Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a Persian historian, scientist, and author.He spent most of his time at the courts of Ghaurid ki

Was a Persian historian, scientist, and author.He spent most of his time at the courts of Ghaurid kings. He dedicated his first grand work Lubab ul-Albab to the vizier of the Ghaurid Amir Nasiriddin Ghobajeh (???? ????? ?????) (d 1227).

Was a Persian historian, scientist, and author.Aufi grew up during the apex of the Islamic Golden Ag

Was a Persian historian, scientist, and author.Aufi grew up during the apex of the Islamic Golden Age, and spent many years traveling, exploring, and lecturing to the common folk and the royalty alike in Delhi, Khorasan, Khwarizm, Samarkand, Merv, Neishaboor, Sistan and Ghaznayn.He spent most of his time at the courts of Ghaurid kings. He dedicated his first grand work Lubab ul-Albab to the vizier of the Ghaurid Amir Nasiriddin Ghobajeh (???? ????? ?????) (d 1227).

Is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who, in 1983, became the first American woman a

Is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who, in 1983, became the first American woman and youngest American (at the time) to enter outer space.[1][2] She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1

Was a French archaeologist. The brother of Joseph Reinach, he was born at St Germain-en-Laye and edu

Was a French archaeologist. The brother of Joseph Reinach, he was born at St Germain-en-Laye and educated at the École normale supérieure before joining the French school at Athens in 1879. He made valuable archaeological discoveries at Myrina near Smyrna in 1880-82, at Cyme in 1881, at Thasos, Imbros and Lesbos (1882), at Carthage and Meninx (1883-84), at Odessa (1893) and elsewhere. He received honours from the chief learned societies of Europe.

Is the founder and managing director of TradeMe, New Zealand's largest online auction site.Morgan wo

Is the founder and managing director of TradeMe, New Zealand's largest online auction site.Morgan worked for IT consultancy Deloitte before leaving to start up TradeMe in 1999. TradeMe kept him very busy and at one point he was living 200m from the main office on Wellington Waterfront. On March 6th 2006, John Fairfax Holdings agreed to buy TradeMe for NZ$700 million, plus another NZ$50 million if financial targets were met over the next two years.

An Professor of Engineering and a leading Sri Lankan academic who is the founding & current Chancell

An Professor of Engineering and a leading Sri Lankan academic who is the founding & current Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology and the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa. He has held a number of other appointments in the field of higher education in Sri Lanka, Prof Karunaratne is a pioneer in the development of the use of computers in the field of engineering, and also played an important role in the development of IT education and industry in Sri Lanka.

Was a prominent American sociologist and developer of survey research techniques. Stouffer spent muc

Was a prominent American sociologist and developer of survey research techniques. Stouffer spent much of his career attempting to answer the fundamental question - How does one measure an attitude?

Ting¹ Chao4-chung¹) (born January 27, 1936) is an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize

Ting¹ Chao4-chung¹) (born January 27, 1936) is an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for the discovery of the subatomic J/? particle with Burton Richter.

Was a Dutch entomologist. He was curator of the entomological collections of the Natural History Mus

Was a Dutch entomologist. He was curator of the entomological collections of the Natural History Museum, Leiden from 1854 to 1873, when he retired due to health problems. In 1857 he founded Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, a journal of systematic and evolutionary entomology published by the Netherlands Entomological Society. Sellen van Vollenhoven was a founder member of this Society. He described 9 genera and 471 species of insects.

Was an American entomologist and palaeontologist.Scudder may be most widely known for his essay on t

Was an American entomologist and palaeontologist.Scudder may be most widely known for his essay on the importance of first-hand, careful observation in the natural sciences. The treatise on inductive reasoning, entitled "The Student, the Fish, and Agassiz",[1] reflects his initial experience under the tutelage of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University.

An American ecologist and professor at Syracuse University. He received his Ph.D. at University of T

An American ecologist and professor at Syracuse University. He received his Ph.D. at University of Texas-Austin in 1964, and was tenured to Syracuse University in 1966.Sam McNaughton is mainly known for his studies of plant–herbivore interactions and consequences of herbivory to ecosystems, not the least his more than thirty years of exploring the interactions between vegetation and communities of wild grazers in the grasslands of Serengeti National Park. He has also studied differentiation and geographical distributions of ecotypes in Typha. He is a highly cited scientist[1]

Was an American physician, naturalist and politician from New York. He was born in Hempstead, New Yo

Was an American physician, naturalist and politician from New York. He was born in Hempstead, New York. In 1786 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He served in the New York State Assembly in 1791 and again in 1798. Mitchill taught chemistry, botany, and natural history at Columbia College from 1792 until 1801, and was a founding editor of The Medical Repository, the first U.S. medical journal.

