Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was a Lithuanian astronaut who test flew Soviet space shuttle Buran and its test vehicles. He was bo

Was a Lithuanian astronaut who test flew Soviet space shuttle Buran and its test vehicles. He was born in Kapsukas (now Marijampole), Lithuania, and died in Salgareda, a small village near Treviso, Italy, airshow after a crash of his Su-27 fighter plane.

An American Jungian analyst living in San Diego, California.Johnson's life course may have begun wit

An American Jungian analyst living in San Diego, California.Johnson's life course may have begun with an automobile accident at 11 years of age, which led to a near-death experience and the loss of a leg. Like Parsifal in the Grail myth, Johnson's youthful spiritual quest led him to encounters with a variety of sages, saints and sinners culminating in his discovery of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. Johnson began his analytical training at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland in 1947, the year it opened. After training with Carl Jung, Emma Jung and Jolande Jacobi he completed his analytical training with Fritz Kunkel in Los Angeles and Toni Sussman in London.

Is the former director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA astro

Is the former director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA astronaut.Parker was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. He was a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 15 and 17 missions

American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement of the charge on

American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement of the charge on the electron and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

German industrialist, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH.

German industrialist, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH.

Is a Canadian engineer and a CSA astronaut.Thirsk is from New Westminster, British Columbia and is m

Is a Canadian engineer and a CSA astronaut.Thirsk is from New Westminster, British Columbia and is married to Brenda Biasutti of Montreal, Quebec. They have three children. He enjoys spending time with his family as well as flying, hockey, squash, and pla

American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase pe

American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase peptide synthesis

German chemist. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner.

German chemist. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner.

American organic chemist. He made many important contributions to modern organic chemistry, especial

American organic chemist. He made many important contributions to modern organic chemistry, especially in the synthesis and structure determination of complex natural products, and worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965.

Was a French colonialist, voyager and writer, although he never published under his own name, which

Was a French colonialist, voyager and writer, although he never published under his own name, which accounts for his obscurity until his re-discovery in the 1970s. His two most well-known works are fr:Les Illustres Françaises, published in The Hague in 1713, and Journal d'un voyage fait aux Indes Orientales, published after his death in 1721.

Was a British soldier, naturalist and photographer.His father, Robert Tytler, served in the Bengal m

Was a British soldier, naturalist and photographer.His father, Robert Tytler, served in the Bengal medical service and his mother was the daughter of a German count. Tytler joined the Bengal army in 1834 while still in England, and arrived in India in 1835 to join his father's regiment, the 34th Native Bengal Infantry.[1] He saw many years of active military service in India, and in 1842 he was promoted to baggage-master.

Was an American astronaut during the early years of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Springer logged ov

Was an American astronaut during the early years of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Springer logged over 237 hours in space and 4,500 hours flying time, including 3,500 hours in jet aircraft.

American experimental physicist whose area of research includes sub-millikelvin temperature studies

American experimental physicist whose area of research includes sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3. Richardson, along with David Morris Lee, as senior researchers, and then graduate student Douglas Osheroff, shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics for their 1972

Was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural

Was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History.

Was a French physician (pediatrician) of note.In 1946, he wrote with Pr. Paul Rohmer a famous manual

Was a French physician (pediatrician) of note.In 1946, he wrote with Pr. Paul Rohmer a famous manual entitled "Traité de Pathologie Infantile" (2500 pages, 2 volumes) which became a reference for a whole generation of pediatricians.

Is the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, a former astronaut, and a veteran of four Sp

Is the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, a former astronaut, and a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights.He is the oldest of two sons. His younger brother is Gary Cabana and he is married to the former Nancy Joan Shimer of Cortland, New Yor

An American theoretical ecologist and philosopher who is best known for his search for a "unified th

An American theoretical ecologist and philosopher who is best known for his search for a "unified theory of ecology". He is Professor of Theoretical Ecology at the University of Maryland's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Ulanowicz received both his BS and PhD in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1964 and 68, respectively. Dr. Ulanowicz currently resides in Gainesville, Florida.

Was an American entomologist and artist who made important contributions to the fields of arthropod

Was an American entomologist and artist who made important contributions to the fields of arthropod morphology, anatomy, evolution, and metamorphosis.

F a Methodist Minister[1] is an emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded t

F a Methodist Minister[1] is an emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene (with the late Richard Smalley, also of Rice University, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex).

English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and bishop of Lincoln, was born of humble pare

English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and bishop of Lincoln, was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A.C. Crombie calls him "the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in mediaeval Oxford, and in some ways, of the modern English intellectual tradition".There is very little direct evidence about Grosseteste's education. He may have received training in the Liberal Arts at Hereford, in light of his connection to the Bishop of Hereford in the 1190s and a recommendation from Giraldus Cambrensis. It is fairly certain that Grosseteste was a master by 1192, but whether that indicated he completed a course of studies is unclear. Grosseteste acquired a position in the bishop's household, but at the death of this patron, he disappeared from the historical record. He appears again in the early thirteenth century as a judge-delegate in Hereford, but there are no specific details of where he resided or whether he had continued to study.

Was an American vegetation ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.He held teaching and research

Was an American vegetation ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.He held teaching and research positions at Washington State College in Hanford, Washington, the Hanford National Laboratories (where he pioneered use of radioactive tracers in ecosystem studies), Brooklyn College, University of California-Irvine, and, finally Cornell University.Extremely productive, Whittaker was a leading proponent and developer of gradient analysis to address questions in plant community ecology. He provided strong empirical evidence against some ideas of vegetation development advocated by Frederic Clements. Whittaker was most active in the areas of plant community analysis, succession, and productivity.

A chemist, and an East German dissident.

A chemist, and an East German dissident.

Was an American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology.

Was an American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology.MacArthur received his Bachelor's degree from Marlboro College, a Master's degree in mathematics from Brown University (1953). A student of G. Evelyn Hutchinson, MacArthur earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1958; his thesis was on the division of ecological niches among five warbler species in the conifer forests of New York. He was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, 1958-65, and professor of biology at Princeton University, 1965-72. He played an important role in the development of niche partitioning, and with E.O. Wilson he co-authored The Theory of Island Biogeography,

Was a Finnish mathematician.He studied at the University of Helsinki and later in Berlin under Karl

Was a Finnish mathematician.He studied at the University of Helsinki and later in Berlin under Karl Weierstrass. He is most noted as the developer of the integral transform known as the Mellin transform. He is also known for his critical remarks on the theory of relativity.

The winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in

The winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons."[