with Karl Patterson Schmidt.

Was an American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist and ethnographer.In 1886, he became the first

Was an American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist and ethnographer.In 1886, he became the first chief of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture, predecessor to the National Wildlife Research Center and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. He was one of the original founders of the National Geographic Society in 1888. He developed the "life zones" concept to classify biomes found in North America. In mammalogy, he is known as an excessive splitter, proposing, for example, tens of different species of North American brown bears in several genera.

Welsh economist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Along with Rober

Welsh economist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Along with Robert F. Engle of New York University he shared the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Was a paleontologist and naturalist who is regarded as the most prolific and erudite natural scienti

Was a paleontologist and naturalist who is regarded as the most prolific and erudite natural scientist of Ecuador of the 20th century.Upon returning from Europe, he became Professor of Natural Sciences at the Colegio Bernardo Valdivieso until his retirement. In 1924 he presented some of his findings to the Panamerican Scientific Congress in Lima, for which he was widely praised. He kept a longtime correspondence and working relationship with distinguished scientists of several renowned international institutions, e.g. with the American paleontologist Dr. Edward W. Berry of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; with the British geologist Mr. Errof I. White of the British Museum in London; with Dr. Orestes Cendrero of the Instituto General y Técnico de Santander, Spain, and Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt of the American Museum of Natural History. For all his teaching and scientific achievements he obtained the degree of Doctor Honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Loja.

Was an American astronomer.Tombaugh is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, bu

Was an American astronomer.Tombaugh is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, but also discovered many asteroids, and called for serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.

Was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History

Was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (1815) was the standard work on European birds for many years. He inherited a large collection of bird specimens from his father, who was treasurer of the Dutch East India Company.

Was Lord Advocate for Scotland from February 24, 2000 until his resignation on October 4, 2006[1]. O

Was Lord Advocate for Scotland from February 24, 2000 until his resignation on October 4, 2006[1]. On April 11, 2006, Downing Street announced that Colin Boyd would take a seat as a crossbench life peer[2]; however he took the Labour whip after resigning

Was a British economist and statistician who worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and wh

Was a British economist and statistician who worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and who pioneered the use of the gross national product ("GNP") as the basis for studying national economies.Colin Clark was born in London. He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, then at Winchester College, and from 1924 at Brasenose College, Oxford where he studied chemistry. Through G. D. H. Cole and Lionel Robbins he became interested in Economics and after graduation he held research positions at the London School of Economics, the University of Liverpool and the government's Economic Advisory Council. John Maynard Keynes was a member of the Council and he was very impressed by Clark: "Clark is, I think, a bit of a genius.

Was an English ornithologist.Bibby was a research staff member for the Royal Society for the Protect

Was an English ornithologist.Bibby was a research staff member for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 1971 to 1986, and the head of Conservation Science from 1986 to 1991. In 1991, he moved to BirdLife International, where he led their research team and a major research programme, with projects in over 70 countries. In 2001, he became a self- employed environmental consultant. He was also a member of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel.

A retired British petroleum geologist who predicts that oil production will peak by 2007 . The conse

A retired British petroleum geologist who predicts that oil production will peak by 2007 . The consequences of this are uncertain but drastic, due to the world's dependence on fossil fuels for the vast majority of its energy. His theories have received wide attention, but are disputed by some in the oil industry and have not significantly changed U.S. governmental energy policies at this time. In order to deal with declining global oil production, he has proposed the Rimini protocol.Influential papers by Campbell include The Coming Oil Crisis, which he wrote with Jean Laherrère in 1998, and is credited with convincing the International Energy Agency of the coming peak; and The End of Cheap Oil, which was published the same year in Scientific American. He was referred to as a "doomsayer" in the The Wall Street Journal in 2004[citation needed

Was an English ornithologist.Harrison was born in London, UK. He got a scholarship to grammar school

Was an English ornithologist.Harrison was born in London, UK. He got a scholarship to grammar school, and then worked as a librarian and a teacher. He had been interested in birds since childhood, and joined an expedition to study autumn migration in Norw

Was a Canadian-American geneticist.In his early years as a research scientist, MacLeod, together wit

Was a Canadian-American geneticist.In his early years as a research scientist, MacLeod, together with Oswald Avery and Maclyn McCarty, demonstrated that DNA is the active component responsible for bacterial transformation—and in retrospect, the physical basis of the gene. In 1941, Avery and MacLeod had separated a crude extract from the pneumonia-causing S (‘smooth’) strain of the bacteria. The S strain extract could convert the far more benign R (‘rough’) strain of pneumocci to the disease-causing S form. Later that year, McCarty joined the Avery laboratory, and in 1942,

He made his debut in the D1 Professional Grand Prix Series Malaysia in Round 3 of 2006, currently dr

He made his debut in the D1 Professional Grand Prix Series Malaysia in Round 3 of 2006, currently driving a red Nissan S15 Silvia, which is currently under the sponsorship of Texas Lubricants and Kumho Tires. His callsign is "Chromas" to many who know him in the motorsports scene. He was also previously under the sponsorship of the former Imperial Concepts

The most successful Canadian women's skip in curling history.From a family of curlers, at age 14, sh

The most successful Canadian women's skip in curling history.From a family of curlers, at age 14, she joined the Mayflower Curling Club. At an early age, she gained success in competitive curling and was only 19 years old when she won the first of her 16 Nova Scotia curling titles that led to competing in the Canadian championships where she finished second. Jones graduated from Dalhousie University and went to work in broadcasting in her native Halifax.In 1982 she became the youngest ever to win the Canadian ladies curling championship but career, marriage and a family slowed her down somewhat. She joined CBC Television as a reporter in 1986 and went on to cover numerous summer and winter Olympic Games. She continues to work for the CBC, and is currently the weather and sports reporter on CBC Newsworld's CBC News: Morning.

Was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.Cassini was born at the Paris Obse

Was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. In 1784 he succeeded his father as director of the observatory; but his plans for its restoration and re-equipment were wrecked in 1793 by the animosity of the National Assembly. His position having become intolerable, he resigned on September 6, and was thrown into prison in 1794, but released after seven months. He then withdrew to Thury, where he died fifty-one years later.He published in 1770 an account of a voyage to America in 1768, undertaken as the commissary of the French Academy of Sciences with a view to testing Pierre Leroy’s watches at sea. A memoir in which he described the operations superintended by him in 1787 for connecting the observatories of Paris and Greenwich by longitude-determinations appeared in 1791. He visited England for the purposes of the work, and saw William Herschel at Slough.

Is an incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the

Is an incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on September 3, 2002. She is married to Director Eugenio T. Morales, Jr. of the LTFRB, Lipa City, with whom she has 2 sons Eugenio III and Umberto, both graduates of De La Salle University.[1]

Was a developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the

Was a developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology. He had wide interests that included poetry and painting, as well as left-wing political leanings.[citation needed] During World War II he was involved in operational research with the Royal Air Force and became scientific advisor to the Commander in Chief of Coastal Command from 1944 to 1945. After the war he became Professor of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. He would stay at Edinburgh for the rest of life. His personal papers are largely kept at the University of Edinburgh library.