Amous for a short period of time during World War II when he taught soldiers to identify enemy aircr

Amous for a short period of time during World War II when he taught soldiers to identify enemy aircraft in a split second. He generally worked with fast-reading and enhancing the latent ability of the mind. He believed that most people used only one-fifth of their available mind-power to process information. By using methods of flashing pages he produced students who could read upwards of 1,200 to 1,400 words per minute.

American naturalist and philologist, was born at Locust Grove, Pennsylvania.He was educated at Dicki

American naturalist and philologist, was born at Locust Grove, Pennsylvania.He was educated at Dickinson College. He visited Texas in 1851 to investigate the presidency of an institution there, but declined the position. On his return trip from Texas, he was offered the position of president of Masonic College at Selma, Alabama, serving from January to October 1852.

Was a Hungarian immigrant to Canada who transformed the grocery store founded by his mother, Steinbe

Was a Hungarian immigrant to Canada who transformed the grocery store founded by his mother, Steinberg's Supermarket, into one of the largest chains in the Province of Quebec.In 1934, Sam Steinberg opened his first self-service grocery store in the city. A visionary, he transformed food retailing through mass merchandising, mechanization, and personnel management that included a bilingualism policy for all company employees. By the end of the 1950s his stores were a dominant force throughout the Province of Quebec and in 1959 expanded into the Province of Ontario with the acquisition of 38 Grand Union stores.

A NASA payload specialist.He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in

A NASA payload specialist.He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in physics (with honors), at California State University, Los Angeles, 1972 and 1974, respectively, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in astro-geophysics at

Was a naturalist/ zoologist from Pennsylvania. He studied under Louis Agassiz. In 1868 he joined an

Was a naturalist/ zoologist from Pennsylvania. He studied under Louis Agassiz. In 1868 he joined an expedition to the American West with John Wesley Powell. He was a friend and regular correspondent of the naturalist Edward Drinker Cope and in 1872 accompanied him on a fossil hunting trip to Wyoming. In 1873 he became assistant director of herpetology and ichthyology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.

An Indian astrologer. He comes from a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasa

An Indian astrologer. He comes from a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan village in Puri, Orissa, which trace their lineage back to Shri Achyuta Das (Sri Acyutananda). Sanjay Rath studied under his uncle, the late Pandit Kasinath Rath. His grandfather, the late Pandit Jagannath Rath, was the Jyotish Ratna of Orissa and authored many books on Jyotisha.

Is a computer scientist who is best known for his seminal work on probabilistically checkable proofs

Is a computer scientist who is best known for his seminal work on probabilistically checkable proofs and, in particular, on the PCP theorem. His PhD thesis on probabilistically checkable proofs received the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award in 1995.[1

Was a Brazilian anthropologist and folklorist, professor of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG

Was a Brazilian anthropologist and folklorist, professor of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Formed in Social Sciences, master and doctor in the area and for years devoted himself to the study and teaching of anthropology, with an emphasis on folklore and the tradition of Minas Gerais.His name was given to the "Museum of Craft Saul Alves Martins", located in the city of Vespasiano/Minas Gerais/Brazil, categorized as one of the top five museums of popular culture in Brazil [2]. One should notice that the museum has a collection of a large number of works donated by the anthropologist, the fruit of his research and fieldwork.

Is a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. He is notable for early work on automated pla

Is a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. He is notable for early work on automated planning in a blocks world, on semantic networks, on neural networks (and, in particular, the cascade correlation algorithm) and on Common Lisp (in particular

Is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions.He graduated from the U

Is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions.He graduated from the United States Air Force Test Pilot School in Dec, 1990 as a member of class 90-A. Horowitz was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1992, and pilot

Is an American naval aviator and a NASA astronaut. His twin brother, Mark E. Kelly, is also in the N

Is an American naval aviator and a NASA astronaut. His twin brother, Mark E. Kelly, is also in the NASA Astronaut Corps.Selected by NASA in April 1996, Kelly reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. On completion of training, he was assigned t

Was a Japanese professor of agriculture, and a pioneer of agricultural economics. Seiichi Tobata was

Was a Japanese professor of agriculture, and a pioneer of agricultural economics. Seiichi Tobata was awarded the 1968 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service,[1] for his contributions to modernization of Japanese agriculture

Russian polar explorer, naval officer. Chelyuskin graduated from the Navigation School in Moscow. He

Russian polar explorer, naval officer. Chelyuskin graduated from the Navigation School in Moscow. He first became a deputy navigator while serving in the Baltic Fleet (1726) and later promoted to navigator (1733).