Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a French archaeologist. a poor engraver, sent him to study art under the painter David, but his

Was a French archaeologist. a poor engraver, sent him to study art under the painter David, but his own tastes were literary, and he became a student in the Collège de France, where it is said he used to exercise his already strongly developed critical faculty by correcting old translations of Greek authors and afterwards comparing the results with the latest and most approved editions.

Was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he deci

Was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he decided to gratify his taste for foreign travel. According to his own profession he visited India, Kashmir, Khorasan, Persia, Asia Minor and many parts of Europe. In 1826 he went to South America, and in 1827 left Brazil for the Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of Africa, where his presence in March 1828 is proved by the mention made of him in letters of Castello Branco, the governor-general of Luanda.

Was a French mathematician and astronomer. He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author

Was a French mathematician and astronomer. He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author of well-known books on the history of astronomy from ancient times to the 18th century.

French physicist and Nobel laureate. He was born in Lille, France where he attended the École Norma

French physicist and Nobel laureate. He was born in Lille, France where he attended the École Normale Supérieure.

Was a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarde

Was a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East.

Is a prominent French prehistorian. He was born in the French Pyrénées in 1933[1][2] and began to

Is a prominent French prehistorian. He was born in the French Pyrénées in 1933[1][2] and began to study archaeology in 1959, while teaching high school. He initially focused on Neolithic dolmens, which were the topic of his 1975 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Toulouse.[3][1] After being appointed director of prehistoric antiquities for the Midi-Pyrénées in 1971, he began to study prehistoric cave art in order to fulfill the responsibilities of that position.[3] In the following years he led a series of excavations of prehistoric sites in the region. In 1992, he was named General Inspector for Archaeology at the French Ministry of Culture; in 1993 he was appointed Scientific Advisor for prehistoric rock art at the French Ministry of Culture. He formally retired in 1999, but remains an active contributor to the field.[1

Was a French explorer who, in 1402, led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the no

Was a French explorer who, in 1402, led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there, he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura ( 1405 ) and Hierro, ousting their local chieftains (majos and bimbaches ancient peoples). Béthencourt received the title King of the Canary Islands but he recognized King Henry III of Castile, who had provided aid during the conquest, as his overlord.

Is a Dutch computer scientist, and Professor of Information Systems Design at Delft University of Te

Is a Dutch computer scientist, and Professor of Information Systems Design at Delft University of Technology.Dietz worked as practitioner in the field of automation and information systems from 1970 to 1980. Here he developed one of the first relational m

Was a navigator, cartographer, and poet. Jean and his brother Raoul made numerous voyages for the sh

Was a navigator, cartographer, and poet. Jean and his brother Raoul made numerous voyages for the shipowner Jean Ango, and sailed to the coasts of Brazil, North America, West Africa and Sumatra.

A Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental theorist, well known for his work studying

A Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental theorist, well known for his work studying children, his theory of cognitive development and for his epistemological view called "genetic epistemology."

Is a French author, traveler and explorer. In 1950–52, he led the Tierra del Fuego–Alaska car tr

Is a French author, traveler and explorer. In 1950–52, he led the Tierra del Fuego–Alaska car trek and in 1954, the French research expedition to the land of the Incas. In 1981, his novel, Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie ('Me, Antoine of Tounens, King of Patagonia'), won the Grand Prix du Roman (award for a novel) of the Académie française.

Was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United

Was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the French attempts to colonize Florida. A Huguenot and officer under Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, Ribault led an expedition to the New World in 1562 that founded the outpost of Charlesfort on Parris Island in present-day South Carolina. Two years later, he took over command of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. He and many of his followers were killed by Spanish soldiers near St. Augustine in 1565.

Was a French biologist and philosopher.Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous fo

Was a French biologist and philosopher.Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist. His scientific work covered a variety of biological fields such as amphibian embr

Was a French Egyptologist. One of the pioneers of archaeological research into Sudan from 1953, he w

Was a French Egyptologist. One of the pioneers of archaeological research into Sudan from 1953, he was Director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale from 1977 to 1981.

Was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Mart

Was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). Jean-Baptiste Charcot was appointed leader of the French Antarctic Expedition with the ship Français exploring the west coast of Graham Land from 1904 until 1907.

Is a French archaeologist specializing in South Asian archaeology and Sindhology. He holds a doctora

Is a French archaeologist specializing in South Asian archaeology and Sindhology. He holds a doctorate from the University of Paris in oriental archaeology. He has carried out the excavations in Baluchistan, Mehrgarh and Pirak. In 2004, he became the director of the Musée Guimet in Paris.

Was a French writer and numismatist. In 1744 he went to Paris with a letter of introduction to Claud

Was a French writer and numismatist. In 1744 he went to Paris with a letter of introduction to Claude Gros de Boze, Perpetual Secretary of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres and Keeper of the Royal Collection of Medals. He became assistant to de Boze and in 1753 succeeded him in this post, remaining in this position until the Revolution. During his term of office he nearly doubled the size of the collection.

Was a French Roman Catholic priest, archaeologist and historian. He made his preparatory studies for

Was a French Roman Catholic priest, archaeologist and historian. He made his preparatory studies for the priesthood in Paris. In 1835, he taught the natural sciences at the preparatory seminary of Tours, where he began a course of archaeology that soon attracted attention. The results achieved by him in a comparatively new field of research were such as to entitle him to be considered a veritable pioneer in France of the science of Christian archaeology.

Is a French explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer. The first son of ocean explorer

Is a French explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer. The first son of ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, he is the father of Fabien Cousteau and Celine Cousteau.

Was a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist. He was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammu

Was a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist. He was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. After being ordained in 1887, he took courses of Egyptology and Assyriology at the École des hautes études in Paris. He then undertook a series of archaeological missions in the Middle East, firstly in Egypt.

Is a retired French property agent and amateur Egyptologist. In September 2004, he claimed, along wi

Is a retired French property agent and amateur Egyptologist. In September 2004, he claimed, along with his colleague Gilles Dormion, to have discovered a corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Giza which he believes could lead directly to the burial chamber of Pharaoh Khufu.

Was one of the best-known American astrologers and psychics of the 20th century, due to her syndicat

Was one of the best-known American astrologers and psychics of the 20th century, due to her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions and a best-selling biography.She is best known for allegedly predicting the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the May 13, 1956, issue of Parade Magazine she wrote that the 1960 presidential election would be "dominated by labor and won by a Democrat" who would then go on to " assassinated or die in office though not necessarily in his first term."

Was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1

Was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baré was probably the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation.

A Senior Scientist in the Department of Multitrophic Interactions at the Netherlands Institute of Ec

A Senior Scientist in the Department of Multitrophic Interactions at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, and formerly an associate editor of Nature.

Is a former NASA astronaut.Hoffman's original research interests were in high-energy astrophysics, s

Is a former NASA astronaut.Hoffman's original research interests were in high-energy astrophysics, specifically cosmic gamma ray and x-ray astronomy. His doctoral work at Harvard was the design, construction, testing, and flight of a balloon-borne, low-en