Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a German entomologist.Kraatz was born in Berlin on 13 March, 1831 and died in the same city wher

Was a German entomologist.Kraatz was born in Berlin on 13 March, 1831 and died in the same city where he was a Professor at the University of Berlin. He was mainly interested in Coleoptera. His collection is held by Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. Kraatz worked on the beetle fauna of the whole world using the vast collections in the Humboldt Museum.

German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described

German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species (see below), mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology

Was a Finnish topologist after whom Lindelöf space is named; he was the son of Leonard Lorenz Linde

Was a Finnish topologist after whom Lindelöf space is named; he was the son of Leonard Lorenz Lindelöf and brother of the philologist Uno Lorenz Lindelöf.Lindelöf studied at the University of Helsinki, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1893, became a docent in 1895 and professor of Mathematics in 1903. He was a member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.In addition to working on mathematical topics as diverse as differential equations and the gamma function, Lindelöf actively promoted the study of the history of Finnish mathematics.

Was a German entomologist.After 1836 Taschenberg studied mathematics and natural sciences in Leipzig

Was a German entomologist.After 1836 Taschenberg studied mathematics and natural sciences in Leipzig and Berlin.He went, then, as an auxiliary teacher to the Franckesche Stiftungen and dedicated himself to arranging the important beetle collection of prof

German chemist who won the Nobel Prize for pioneering work in the area of organometallic chemistry

German chemist who won the Nobel Prize for pioneering work in the area of organometallic chemistry

A German physicist.

A German physicist.

German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics and hence

German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics and hence on philosophy.

German biophysicist.Erwin Neher studied physics at the Technical University of Munich from 1963 to 1

German biophysicist.Erwin Neher studied physics at the Technical University of Munich from 1963 to 1966. In 1966, He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the US

Austrian - Irish physicist who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially

Austrian - Irish physicist who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933.

Is a Professor at University of South Carolina. He is internationally known for his research in the

Is a Professor at University of South Carolina. He is internationally known for his research in the area of biomimetic materials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. He has developed novel conjugated nanoparticles for targeting tumors and sustained protein delivery.

Also known as Euclid of Alexandria and the "Father of Geometry", was a Greek mathematician of the He

Also known as Euclid of Alexandria and the "Father of Geometry", was a Greek mathematician of the Hellenistic period who was active in Alexandria, almost certainly during the reign of Ptolemy

Is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut of Czechoslovakian ancestry. He

Is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut of Czechoslovakian ancestry. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972.

Was a central figure in the development of demography in Britain and the first director of the Briti

Was a central figure in the development of demography in Britain and the first director of the British Civil Service College.Grebenik was the only son and elder child of Schulim Grebenik (1887–1972), estate agent, and his wife, Lea Helene, née Lopatizkaya

A Hungarian physicist and mathematician.

A Hungarian physicist and mathematician.

Was a Swedish agronomist and scientist. Eva De la Gardie was born to statesman count Magnus Julius D

Was a Swedish agronomist and scientist. Eva De la Gardie was born to statesman count Magnus Julius De la Gardie (1668-1741) and the amateur-politician and salonist Hedvig Catharina Lilje, and sister of Captain Carl Julius De la Gardie. Her brother was the spouse of the famous Cathérine Charlotte De la Gardie and the brother-in-law of the royal favourite Hedvig Taube.

Is a theorist and geneticist, known especially for her interest in epigenetic inheritance.She is a p

Is a theorist and geneticist, known especially for her interest in epigenetic inheritance.She is a professor at the Cohn Institute for the History of Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and was awarded the Landau Prize of Israel in 1981 and the Marcus prize in 1988. She publishes about evolutionary themes, especially epigenetics. Her emphasis on non-genetic forms of evolution has won her a great deal of interest and support from those attempting to expand the scope of evolutionist thinking into other spheres.

A statistical ecologist and an emeritus professor of mathematical ecology at University of Lethbridg

A statistical ecologist and an emeritus professor of mathematical ecology at University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Early in her career, she was a researcher for the Canadian Department of Forestry (1963-64) and the Canadian Department of Agriculture (1964-67). Later, she was professor of biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1968-71) and at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1974-81) and was the Oil Sands Environmental Research professor at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta (1981-86). She has contributed significantly to the development of mathematical ecology, the mathematical modeling of natural systems.

Was a North American psychologist most notable for her 1957 paper "The Adjustment of the Male Overt

Was a North American psychologist most notable for her 1957 paper "The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual" in which she administered psychological tests to groups of self-identified homosexuals and heterosexuals and asked experts, based on those tests alone, to select the homosexual people. The experiment, which other researchers subsequently repeated, purportedly demonstrates that most self-identified homosexuals are no worse in social adjustment than the general population.In 1937 Evelyn received a fellowship to go to Europe. She enrolled at the Berlin Institute of Psychotherapy. She witnessed mass hysteria on the triumphant return of Hitler to Berlin after the Anschluss.

A geologist by training, is now an outdoor photographer, videographer and filmmaker adventurer (clim

A geologist by training, is now an outdoor photographer, videographer and filmmaker adventurer (climbing expedition kind). In December 2000, he moved to Tucson (USA) as an assistant Glaciologue and works for the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources University of Arizona. In January 2002, he took part as an assistant researcher Tectonics and Sedimentation "to the mission Oceanographic" Caramba "(CNRS-IFREMER) on the chain submarine in the Caribbean.

Was an American entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. He wrote Synopsis of the families and g

Was an American entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. He wrote Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico Philadelphia: Paul C. Stockhausen, Entomological printer (1887) and many other works. His son Ezra Townsend, Jr. (1876-1948) was also an entomologist but a specialist in Diptera.