Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was an American scholar who served as professor of Germanic languages and literature at Columbia Uni

Was an American scholar who served as professor of Germanic languages and literature at Columbia University.Thomas, born near Lapeer, Michigan, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874, and studied at the University of Leipzig in Germany. From 1886 to 1896 he was professor of Germanic languages at the University of Michigan, then filled the same chair at Columbia University. Professor Thomas was president of the Modern Language Association of America from 1896 to 1897, and of the American Dialect Society from 1912 to 1913.

Was a German comparative philologist from Berlin who wrote Linguistic Essays in 1880. Abel also acte

Was a German comparative philologist from Berlin who wrote Linguistic Essays in 1880. Abel also acted as Ilchester lecturer on comparative lexicography at the University of Oxford and as the Berlin correspondent of the Times and the Standard. His 400-page dictionary of Egyptian-Semitic-Indo-European roots appeared in 1884.

Was an Argentine academic, historian and politician. As a writer he was noted as one of the foremost

Was an Argentine academic, historian and politician. As a writer he was noted as one of the foremost academics of the history of Argentina as well as a leading expert on constitutional law. Politically he was initially associated with the liberal tendency amongst the country's intelligentsia before moving to far right nationalism in later life.Ibarguren was born on Salta, in 1877. An academic by profession, Ibarguren was a professor of law at the University of Buenos Aires, his alma mater.[1] Recognised for his fine legal and constitutional mind from 1904 onwards he held a number of Undersecretary positions within the government

An reknowned Iranian scientist.Lucas was born to a wealthy Armenian Iranian family and received his

An reknowned Iranian scientist.Lucas was born to a wealthy Armenian Iranian family and received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering (Fanni) University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 1973 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.He is a Professor, and a member (as well as the founder- Director) of Center of Excellence for Control and Intelligent Processing, school of Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, as well as a Researcher at the School of Cognitive Sciences (SCS), Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Tehran, Iran. He has served as the Director of Intelligent Systems Research Faculty, IPM (1993-1997) and Chairman of the ECE Department at the University of Tehran (1986-1988).

Was born at Malmø, Denmark (modern Sweden) and was a polymath, finally accepting a professorship in

Was born at Malmø, Denmark (modern Sweden) and was a polymath, finally accepting a professorship in medicine at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1613. He later taught theology at the same university.

Was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as Reb Chaim Volozhiner, or s

Was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as Reb Chaim Volozhiner, or simply Reb Chaim, he was born in Volozhin when it was a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and died there while it was under the control of the Rus

Was an Israeli professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages. In 1941[2] he moved to the University of O

Was an Israeli professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages. In 1941[2] he moved to the University of Oxford, where he received his MA, then D.Phil in 1942. In 1943 he was appointed Cowley Lecturer in Post-Biblical Hebrew there. From 1956 he was Associate Professor, then full Professor of Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem until his retirement in 1985.

An English university professor, active in Australia

An English university professor, active in Australia

Is an American legal scholar, Catholic apologist, and author of several books. He is most famous for

Is an American legal scholar, Catholic apologist, and author of several books. He is most famous for his historic career at the University of Notre Dame Law school in Notre Dame, IN. He began teaching there in 1969 and in 2000, earned Professor Emeritus status. He still teaches an elective course called "Morality and the Law" each spring.

Was a Danish-American principal of the Ford Motor Company during its first four decades. Like most o

Was a Danish-American principal of the Ford Motor Company during its first four decades. Like most other managers at Ford during those decades, he did not have an official title, but he served functionally as a patternmaker, foundry engineer, mechanical engineer, industrial engineer, production manager, and executive in charge of all production. By the end of his career, he had become an officer of the company, being a vice president and a director. Speaking figuratively, he saw himself during most of his career as "a viceroy ruling the production province of the Ford empire", and at the end as a "regent" who managed the company during the "interregnum" between the reigns of Henry Ford I and Henry Ford II.

Was a prominent academic economist and historian of the Middle East at Columbia University and Princ

Was a prominent academic economist and historian of the Middle East at Columbia University and Princeton University in the United States. He was a pioneer in studying the late economic history of the Ottoman Empire and the Arab Middle East.during the Second World War. In 1951 he moved to Columbia University in New York, where he taught economics until moving to Princeton University in 1975 where he became a close friend of Bernard Lewis while often sharply disagreeing on political issues. Issawi died in 2000.

Is an eminent South African paleontologist who has studied and taught African cave taphonomy for mor

Is an eminent South African paleontologist who has studied and taught African cave taphonomy for more than fifty years.During his years at the Museum, Bob Brain actively pursued his own research, which was A-rated by the Foundation for Research Development (now the National Research Foundation of South Africa) from the inception of its evaluation system in 1984 until his retirement.Brain planned and scripted the displays in the Museum's "Life’s Genesis I" and "Life's Genesis 2" halls, which have been seen by several million visitors.

Is a professor of Public Policy and Sociology and director of the Research Institute of Public Polic

Is a professor of Public Policy and Sociology and director of the Research Institute of Public Policy and Management at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.Qian graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Nanjing University 1987, earning a B. A. degree, and got his Ph. D. in sociology from Nanjing University in 2004. In November 2002, Qian participated in Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship at Payap University in Qiang Mai, Thailand. From October 2003 to September 2004, Qian studied social welfare at Aichi University of Education in Japan. He was a visiting scholar at Chung Chi College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong from June 13 to July 25 2009.

