Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was an Austrian economist, philosopher, and liberal who had a major influence on the modern libertar

Was an Austrian economist, philosopher, and liberal who had a major influence on the modern libertarian movement.

German philosopher, psychologist and a theoretician in the field of handwriting analysis

German philosopher, psychologist and a theoretician in the field of handwriting analysis

Was a German economist who became a member of and important contributor to the Austrian School.

Was a German economist who became a member of and important contributor to the Austrian School.

Was an ophthalmologist, philologist, and the inventor of Esperanto, a constructed language designed

Was an ophthalmologist, philologist, and the inventor of Esperanto, a constructed language designed for international communication.As of 1975, Esperanto was taught in 600 schools to 20,000 students per year; and there were about 100 journals and 7500 books written in Esperanto, including translations from 65 languages. In addition, it had by that time been used in more than 700 international conferences. As of 2000, per Cambridge Encyclopedia, it had somewhere between 1 and 15 million speakers, according to sources referenced.In addition to the Yiddish-speaking Jewish majority, the population of Bialystok was made up of three other ethnic groups: Poles, Germans, and Belarusians. Zamenhof was saddened and frustrated by the many quarrels between these groups. He supposed that the main reason for the hate and prejudice lay in mutual misunderstanding,

Was a German botanist.Riedel came to Brazil in 1811, invited to participate in the expedition organi

Was a German botanist.Riedel came to Brazil in 1811, invited to participate in the expedition organized by the German-Russian physician, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer Baron von Langsdorff. From 1820 to 1830 and from 1831 to 1836, Riedel worked in Brazil collecting plants for the Botanical Garden of Saint Petersburg. In 1836 he accepted a permanent position in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, being the first foreigner with a permanent post in the museum. He founded and directed the department of botany and the Botanical Garden attached to it (Horto Florestal) until 1858.

Was an immigrant from China and a horticulturalist. Known as "The Citrus Wizard," he is remembered f

Was an immigrant from China and a horticulturalist. Known as "The Citrus Wizard," he is remembered for his contribution to the orange-growing industry in Florida.

Was an Italian astronomer.In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germa

Was an Italian astronomer.In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germany and discovered a number of asteroids. He worked in Germany, Italy and Argentina before returning to Italy for good in 1908.He was director of Trieste Observatory starting in 1919; Trieste had just been annexed to Italy following World War I. He then became director of Capodimonte Observatory in Naples starting in 1932 and until his retirement in 1950. In 1943 during World War II, the observatory was temporarily occupied by American and British troops in order to install a radar station.

An American-Italian population geneticist born in Genoa, who has been a professor at Stanford Univer

An American-Italian population geneticist born in Genoa, who has been a professor at Stanford University since 1970 (now emeritus).One of the more distinguished geneticists of the 20th century, he has summed up his work for laymen under five topics covered in Genes, Peoples, and Languages (2000). Physiologist and evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond praised the work for "demolishing scientists' attempts to classify human populations into races in the same way that they classify birds and other species into races."[citation needed] According to an article published in The Economist, the work of Cavalli-Sforza "challenges the assumption that there are significant genetic differences between human races, and indeed, the idea that 'race' has any useful biological meaning at all." (The Human Genome Survey, 1 July 2000, pg. 11)

An Italian linguist.Rizzi is currently a full professor at the University of Siena in Italy. He stud

An Italian linguist.Rizzi is currently a full professor at the University of Siena in Italy. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore, the University of Pisa and the University of Paris VIII. Before moving to Siena, Rizzi was a full professor at the University of Geneva.Rizzi is co-director of the journal Rivista di grammatica generativa and European editor of Linguistic Inquiry. His research is mainly concerned with the theory of syntax and language acquisition, and he has made a notable contribution to the theory of locality, parametric comparative syntax and the cartography of syntactic structures.

Is an Argentinian mathematician and leader in the field of partial differential equations and their

Is an Argentinian mathematician and leader in the field of partial differential equations and their applications.Caffarelli obtained his Masters of Science (1968) and Ph.D. (1972) at the University of Buenos Aires. He currently holds the Sid Richardson Chair at the University of Texas at Austin. He also has been a professor at the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. From 1986 to 1996 he was a permanent member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 1991 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded Doctor Honoris Causa from l'Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and Universidad de La Plata, Argentina. He received the Bôcher Prize in 1984.

