Academic/intellectual Famous Names

Is a prominent Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician.Abdias attended public school as a chi

Is a prominent Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician.Abdias attended public school as a child and joined the military in 1930, but was discharged for disorderly conduct a few years later. He received a B. A. in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1938, and graduate degrees from the Higher Institute of Brazilian Studies (1957) and the Oceanography Institute (1961) . Nascimento travelled South America with a group of poets calling themselves the "Santa Irmandad Orquidea", or the "Holy Brotherhood of the Orchid" and developed an interest for the dramatic arts. Returning to Rio de Janeiro, he founded the Black Experimental Theater in 1944. He performed in Orfeu da Conceiçao, a play by Vinicius de Moraes which was later adapted into the motion picture Black Orpheus. He became a leader in Brazil's black movement, and was forced into exile by the military regime in 1968.

Was a well-known Egyptian existentialist professor of philosophy.

Was a well-known Egyptian existentialist professor of philosophy.

Was a Danish classical scholar and librarian.She is best known for her critical, standard edition of

Was a Danish classical scholar and librarian.She is best known for her critical, standard edition of the Suda, which she published in 5 volumes (Leipzig, 1928-1938). She also contributed several articles to Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopädie.

Is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was

Is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was a lyric tenor at the Staatsoper Hannover from 1970 to 1974. His roles included Andres in Berg's Wozzeck, Toni in Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, and Lord Bucklaw in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. He sang the role of Peter Iwanow in a 1976 recording of Albert Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann with Lucia Popp as Marie, Karl Ridderbusch as van Bett, and Hermann Prey as Peter I

Was a famous German archaeologist, teacher, art historian and museum director. He was the father of

Was a famous German archaeologist, teacher, art historian and museum director. He was the father of the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler and grandfather of the German archaeologist Andreas Furtwängler. Furtwängler was born at Freiburg im Breisgau, where his father was a classical scholar and schoolteacher; he was educated there, at Leipzig and at Munich, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Brunn, whose comparative method in art criticism he much developed. He took part in the excavations at Olympia in 1878, became an assistant in the Berlin Museum in 1880, and professor at Berlin (1884) and later at Munich. His latest excavation work was at Aegina.[1]

Was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872

Was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872, who helped establish the connoisseurship of Ancient Greek sculpture and Roman sculpture on their modern footing. Just at the cusp of the introduction of photography as a tool of art history, Michaelis pioneered in supplementing his descriptions with sketches. Michaelis read classical philology and archaeology at the University of Leipzig, where he attended the classes of Johannes Overbeck (1826–1895), an expert on Pompeii whose emphasis on written sources for documenting Greek art was influential in formulating Michaelis' approach to antiquities and whose corpus of mythological representations in Greek art, Griechische Kunstmythologie, begun in 1871, helped spark Michaelis' own compilation of antiquities in English collections.

Is a Romanian-born American professor of mechanical engineering and inventor of the constructal theo

Is a Romanian-born American professor of mechanical engineering and inventor of the constructal theory of global optimization under local constraints. He is J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. He published more than 470 articles, 23 books and is in top 100 of most cited engineers in the world.

Is Professor of Comparative Politics in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy

Is Professor of Comparative Politics in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was previously Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg from 1993 to 1995. After attending Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Town, he studied for his BA and MA at the University of Cape Town and his PhD at the London School of Economics. He specialises in the comparative study of ethnic conflict, particularly the cases of Northern Ireland, his native South Africa and Kashmir.[1] He is chair of the International Political Science Association's research committee on politics and ethnicity.[1]

Is a Persian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet, and critic of Islam. He is an expert in inte

Is a Persian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet, and critic of Islam. He is an expert in international criminal law.In 1989, Ellian came to the Netherlands as a political refugee.[1] Having experienced first-hand the Islamic theocratic government of Iran, he writes often about how such issues are affecting the world and the Netherlands in particular. Due to threats on his life tied to such criticism, he is currently heavily guarded.[1]

Is an Egyptian-born noted Islamic scholar and cleric, with expertise in Islamic history, culture, th

Is an Egyptian-born noted Islamic scholar and cleric, with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics.[2] He founded a small Egyptian sect that is neither Sunni nor Shiite, Quranists, was exiled from Egypt, and lives in the United States as a political refugee.[3]Mansour was an advocate for democracy and human rights in Egypt for many years, during which time he was isolated by Islamic extremist clerics and persecuted by the government. He was arrested and served time in prison for his liberal political, religious, and social views.[4]

Was a Georgian linguist and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State University

Was a Georgian linguist and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State University (1918) and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941); Doctor of Philological Sciences (1920), Professor (1920).

Was a philosopher and novelist. He was the last Plan Commissionner before that Commission was abroga

Was a philosopher and novelist. He was the last Plan Commissionner before that Commission was abrogated. He wrote some twenty books, essays and novels. A former student of the École Normale Supérieure, he was a professor in classes prépas at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and in a professional lycée in Hauts-de-Seine.

Is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has made notable contributions to the fi

Is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has made notable contributions to the field of logic, especially non-classical logic. One of his most notable achievements is proving the undecidability of the relevance logic R.

