Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a French mathematician. He is one of founders of p-adic Hodge theory. He is a professor at Paris-

Is a French mathematician. He is one of founders of p-adic Hodge theory. He is a professor at Paris-Sud 11 University since 1988.

Was a French philosopher and poet. Guyau was inspired by, amongst others, the philosophies of Epicur

Was a French philosopher and poet. Guyau was inspired by, amongst others, the philosophies of Epicurus, Epictetus, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Herbert Spencer, and Alfred Fouillée, and the poetry/literature of Pierre Corneille, Victor Hugo, and Alfred de Musset.

Is a French mathematician, known for works in symplectic geometry, in which he is one of the pioneer

Is a French mathematician, known for works in symplectic geometry, in which he is one of the pioneers. He has published several works, a treatise on relativity [Sou64b] and a treatise on mechanics: [Sou70]. He has developed the symplectic aspects of classical and quantum mechanics. His work includes the first geometric interpretation of spin, and many important concepts, such as: the coadjoint action of a group on its moment space, the moment map, prequantization (geometric quantization), the classification of the homogeneous symplectic manifolds, diffeological spaces and many others.

Is a French mathematician who has been a Professor at the Université Paris-Sud since 1981. He found

Is a French mathematician who has been a Professor at the Université Paris-Sud since 1981. He found a heat equation proof for the Atiyah–Singer index theorem. In 1990 he was awarded the Prix Ampere of the Academy of Sciences. He was elected as a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Is a French mathematician, born in 1956. He first studied at Ecole Polytechnique where he worked on

Is a French mathematician, born in 1956. He first studied at Ecole Polytechnique where he worked on his PhD thesis advised by Haïm Brezis. Since 1992, his domain of research is the Control Theory of Partial Differential Equations, a domain in which he became a leader, and which includes both control and stabilization (see his book [1] or his Scholarpedia article [2]). His most important results concern partial differential equations related to fluid dynamics, with special emphasis on nonlinear phenomena, and part of them found applications to control channels.

Is a French economist of Sephardi Jewish descent.[1] He currently is a Professor of Economics at the

Is a French economist of Sephardi Jewish descent.[1] He currently is a Professor of Economics at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, where he has taught since 1982. Fitoussi also serves as President of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Econoniques, an institute dedicated to economic research and forecasting.

Was a French philosopher. where he studied under Eugène Burnouf, Abel-Francois Villemain, and Victo

Was a French philosopher. where he studied under Eugène Burnouf, Abel-Francois Villemain, and Victor Cousin. After teaching for several years in provincial towns, he came to Paris, where he lectured on philosophy in various institutions, and finally became professor in the normal school, and titular professor at the Sorbonne. In 1824 he joined Paul-François Dubois and Théodore Simon Jouffroy in establishing the Globe; and he was also a member of the committee of the society which took for its motto Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera.

Is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry. He was president of the So

Is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry. He was president of the Société Mathématique de France from 1990 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he was president of the European Mathematical Society. Since 1994 he is the director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris.

Is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Faye was a founding member of the av

Is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Faye was a founding member of the avant-garde literary review Tel Quel, and later of Change. He received the Prix Renaudot for his 1964 novel L'Écluse (Éditions Seuil). He is a regular contributor to Gilles Deleuze's literary journal Chimère.

Was a French Jesuit moral theologian. He is accounted one of the restorers of the old casuistic meth

Was a French Jesuit moral theologian. He is accounted one of the restorers of the old casuistic method, a fact that made him worthy of personifying the "Jesuit Moral" in the eyes of some, who, especially in Germany, attacked his doctrine. An ardent follower of Hermann Busenbaum and of Alphonsus Ligouri, he contributed largely towards the final defeat of Jansenism.

Is a French mathematician. Kahane attended the École normale supérieure and obtained the agrégati

Is a French mathematician. Kahane attended the École normale supérieure and obtained the agrégation of mathematics in 1949. He then worked for the CNRS from 1949 to 1954, first as an intern and then as a research assistant. He defended his PhD in 1954; his advisor was Szolem Mandelbrojt.

Is a French astrophysicist, specialized in black holes and cosmology. He works as research director

Is a French astrophysicist, specialized in black holes and cosmology. He works as research director for the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), and is a member of the Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH) of the observatory of Paris-Meudon.

Was a French priest who was an important phonetician and dialectologist. Rousselot is considered the

Was a French priest who was an important phonetician and dialectologist. Rousselot is considered the founder of experimental phonetics, both theoretical and applied, as manifested in the two volumes of his Principes de Phonétique Expérimentale (1897, 1901). He influenced many phoneticians and linguists, including Josef Chlumsky, Jean Poirot, Giulio Panconcelli-Calzia, Théodore Rosset, George Oscar Russell, Raymond Herbert Stetson, and Lev Shcherba.