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is thus responsible for investigating a

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is thus responsible for investigating and prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Born in Buenos Aires and a citizen of Argentina, he gained a reputation prosecuting abuses by senior military officials and for his work to combat corruption.A 1978 graduate of University of Buenos Aires Law School, Moreno-Ocampo was a law clerk from 1980 to 1984 to the Argentine Solicitor General before rising to prominence as the assistant prosecutor of the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons in the 1984-1985 "Trial of the Juntas". The prosecution of nine senior figures, including three former heads of state, of the military dictatorship that ran the country from 1976 to 1983 resulted in five convictions. It was the first prosecution of senior commanders for the mass killing of civilians since the Nuremberg Trials followed the Second World War.

Was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, who worked in

Was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis.

Was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science.[1]

Was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science.[1] His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society.Howard has been called "the father of meteorology" because of his comprehensive recordings of weather in the London area from 1801 to 1841 and his writings, which transformed the science of meteorology.[2] In his late twenties, he wrote the Essay on the Modification of Clouds, which was published in 1803.[3] He named the three principal categories of clouds - cumulus, stratus, and cirrus, as well as a series of intermediate and compound modifications, such as cirrostratus and stratocumulus, in order to accommodate the transitions occurring between the forms. He identified the importance of clouds in meteorology:

Was a leading U.S. geomorphologist, and son of Aldo Leopold.A famous U.S. hydrologist, he suggested

Was a leading U.S. geomorphologist, and son of Aldo Leopold.A famous U.S. hydrologist, he suggested that a new philosophy of water management is needed, one based on geologic, geographic, and climatic factors as well as traditional economic, social, and political factors. He argued that the management of water resources cannot be successful as long as it is naïvely perceived from an economic and political standpoint, as it is in the status quo.He was the 1973 recipient of the G. K. Warren Prize from the National Academy of Sciences.[1] In 1991 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He was also awarded The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science in 2006.[2]

Was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more tha

Was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot.Burbank's most successful strains and varieties include the Shasta daisy, the Fire poppy, the July Elberta peach, the Santa Rosa plum, the Flaming Gold nectarine, the Wickson plum, the Freestone peach, and the Burbank potato. Burbank also bred the white blackberry. A natural sport (genetic variant) of the Burbank potato with russet (reddish-brown) skin later became known as the Russet Burbank potato: this large, brown-skinned, white-fleshed potato has become the world's predominant processing potato.

A linguist and leading expert on American Indian languages—especially those of Mesoamerica—and o

A linguist and leading expert on American Indian languages—especially those of Mesoamerica—and on historical linguistics in general. He also has expertise in Uralic (Finno-Ugric) languages. He is presently Presidential Professor of Linguistics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and director of the University's Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL).Campbell grew up in rural Oregon. He received a B.A. in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1966, M.A. in Linguistics (University of Washington) in 1967, and Ph.D. in Linguistics (UCLA) in 1971.

Was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation a

Was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation and for his promotions of telescopes in space and research into plasma physics.Spitzer was born in Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1931, received his BA in physics from Yale College in 1935, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1938, where he was advised by Henry Norris Russell. He is one of the key figures of 20th century physics, who helped lay down the fundamentals of the physics of plasmas and the astrophysics of the interstellar medium.

Was an Australian statistician and economist. He led a colourful life; he was an unsuccessful gold p

Was an Australian statistician and economist. He led a colourful life; he was an unsuccessful gold prospector, played rugby union for England, and fought in the First World War.

An American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of

An American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and her contributions to the endosymbiotic theory—which is now generally accepted for how certain organelles were formed.Lynn Margulis attended the University of Chicago as an undergraduate, and received her Ph.D. in 1963 from UC Berkeley. In 1966, as a young faculty member at Boston University, she wrote a theoretical paper entitled The Origin of Mitosing Eukaryotic Cells.[2] The paper however was "rejected by about fifteen scientific journals," Margulis recalled.[3] It was finally accepted by The Journal of Theoretical Biology and is considered today a landmark in modern endosymbiotic theory

A Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet astronomer.In 1959 she graduated from Irkutsk State Pedagogical Univ

A Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet astronomer.In 1959 she graduated from Irkutsk State Pedagogical University. Between 1959 and 1963 she worked in the 'Time and Frequency Laboratory' of the All-Union Research Institute of Physico-Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements in Irkutsk, where she did astrometrical observations for the Time Service.Between 1964 and 1998 she was the Scientific Worker for the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Science since 1991), working in the observation base of the institute at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchny settlement. Since 1998 she has been the Scientific Worker for the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.