A prestigious Argentine violinist and conductor.Alberto Lysy was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in

A prestigious Argentine violinist and conductor.Alberto Lysy was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1935. At age five, his father introduced him to the violin. Lysy left school at age 13 to devote more time to the instrument, and was subsequently trained by violinist Ljerko Spiller. Lysy traveled to London in 1952, where he enrolled in the Silver School; soon destitute, however, he made ends meet by playing under a bridge near the Royal National Theatre. Following a performance for UNESCO in Paris, he returned to Argentina in 1953, though a second opportunity in 1955 took him again again to Europe, where he became the first South American artist to win the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, held that year in Brussels. Following the awards ceremony, the Queen Consort Princess Lilian, gave Lysy a vintage violin, and later invited him to the Royal Palace of Brussels for a series of duets.[1]

An Argentine academic and policy maker, currently the President's Minister of Education.Alberto Sile

An Argentine academic and policy maker, currently the President's Minister of Education.Alberto Sileoni enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires and earned a degree in History, in 1975. He later taught the discipline at his alma mater, and in 1993, was named Director of Adult Education Services for the City of Buenos Aires. He was shortly afterwards appointed the city's Undersecretary of Education, remaining in the post until the election of Mayor Fernando de la Rúa, in 1996.[1][2]

Was an Argentine symphonic composer and conductor.Alberto Williams was born to in Buenos Aires, in 1

Was an Argentine symphonic composer and conductor.Alberto Williams was born to in Buenos Aires, in 1862. A maternal grandfather, Amancio Jacinto Alcorta, had been a respected government and banking policy-maker, as well as a well-known composer of sacred music. Williams began attending a local music school in early childhood and, at age 7, he performed in his first public concert. He received a scholarship from the Argentine government in 1882 to study music composition at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was mentored by pianist Georges Mathias and composer César Franck.

Was a German geographer, diplomat and author. Albrecht studied geography and history at Munich Unive

Was a German geographer, diplomat and author. Albrecht studied geography and history at Munich University. He graduated in 1924 with his thesis "Paß- Staaten in den Alpen", Erich von Drygalski (1865 - 1949) was his supervisor. Haushofer then worked as an assistant for Albrecht Penck.

Is an internationally renowned Dutch scholar in Terrorism Studies and former Officer-in-Charge of th

Is an internationally renowned Dutch scholar in Terrorism Studies and former Officer-in-Charge of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations. In 2006 he was appointed to a Chair in International Relations at St Andrews University as well as succeeding Magnus Ranstorp as Director of its Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV).

Is a German harpsichordist, improvisator and musicologist. He studied harpsichord (with Bernhard Kla

Is a German harpsichordist, improvisator and musicologist. He studied harpsichord (with Bernhard Klapprott in Weimar and with Frédérick Haas in Bruxelles). Also he graduated studies in architecture at the Bauhaus-University Weimar. Alexander Grychtolik lectured at various conservatories (e. g. in Frankfurt am Main) and he had a first Germany-wide teaching position for baroque improvisation at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar.

Is Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.

Is Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. He is a leading proponent of Bayesian statistics.He was lecturer in statistics at University College London from 1969 to 1978. He was then Professor of Sta

Is a Greek architect, researcher and author. He has made contributions to architectural theory, hist

Is a Greek architect, researcher and author. He has made contributions to architectural theory, history, and design cognition bringing together scientific and humanistic approaches in a rare synthesis. Since 1975 he has been collaborating in most projects with Liane Lefaivre. In 1985 he founded and directed Design Knowledge Systems (DKS), a multidisciplinary research institute for the study of architectural methodology and the development of design thinking tools. Tzonis is known for his work on creative design by analogy, the classical canon, history of the emergence and development of modern architectural thinking, and introducing the idea of critical regionalism.

Is a Dutch biophysicist and systems biologist at MIT. He is a leading researcher in systems biology

Is a Dutch biophysicist and systems biologist at MIT. He is a leading researcher in systems biology and synthetic biology, specializing in stochasticity in gene networks and actin dynamics.His lab started with parallel lines of research in actin dynamics[1][2] and noise in gene networks[3][4][5], and his current efforts are focused on stochasticity in gene networks[6][7][8][9] biological networks as control systems[10][11][12], and the evolution of small networks. His lab has been developing tools based on synthetic biology to experimentally probe networks in novel ways

Was a Romanian scholar, economist, philosopher, historian, professor, sociologist, and author. Among

Was a Romanian scholar, economist, philosopher, historian, professor, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is credited with being the Romanian historian credited with authoring the first major synthesis of the history of the Romanian people.

Is a soil scientist based in Wageningen, the Netherlands. He works at ISRIC - World Soil Information

Is a soil scientist based in Wageningen, the Netherlands. He works at ISRIC - World Soil Information in Wageningen, the Netherlands. He holds a Master of Science degree in soil science and plant nutrition from Wageningen University and obtained his PhD from the University of Reading.

Is an Egyptian academic and marine biologist.Before earning his graduate degrees, Abdelghany receive

Is an Egyptian academic and marine biologist.Before earning his graduate degrees, Abdelghany received a fellowship with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. After receiving his formal education, Abdelghany returned to Egypt in 1986 and joined the Central Laboratory of Aquaculture Research at Sharqiyah as head of the department of nutrition. Since 1986, he has researched various fish-related issues, including improving dietary growth and the reduction of feeding costs by using alternative methods. He has been appointed the director of CLAR twice (1993/1994 and 2001/2002).