Was a gifted amateur mathematician. In 1806, while managing a bookstore in Paris, he published the i

Was a gifted amateur mathematician. In 1806, while managing a bookstore in Paris, he published the idea of geometrical interpretation of complex numbers known as the Argand diagram.

Was a French economic historian, author of the Comptes rendus de l'administration des finances du ro

Was a French economic historian, author of the Comptes rendus de l'administration des finances du royaume (Accounts of the financial administration of the kingdom), which constitute the most important source of economic and financial data for Ancien Régime France.

Was a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the commandant general of the Éc

Was a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the commandant general of the École Polytechnique. He is considered a reviver of projective geometry, and his work Traité des propriétés projectives des figures is considered the first definitive paper on the subject since Gérard Desargues' work on it in the 17th century. He later wrote an introduction to it; Applications d’analyse et de géométrie.[1]

Was a U.S. clergyman and geographer. He was the father of Samuel F. B. Morse.Morse made an important

Was a U.S. clergyman and geographer. He was the father of Samuel F. B. Morse.Morse made an important impact on the educational system of the United States. While teaching at a school for young women, he saw the need for a geography textbook oriented to the forming nation. The result was skimpy and derivative, Geography Made Easy (1784). He followed that with American Geography (1789) which was widely cited and copied. New editions of his schoolchildren textbooks and the more weighty works, often came out yearly, earning him the informal title "father of American geography.

An American economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also the Que

An American economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and a Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia's School of Public Health. Additionally, he is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and the founder and co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty and hunger. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Director of the United Nations Millennium Project and today remains a leading advocate for the Millennium Development Goals, eight internationally endorsed objectives to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and disease by the year 2015.

Was an Danish-American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field

Was an Danish-American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants.In 1926, Clausen was awarded his PhD for his work on the Violaceae; his monograph was one of the first publications that combined systematics, ecology and genetics for any plant group. In 1927-1928, Clausen received a Rockefeller scholarship to study at the University of California, Berkeley where he worked on the genetics of the genus Crepis with E. B. Babcock. During this time he met Californian botanist Harvey Monroe Hall, who invited Clausen to return to the United States to work on the ecological genetics of Californian native species

Was a pioneering Faroese linguist, scholar, and ethnographer. Svabo was born in Miðvágur, Vágar,

Was a pioneering Faroese linguist, scholar, and ethnographer. Svabo was born in Miðvágur, Vágar, the Faroe Islands to a minister and his wife. Svabo studied history, music, and theology in Miðvágur and later in Tórshavn. Between 1765 and 1800 he lived in Denmark and studied music there, especially the violin. In 1800, he returned to Tórshavn and lived in a house known as the Pætursarstovu: it was in the attic of this home that in 1928 a book of songs written by Svabo was found. This manuscript is now part of the collection of the Føroya Landsbókasavn (Faroese National Library).

Is associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at t

Is associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen.[1] He is an expert on Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages in general, especially morphophonemics, but he has also published articles on the history of Eskimo-Aleut languages and linguistic diachrony. He supports the Indo-Uralic and Eurasiatic hypotheses.

Was a Danish botanist. He was a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden from 1801.

Was a Danish botanist. He was a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden from 1801. After the death of Martin Vahl in 1804, the task of publishing the Flora Danica was given to Hornemann, who subsequently issued fasc. 22-39 (1801-1840) with a total of 1080 plates. J.W. Hornemann was professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen from 1808 and director of the Botanic Garden (from 1817). In 1815, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1816, his status was changed to that of foreign member.

Was an English astronomer who was the only person to predict, and one of only two people to observe

Was an English astronomer who was the only person to predict, and one of only two people to observe and record, the transit of Venus of 1639.he was relatively poor during his entire brief life. He joined Emmanuel College on 11 May 1632 and matriculated as a member of the University of Cambridge on 5 July 1632 as a sizar. In 1635 he left without formally graduating, presumably due to the cost of continuing his studies. The traditional view is that he supported himself financially by holding a curacy in Much Hoole, near Preston in Lancashire, but there is little evidence for this. According to local tradition in Much Hoole, he lived at Carr House, within the Bank Hall Estate, Bretherton. Carr House was a substantial property owned by the Stones family who were prosperous farmers and merchants, and was a tutor for the Stones children. He may have been a Calvinist and, through his connection with Emmanuel College, a Puritan, although there is little evidence of his religious convictions.[2]

Is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden, and an expert

Is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden, and an expert on Sino-Tibetan languages. He is a leading member of both the Himalayan Languages Project and the Leiden School of linguistic theory.

Was an American philosopher and linguist.After receiving a PhD in philosophy from Princeton Universi

Was an American philosopher and linguist.After receiving a PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 1960, Katz became a Research Associate in Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Philosophy there in 1963, and became Professor in 1969. From 1975 until his death, he was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at the City University of New York.Within linguistics, Katz is best known for his theory of semantics in generative grammar.