Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a French historian, philologist, archaeologist and historian of French literature, student of Fu

Was a French historian, philologist, archaeologist and historian of French literature, student of Fustel de Coulanges, whose posthumous work he published.

Italian physician and scientist.

Italian physician and scientist.

Is a neuroscientist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular bonding site for endorphins in

Is a neuroscientist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular bonding site for endorphins in the brain. In 1974 she earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the laboratory of Solomon Snyder

Is a Dutch primatologist who since 1995 is professor and director of the Anthropological Institute a

Is a Dutch primatologist who since 1995 is professor and director of the Anthropological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich, Switzerland.

Was a German naturalist, botanist and ornithologist, who collected plants in Madagascar[3] and Mauri

Was a German naturalist, botanist and ornithologist, who collected plants in Madagascar[3] and Mauritius. He also described the Sooty Albatross in 1822.

Was a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist.Clerck came from a family in the petty nobility and ent

Was a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist.Clerck came from a family in the petty nobility and entered the University of Uppsala in 1726. Little is known of his studies; although a contemporary of Linnaeus, it is unknown whether he had any contact with

Was a German naturalist and collector.Bolle was born at Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He stu

Was a German naturalist and collector.Bolle was born at Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and Bonn. He visited the Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands in 1852 and 1856, and wrote Meiner zweiter B

German chemist and engineer.

German chemist and engineer.

American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron, an achievement for which he

American physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron, an achievement for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936.

Was an American astronomer and astrochemist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrop

Was an American astronomer and astrochemist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

American physicist at the University of British Columbia and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his

American physicist at the University of British Columbia and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his production in 1995 with Eric Allin Cornell, the first true Bose-Einstein condensate.

German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number th

German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics.

Was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner s works on

Was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner s works on Lepidoptera. Carl Geyer was , by profession an artist. He is not to be confused with Charles Andreas Geyer (1809-1853), a botanist and plant collector.

German mathematician, born in K

German mathematician, born in K

German ethnologist and animal ecologist. He achieved a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of W

German ethnologist and animal ecologist. He achieved a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of W

Was a Finnish entomologist and governor of Viipuri province.From 1819 he served as the secretary to

Was a Finnish entomologist and governor of Viipuri province.From 1819 he served as the secretary to the Finnish Minister Secretary of State in Saint Petersburg. In 1833 he was appointed governor of the Vaasa Province and soon after of the Viipuri and Savonlinna County.

Was a Swedish entomologist.Thomson studied at Lund. He was the author of Coleoptera Scandinaviae (18

Was a Swedish entomologist.Thomson studied at Lund. He was the author of Coleoptera Scandinaviae (1859-68), Skandinaviens inseckta (1862) and Skandinaviens Hymenoptera (1871-78).

A Prussian mathematician, widely considered to be the most inspiring teacher of his time[2] and one

A Prussian mathematician, widely considered to be the most inspiring teacher of his time[2] and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time [3].

Was a Swedish entomologist.Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participati

Was a Swedish entomologist.Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814. He had been an enthusiastic entomologist since childhood, and was called by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in

Was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils.Schönherr was son

Was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils.Schönherr was son of a German immigrant who had established himself as a silk manufacturer. At the age of nineteen, he took over the business together with his mother and developed it into a considerable size, with about 200 workers.

Was a NASA astronaut.Prior to entering active duty in the United States Air Force, Meade was a Hughe

Was a NASA astronaut.Prior to entering active duty in the United States Air Force, Meade was a Hughes Fellow at the California Institute of Technology and an electronics design engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City, California

Was a German entomologist, specializing in arachnology. He was responsible for classifying a great n

Was a German entomologist, specializing in arachnology. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.

Was the American founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, now owned by parent company CKE Restaura

Was the American founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, now owned by parent company CKE Restaurants, Inc.Karcher was the son of Ohio natives Leo and Anna Maria (Kuntz) Karcher. Leo Karcher's grandparents had immigrated from Belgium; Anna Maria Kuntz was of German ancestry. Carl N. Karcher moved to Anaheim, California, where his uncle ran a small business. He was hired by his uncle and worked for him for three years, later he dropped that job to work at a bakery as a delivery boy which doubled his salary monthly. He married Margaret Magdalen Heinz Karcher in 1939.

Was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the Humanistic approach to psycho

Was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the Humanistic approach to psychology. Rogers is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956.

German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist, born in Stralsund, Western Pomerania, Germany (at the time un

German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist, born in Stralsund, Western Pomerania, Germany (at the time under Swedish rule). He was the discoverer of many chemical substances, most notably discovering oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first)