Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a Danish-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a

Was a Danish-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer.

Was a Greek mathematician. He made significant contributions to the theory of functions of a real va

Was a Greek mathematician. He made significant contributions to the theory of functions of a real variable, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. His work also includes important results in conformal representations and in the theory of boundary correspondence.

Was a Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet, of Aromanian origin. His preoccupations were througho

Was a Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet, of Aromanian origin. His preoccupations were throughout all philosophy, from epistemology, philosophy of culture, axiology and philosophic anthropology to ontology and logics, from the history of philosophy to systematic philosophy, from ancient to contemporary philosophy, from translating and interpretation to criticism and creation.

Was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as cen

Was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as centre-left nationalist politician with a noted anti-fascist discourse. A member of the Romanian Academy after 1923, he was its vice president in 1935-1938, 1941-1944, and its president between 1938 and 1941.

Was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as cen

Was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as centre-left nationalist politician with a noted anti-fascist discourse. A member of the Romanian Academy after 1923, he was its vice president in 1935-1938, 1

Was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life.In 1802, at the age of nineteen, he went to

Was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life.In 1802, at the age of nineteen, he went to America, where he made the acquaintance of most of the young nation's few botanists; but in 1805 returned to Europe and settled in Palermo, Sicily, where he became so successful in trade that he could retire by age twenty-five and devote his time entirely to natural history. He also worked for a time as secretary to the American consul. During his stay in Sicily he studied plants and fishes, naming many of each. In 1815, after his son (named after Carolus Linnaeus) had died, he left his common-law spouse and returned to America.

British ornithologist. He is considered the last of a line of British Colonial officials who made si

British ornithologist. He is considered the last of a line of British Colonial officials who made significant contributions to ornithology.

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 Joseph Estrada.

Was an American zoologist specializing in marine biology. Clapp was a famous zoologist who studied t

Was an American zoologist specializing in marine biology. Clapp was a famous zoologist who studied toadstools, had a gorgous collection of encased butterflies.

Was a Dutch theologian and scholar.

Was a Dutch theologian and scholar.

Was a Dutch mathematician at the university of Groningen who introduced the Meijer G-function, a ver

Was a Dutch mathematician at the university of Groningen who introduced the Meijer G-function, a very general function that includes most of the elementary and higher mathematical functions as special cases, as well as generalizations of the Laplace transform which also carry his name.

Was a Dutch jurist and legal theorist who contributed to the development of international law in wor

Was a Dutch jurist and legal theorist who contributed to the development of international law in works like De Dominio Maris (1702); Observationes Juris Romani (1710), of which a continuation in four books appeared in 1733; the treatise De foro legatorum (1721); and the Quaestiones Juris Publici (1737).[1][2] Complete editions of his works were published after his death; one in folio at Geneva in 1761, and another in two volumes folio at Leiden in 1766.

Was a Dutch jurist and poet.Van Eck wrote a 1689 civil law textbook, Principia juris civilis secundu

Was a Dutch jurist and poet.Van Eck wrote a 1689 civil law textbook, Principia juris civilis secundum ordinem Digestorem, that saw use in Dutch law courses up until the early 19th century. His Latin poetry was also well-received by his contemporaries.

Was a Dutch jurist, positivist philosopher and theologian. He was professor of philosophy at Utrecht

Was a Dutch jurist, positivist philosopher and theologian. He was professor of philosophy at Utrecht University from 1846 to 1889.

Was a Greek-French philosopher, economist and psychoanalyst. Author of the The Imaginary Institution

Was a Greek-French philosopher, economist and psychoanalyst. Author of the The Imaginary Institution of Society, co-founder of the Socialisme ou Barbarie group and 'philosopher of autonomy'.[1]

Was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker

Was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius. He was a professor of medicine at Louvain, and shared in his father's efforts to restore ancient Ptolemaic practice to astrology, drawing on the Tetrabiblos.

Was a Hungarian mathematician and physicist.Lanczos' Ph.D. thesis (1921) was on relativity theory. I

Was a Hungarian mathematician and physicist.Lanczos' Ph.D. thesis (1921) was on relativity theory. In 1924 he discovered an exact solution of the Einstein field equation which represents a cylindrically symmetric rigidly rotating configuration of dust par

Was a radio astronomer, who famously was the first to accurately measure the temperature of Venus by

Was a radio astronomer, who famously was the first to accurately measure the temperature of Venus by measuring the planet's thermal radiation.

Was an Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient, a measu

Was an Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient, a measure of the income inequality in a society. Gini was also a leading fascist theorist and ideologue who wrote The Scientific Basis of Fascism in 1927.

Was an Irish priest, (Church of Ireland), and botanist.He followed his religious calling and was ord

Was an Irish priest, (Church of Ireland), and botanist.He followed his religious calling and was ordained as a deacon in 1881 and priest in 1882. He became vicar in Saintfield in 1890 and rector of Greyabbey in 1912. While being a priest in several consecutive parishes, he continued his studies and became Bachelor of Divinity in 1892.He showed an early interest in botany, in which he was aided by S.A. Stewart. From 1893 onwards he was a contributor to the Journal of Botany and a frequent contributor to the Irish Naturalists.He was the author of many botanical papers. He was especially interested and specialised in mosses and in the critical genera of flowering plants, such as brambles, roses, hawkweeds and knotweeds. He was the first to record the rare Seaside Centaury (Centaurium littorale) in Ireland in 1913.

Axelos was a collaborator, columnist, and subsequently editor of the magazine Arguments (1956-1962).

Axelos was a collaborator, columnist, and subsequently editor of the magazine Arguments (1956-1962). He founded and, since 1960, has run the series Arguments in Edition de Minuit. He has published texts mostly in French, but also in Greek and German. His most important book is "Le Jeu du Monde" (Play of the World), where Axelos argues for a pre-ontological status of play.

Was a Polish philosopher, economist and social and political activist. His Hegelian philosophy influ

Was a Polish philosopher, economist and social and political activist. His Hegelian philosophy influenced the young Karl Marx and action theorists.Cieszkowski co-founded the Polish League (Liga Polska) in 1848. He was a member of the Prussian National Assembly (1848 - 1855) and a political activist. He (unsuccessfully) endeavoured to start a university in Poznan and co-founded the Poznan Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (PTPN) in 1857, being elected to its presidency three times (1857-1858, 1861-1868, 1885). It was the most important cultural and scientific society in Poland until the creation of Kraków's Academy of Learning (Akademia Umiejetnosci) in 1871-73. In 1870 he founded the Halina School of Agriculture in Zabikowo, named after his wife Halina, who had died in 1861. In 1873 it became affiliated to the Kraków Academy of Learning, established in 1872.

Was an Italian Renaissance philosopher.[1] He is famed for the events of 1486, when at the age of 23

Was an Italian Renaissance philosopher.[1] He is famed for the events of 1486, when at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, natural philosophy and magic against all comers, for which he wrote the famous Oration on the D

American biologist and Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Sc

American biologist and Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.

A Brazilian biologist and geneticist, and an influential scientific leader in Brazil.Following Dreyf

A Brazilian biologist and geneticist, and an influential scientific leader in Brazil.Following Dreyfus' advice, he enrolled in 1938 in the course of natural history at the University of São Paulo, continuing to work in biological research under his mentor. His doctoral thesis was also completed in the same institution, on the subject of the blind cave fish Typhlobagrus kronci. He also accepted in 1942 a position as assistant professor at the University of São Paulo, becoming shortly thereafter a full professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1978.