Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an Egyptian scholar and geographer. Among his most prominent books are The Character of Egypt, S

Was an Egyptian scholar and geographer. Among his most prominent books are The Character of Egypt, Studies of the Arab World, and The Contemporary Islamic World Geography, which form a trilogy on Egypt's natural, economic, political and cultural character and its position in the world.[citation needed] At the age of eight, he joined the primary school. He then moved to the prestigious Tawfiqiyya secondary school, which had a nationwide fame for its high educational standard and sports facilities. There, he became aware of his love and innate talent for geography.

Was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty (263-420), best known for his interest in Da

Was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty (263-420), best known for his interest in Daoism, alchemy, and techniques of longevity. Yet religious and esoteric writing represents only a portion of Ge's considerable literary output, which as a whole, spans a broad range of content and genres.

Was a French humanist and an engraver, best known for adding written letters in French. Tory studied

Was a French humanist and an engraver, best known for adding written letters in French. Tory studied in Bourges, then in Rome and in Bologne, until he returned to Paris 1505. He became the dean of several schools at the University of Paris, where he taught grammar and philosophy. He also worked as a spelling-checker and as an engraver.

Was a Baltic German academic. He studied at the University of Rostock, where he published De Descens

Was a Baltic German academic. He studied at the University of Rostock, where he published De Descensu Christi ad Inferos in 1704 and De Testamentis Divinis in 1705. Caspari also published some of his father's papers after his death in 1702. After living for a while in Greifswald, Caspari returned to Riga in 1723 and served at the cathedral. He died in his hometown.

Is a German choral conductor, conducting the Thomanerchor since 1992 as the sixteenth Thomaskantor s

Is a German choral conductor, conducting the Thomanerchor since 1992 as the sixteenth Thomaskantor since Johann Sebastian Bach. He is also a baritone, an academic and a composer. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig from 1976 until 1981, orchestral conducting with Rolf Reuter and Kurt Masur, and voice. He was a teacher for choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in 1991.[1]

The first Chancellor of Germany of non-noble background.

The first Chancellor of Germany of non-noble background.

Was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from

Was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. Normally he is seen as the theorist behind "the Modern Break-through" of Scandinavian culture. At the age of 30, Brandes formulated the principles of a new realism and naturalism, condemning hyper-aesthetic writing and fantasy in literature. According to Brandes, literature should be an organ "of the great thoughts of liberty and the progress of humanity."

Was a German teacher, poet and writer. He soon moved to a school in Zerbst and - after acquiring his

Was a German teacher, poet and writer. He soon moved to a school in Zerbst and - after acquiring his master's degree in Wittenberg - became rector of the school in his hometown in 1548. He did not remain there for long, however, since in 1551 he was summoned to Goslar and then in1554 appointed to be a schoolmaster in Wernigerode. In 1555 he returned to Wittenberg, and in October that year was admitted to the philosophy faculty of the Wittenberger Akademie.

Was an American lawyer who emerged as an influential figure in the development of the practice of la

Was an American lawyer who emerged as an influential figure in the development of the practice of law in the Philippines in the 20th century. At age 35, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, where he would serve for 19 years. His most enduring legacy perhaps lies in his role in the establishment of the College of Law at the University of the Philippines.

Is a Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business since 1990. He was a

Is a Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business since 1990. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from September 1996 till October 2009 and served as Greece's Minister of Economy and Finance from March 2004 till January 2009. During 2004-2008 Greece's economic performance was extremely positive. The average growth rate was 4% per annum, unemployment fell from 10.5% in 2004 to 7.7% in 2008 just changing the way of measuring it, and public debt increased from 180 bil euro to 300 bil euro.

Was a Russian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and

Was a Russian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and later served as President Eisenhower's Science Advisor. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire, he attended private schools in Kyiv and Moscow until the Rus

Was a South African rugby union coach best known for coaching the country's national team, the Sprin

Was a South African rugby union coach best known for coaching the country's national team, the Springboks, to victory at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He remained unbeaten during his tenure as Springbok rugby coach between 1994 and 1996, including leading the team to a then record 14 consecutive victories.

Was a German canon lawyer. He was the son of James Phillips, an Englishman who had acquired wealth a

Was a German canon lawyer. He was the son of James Phillips, an Englishman who had acquired wealth as a merchant in Königsberg, and of a Scotchwoman née Hay. On completing his course at the gymnasium, George studied law at the Universities of Berlin and Göttingen (1822–24); his principal teachers were von Savigny and Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, and, under the influence of the latter, he devoted himself mainly to the study of Germanic law.

S a teacher and practitioner of homeopathy.

S a teacher and practitioner of homeopathy.

Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sydney

Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sydney

Is a Greek economist who is currently a Professor of Economics at MIT. He earned his B.A. degree in

Is a Greek economist who is currently a Professor of Economics at MIT. He earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business in 1996, and received his M.Sc. in Economics in 1997 from the same university. Angeletos earned his Ph.D in Economics in 2001 from Harvard[2]. After graduating from Harvard, Angeletos became a member of the MIT faculty, and was awarded tenure there in 2007. In 2006, Angeletos received a Sloan Fellowship[3], awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Shortly after receiving tenure, Angeletos won the Bodossaki Foundation Prize in Social Sciences for distinguished young Greek scientists in 2008[4].

Was a French academic and Communist militant. He was accused of torturing French prisoners for the V

Was a French academic and Communist militant. He was accused of torturing French prisoners for the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. In 1949, Boudarel, now a teacher of philosophy at the lycée Yersin in Da Lat, left his job and joined with the Viet Minh in the North of Tonkin, where he was made a Political commissar in the prisoner camp "Camp 113" at Lang-Kieu, near the Chinese border, South of Ha-Giang. He went by the nom de guerre of Dai Dong[1]. Numerous testimonies of survivors of the camp would later accuse Boudarel of torturing French Army prisoners. During the year where he was on duty at the camp, 278 prisoners out of 320 perished.

Was the French scientist who created the Charpy impact test. He attended École Polytechnique from 1

Was the French scientist who created the Charpy impact test. He attended École Polytechnique from 1885 to 1887 and graduated with a degree in Marine Artillery. In 1887 he became a professor at École Monge. In 1892 he published his physics thesis. In 1920 he became a professor of metallurgy at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.

Was a French museologist, and innovator of modern French ethnographic museology practices. Rivière

Was a French museologist, and innovator of modern French ethnographic museology practices. Rivière studied music until 1925, when he began museum studies at the Ecole du Louvre, from which he graduated in 1928. During the following years, he cared for the D. David-Weill collection, which included Chinese porcelains, Greek and Roman antiquities, and European decorative arts and paintings. In 1928, Rivière curated his first show of ancient American art at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and joined Paul Rivet as his vice-director to begin the renovation of the dusty Musée du Trocadéro, which was reintroduced to the public as a fully modernized Musée de l'Homme in 1938.

Was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and the inventor of the "Pap smear". He

Was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and the inventor of the "Pap smear". He studied at the University of Athens where he received his medical degree in 1904. Six years later he received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Germany after he had also spent time at the universities of Jena and Freiburg.[1] In 1913 he emigrated to the U.S. in order to work in the department of Pathology of New York Hospital and the Department of Anatomy at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Born at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an educator, provincial and federal politician, and s

Born at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an educator, provincial and federal politician, and statesman.Merrithew graduated from the New Brunswick Teachers' College, then obtained his BA & B.Ed degrees from the University of New Brunswick. With a lifelong interest in the Canadian Forces, he became an Officer Cadet and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. As a High School Principal, he was active not only in the educational field, but the military, recreational fields, as well as cultural affairs that led to his entering politics.

Is a well known educator, professor, writer and art critic. He is an active member of the Franco Bri

Is a well known educator, professor, writer and art critic. He is an active member of the Franco British Council . Roubichou worked as an Assistant Professor of French at the University of Virginia in the 1970s and was President of the Lycee Français, New York from 1989 to 1998. Roubichou has written several books on Claude Simon and has written many books and articles about education, literature and art. He was born in France.

Was a professor of English literature and culture at the University of Hamburg from 1985 to 2007. Hi

Was a professor of English literature and culture at the University of Hamburg from 1985 to 2007. His main main research interests were Medieval English Literature, English comic literature, Cultural Studies, Australian Studies and the reception of war and the military in English comic literature. Also, research on constancy and variation in behaviour in Shakespeare's Tragedy Coriolanus. He set up "Modern English Language Literatures" as an area of teaching and research.

Was a Nazi Party student leader and later a leading figure within the neo-Nazi movement. Krüger's p

Was a Nazi Party student leader and later a leading figure within the neo-Nazi movement. Krüger's profile began to rise within the Nazi Party and in 1936 he was appointed to serve under Philipp Bouhler as ministerial leader of the Investigation Committee for the Protection of National Socialist Literature, a body that sought to ensure all published books conformed to Nazi ideology, with a special remit to examine books on economics.[1] Around this time he also published two books, The Indestructible Reich and a biography of Adolf Hitler.[1]

Is a member of the University of Konstanz. He is a prominent researcher of Liberal corporatism.[1]

Is a member of the University of Konstanz. He is a prominent researcher of Liberal corporatism.[1]