Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a son of Élie Cartan, and was, as his father was, a distinguished and influential French mathem

Was a son of Élie Cartan, and was, as his father was, a distinguished and influential French mathematician.Cartan studied at the Lycée Hoche in Versailles, then at the ENS, receiving his doctorate in mathematics. He held academic positions at a number of

A French philosopher, psychologist (in the field of social psychology), neuropsychiatrist, teacher,

A French philosopher, psychologist (in the field of social psychology), neuropsychiatrist, teacher, and politician. He was the grandson of Henri-Alexandre Wallon (whose decisive contribution to the creation of the Third Republic led him to be called the "Father of the Republic").

Was a noted American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist, most recognized for his endorsement of the

Was a noted American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist, most recognized for his endorsement of the individualistic hypothesis of ecological succession.In Gleason's early ecological research on the vegetation of Illinois, around 1909-1912, he worked largely within the theoretical structure endorsed by ecologist Frederic Clements, whose work on succession was the most influential during the first decades of the twentieth century. Building on Henry C. Cowles's landmark research at the Indiana Dunes and some of the ideas of his mentor Charles Bessey at the University of Nebraska,

Was an American botanist and ecological pioneer (see History of ecology). Born in Kensington, Connec

Was an American botanist and ecological pioneer (see History of ecology). Born in Kensington, Connecticut, he attended Oberlin College in Ohio. He studied at the University of Chicago with the plant taxonomist John M. Coulter and the geologist Thomas Chro

Was an American botanist and ecological pioneer (see History of ecology). Born in Kensington, Connec

Was an American botanist and ecological pioneer (see History of ecology). Born in Kensington, Connecticut, he attended Oberlin College in Ohio. He studied at the University of Chicago with the plant taxonomist John M. Coulter and the geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin as main teachers. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1898 for his study of vegetation succession on the Lake Michigan sand dunes. The inspiration to these studies came from reading Plantesamfund by the Danish botanist and pioneer ecologist Eugen Warming[1][2]. The translation of Warming's term into English as "Oecology" led to Cowles becoming one of the primary popularizers of the term ecology in the United States. Cowles studied Danish to be able to read the original[3] and later (1905) visited Warming in Copenhagen. Cowles was one of the founding members of the Ecological Society of America [4].

Was an English entomologist and ornithologist.Henry Doubleday was the eldest son of Quaker and groce

Was an English entomologist and ornithologist.Henry Doubleday was the eldest son of Quaker and grocer Benjamin Doubleday and his wife Mary of Epping, Essex. He and his brother Edward Doubleday spent their childhood collecting natural history specimens in Epping Forest. He lived at the same time as his cousin Henry Doubleday (1810-1902) the scientist and horticulturist.

Was an American plant breeder. His research led to the development of "miracle rice" - hybrid rice c

Was an American plant breeder. His research led to the development of "miracle rice" - hybrid rice cultivars that saved millions of people around the world from starvation. "Hank" Beachell has been called the most important person in rice improvement in the world. As farmers planted higher yielding rice, nutrition improved in many Asian countries, and farmers increased their incomes. For his efforts, he received at age 90 the 1996 World Food Prize, along with his fellow rice-breeder Dr. Gurdev Khush from India.

A Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for

A Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes," otherwise referred to as inner-sphere electron transfer.

Was an English entomologist.Stainton was a very wealthy man and his house in Lewisham, "Mountsfield"

Was an English entomologist.Stainton was a very wealthy man and his house in Lewisham, "Mountsfield" was one of London's more substantial residences set in its own park. Other wealthy entomologists often stayed at Mountsfield when visiting London, notably Alexander Henry Haliday and Deiterich Carl August Dohrn.

Is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 48

Is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space.Hartsfield received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC) at Auburn University. He entered the U.S. Air Force

American physicist.

American physicist.

American political scientist whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, comput

American political scientist whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, computer science, public administration, economics, management, philosophy of science and sociology and was a professor, most notably, at Carnegie Mellon University. With almost a thousand, often very highly cited publications, he is one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century.

A chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes

A chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes

American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his w

American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers. He was born in Platteville, Wisconsin. He received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 1915.

Was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera and Dermaptera.Krauss was a physician.His

Was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera and Dermaptera.Krauss was a physician.His collection is in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his disco

Was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was also the first person to describe the learning curve.[1] He was the father of the eminent Neo-Kantian philosopher Julius Ebbinghaus.After acquiring his PhD, Ebbinghaus moved to Berlin, where he spent several years before leaving to travel in France and England for the next three years. In England, he may have taught in two small schools in the South of the country (Gorfein, 1985). In London, in a used bookstore, he came across Gustav Fechner's book Elements of Psychophysics which arguably spurred him to conduct his famous memory experiments. He began his work in 1879, but he may have performed his first set of experiments on several students from the English schools he had taught at. In 1885,

Was a German entomologist from Halle. He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until

Was a German entomologist from Halle. He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until 1921 specialising in Coleoptera, Psocoptera and the “Neuroptera”. He died in Licherfelde.

A Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best known for developing a projective test known,

A Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best known for developing a projective test known, from his name, as the Rorschach inkblot test.

German mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis. He was born in Hermsdorf, Silesia (now

German mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis. He was born in Hermsdorf, Silesia (now Jerzmanowa, Poland).

A German chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules which he characterized as polymers

A German chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for his discovery of ketenes and of the Staudinger reaction.

German mathematician. Although much of his working life was spent in Z

German mathematician. Although much of his working life was spent in Z

Was a mathematician and engineer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt and is said to be the gre

Was a mathematician and engineer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt and is said to be the greatest experimenter of antiquity.[1]

A Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of conductive p

A Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of conductive polymers together with physics professor Alan J. Heeger and chemistry professor Alan G MacDiarmid at the University of Pennsylvania.

A Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate.

A Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate.

Was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She

Was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She was a student of Edward Westermarck.In the 1920s Granqvist arrived at the village of Artas, just outside Bethlehem in the then British Mandate of Palestine as part of her research on the women of the Old Testament. She had gone to Palestine "in order to find the Jewish ancestors of Scripture. What she found instead was a Palestinian people with a distinct culture and way of life. She therefore changed the focus of her research to a full investigation of the customs, habits and ways of thinking of the people of that village. Granqvist ended up staying till 1931 documenting all aspects of village life. In so doing she took hundreds of photographs."[1]