Was a Chinese scholar and archaeologist. His father was a Presbyterian minister. At the height of hi

Was a Chinese scholar and archaeologist. His father was a Presbyterian minister. At the height of his career Chen was Professor of Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He was married to Chinese poet and translator Zhao Luorui (aka Lucy Chao). Chen committed suicide in 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution after being labeled a "capitalist intellectual" and Rightist, having criticised Chinese leaders in 1957.[1] The Chinese leader Mao Zedong had initiated a campaign to change the Chinese writing system, adopting an alphabet along Western lines, and Cheng wrote articles criticising the proposals.

Is a Chinese information scientist and information economist.He is now professor of Information Scho

Is a Chinese information scientist and information economist.He is now professor of Information School, Renmin University of China (The People's University of China). He is notable for his academic achievements in information science and information economics. His major research fields include computer applications, information management, systems science and information economics. He has been the adviser of about 30 doctoral candidates during 1995-2009.

Graduated from the School of South-China Tropical Botany in 1983, and then was sent to study in the

Graduated from the School of South-China Tropical Botany in 1983, and then was sent to study in the United States by the Chinese Government. He finished his Ph.D. in Washington University in St. Louis. After he returned to China in 1987, he worked in Peking University as dean of faculty of biology and chair of school of life science. He became the vice president of Peking University in 1995, and president of China Agricultural University in 2002. Because of his kindness and friendliness to his students, he was called "Liang Ge" (brother Liang)(??) by all of the students in the university.

Is a Chinese physicist and applied mathematician, as well as academician of the Chinese Academy of S

Is a Chinese physicist and applied mathematician, as well as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Chien, a scientist and educator, is the President of Shanghai University. He was born in Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province, China, on October 9, 1913. After graduating from Tsinghua University in 1935, he entered the Graduate School of Tsinghua University and became an intern researcher at the National Central Research Institute under the guidance of Prof. Wu Youxun. He obtained a Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Prof. J.L. Synge in 1942, and then worked as a research associate in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Caltech.

Is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations at the Australian National Univer

Is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University

Was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alp

Was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during and after the golden age of alpinism.Together with Melchior Anderegg he is considered as one of the legendary guides of his generation, and his se

Is a German music critic, columnist, writer, editor, producer and author perhaps best known for his

Is a German music critic, columnist, writer, editor, producer and author perhaps best known for his jazz criticism and his book The Marsalis-Factor. He studied sociology and musicology at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.[1] He served as the founding program director for Berlin jazz radio from 1994 to 1998.[1] His books “The Marsalis-factor” (Der Marsalis Faktor, 1995),[2] “Respect!” (Respekt!, 2004),[3] “Black Codes” (Black Codes, 2005)[4] and “We are here to save lives” (Jeder Ton eine Rettungsstation, 2007)[5] were highly acclaimed. His published articles on music and cultural studies have appeared in scholarly journals and edited volumes, he holds columns in several daily newspapers in Germany and serves as a staff writer for the online music section of Die Zeit.

Is best known as an inspirational teacher, leader and volunteer. He is currently a Module Developer-

Is best known as an inspirational teacher, leader and volunteer. He is currently a Module Developer-Trainer and presently serves on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics Philippines.

Is a German baritone and bass singer in opera, concert and notably Lied.[1] He was a member of the o

Is a German baritone and bass singer in opera, concert and notably Lied.[1] He was a member of the opera in Würzburg from 1998 to 2000, performing in Thomas Hengelbrock's production of Così fan tutte, in Weber's Der Freischütz with the Cappella Coloniensis, and Papageno in Achim Freyer's staging of The Magic Flute. a role that he sang as his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2006. In 2005 he portrayed the title role of Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt[2] where he appeared as Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser in 2007.

De Duve was born in Thames-Ditton, Britain, as a son of Belgian immigrants. They returned to Belgium

De Duve was born in Thames-Ditton, Britain, as a son of Belgian immigrants. They returned to Belgium in 1920. De Duve was educated by the Jesuits at Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp, before studying at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he became a professor in 1947. He specialized in subcellular biochemistry and cell biology and discovered peroxisomes and lysosomes, cell organelles.

Is a German scientist and university professor of computer sciences. He is president and CEO of the

Is a German scientist and university professor of computer sciences. He is president and CEO of the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) for IT Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam (Germany), which is ranked a top university department in computer sciences in Germany (CHE-Ranking 2009). His actual research interests and activities is concentrated on Internet Technology and Systems and on innovation research (Design Thinking research). It is particularly focused on Internet security and security engineering (highest network security, safer Internet, SOA-Security and Trust), on innovative froms or teaching and learning (Web3.0, e-learning, tele-lecturing, e.g. tele-TASK), and on secure telemedicine. In 2006, he hosted together with Hasso Plattner the first German “National IT-Summit” of the German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel.

Is a Greek physicist. He was born in 1946, in Almyros of Magnesia, and graduated in 1974 from the Lo

Is a Greek physicist. He was born in 1946, in Almyros of Magnesia, and graduated in 1974 from the Lomonosov University of Moscow. He received his Ph.D. from the same university in 1980. From 1981 to 1982 he was appointed research assistant at the Physics Department of the University of Athens, Greece. From 1982 to 1987 he was a lecturer and from 1987 to 2000 an assistant professor. He has published 29 scientific papers in international journals and has made more than 50 announcements at conferences.