Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a South African academic. He studied at Fort Hare University. He has been attached to the Departm

Is a South African academic. He studied at Fort Hare University. He has been attached to the Department of African Languages at Stellenbosch University since 1983, where he teaches Xhosa literature and language, and studies isiXhosa poetry. He has served on various Xhosa language boards since 1984.Mhlobo is the author of a multi-lingual children's book called uTshepo Mde: Tall Enough (ISBN 978-0-620-36918-3). It is written in Xhosa and English.

Is an academic in physics and currently senior faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoret

Is an academic in physics and currently senior faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College. [1] He is also a former telev

Is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College. [1] He is also a former television and film actor, particularly known for his role as the teenager "Barnaby West" on the NBC and ABC television series Wagon Train from

Is a German computer scientist and engineering educator and professor at the Carinthia University of

Is a German computer scientist and engineering educator and professor at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria. He is the head of the Center of Competence (CoC) Online Laboratories at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences. In June 2006 Michael Auer was elected as President and CEO of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE). He is founder and chair of the annual International Conference Interactive Computer aided Learning (ICL) in Villach / Austria, chair of the steering committee of the annual International Conference Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV).

A defensive defenceman, Kitchen played his amateur career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario

A defensive defenceman, Kitchen played his amateur career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, winning a Memorial Cup in 1975. He turned professional for the 1976–77 NHL season, serving a brief, 14-game apprenticeship Rhode Island Reds of the AHL, before making his NHL debut. Kitchen joined the Colorado Rockies in his first professional season, and spent his entire NHL career with the same franchise. The team moved to New Jersey after the 1981–82 NHL season, and Kitchen went on to play two more seasons for the New Jersey Devils. Kitchen was sent to the Maine Mariners of the AHL for the entire 1984–85 NHL season, and decided to retire following that season's conclusion

Was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory f

Was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001.During Dertouzos's term, LCS innovated in a variety of areas, including RSA encryption, the spreadsheet, the Nu

He was the Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab for over a decade.[2] Bletsas studied at Arist

He was the Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab for over a decade.[2] Bletsas studied at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a masters degree in computer engineering from Boston University.[2] Before joining the Media Lab, he was a Systems Engineer at Aware Inc.[2] He is one of the founders of the Greek software company Velti S.A.[2] He is also the connectivity officer for One Laptop Per Child,[3][4] and was a member of the group which received the Community category award of the 2007 Index: Award, for the design of the OLPC XO-1 laptop computer.[5][6] He was also one of the leaders in an effort to provide wireless networking to the island of Patmos, Greece.[7][8]

Is a professor of philosophy at the The Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow, Poland, and an adj

Is a professor of philosophy at the The Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow, Poland, and an adjunct member of the Vatican Observatory staff. He also serves as a lecturer in the philosophy of science and logic at the Theological Institute in Tarnów. A Roman Catholic priest belonging to the diocese of Tarnów, Dr. Heller was ordained in 1959.Michal Heller graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin, where he earned a master's degree in philosophy in 1965 and a Ph.D. in cosmology in 1966.After beginning his teaching career at Tarnów, he joined the faculty of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in 1972 and was appointed to a full professorship in 1985. The recipient of an honorary degree from the Technical University of Cracow, he has been a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and a visiting scientist at Belgium’s University of Liège, the University of Oxford, the University of Leicester, Ruhr University in Germany, The Catholic University of America, and the University of Arizona among others. Dr. Heller is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Is a Professor of Sociology at the Ecole des Mines de Paris and member of the Centre de Sociologie d

Is a Professor of Sociology at the Ecole des Mines de Paris and member of the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation. He is an influential author in the field of Science and Technology Studies and one of the leading proponents of Actor-network theory with Bruno Latour. In recent years (since the late 1990s), Michel Callon has spearheaded the movement of applying ANT approaches to study economic life (notably economic markets). This body of work interrogates the interrelation between the economy and economics, highlighting the ways in which economics (and economics-inspired disciplines such as marketing) shapes the economy (see Callon, 1998 and 2005).

Is a French specialist in medieval history, a college for prospective archivists and librarians. Aft

Is a French specialist in medieval history, a college for prospective archivists and librarians. After writing his 1972 thesis about heraldic bestiaries in the Middle Ages, he worked in the coins, medals and antiquities department of the French National Library until 1982.

Is an artist and professor at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales[1], in the Executive Develo

Is an artist and professor at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales[1], in the Executive Development department, and co-founder of the Club of Budapest France - an international non-profit organisation dedicated to leading citizens into discussing complex global issues.[2]

Was a Colombian scholar and politician. Though he never used the title of President, but the one of

Was a Colombian scholar and politician. Though he never used the title of President, but the one of Vice President of Colombia in charge of the Executive authority from 1894-1896 and 1896-1898., by respect to his mentor Rafael Núñez, whose illness forced him to cede day-to-day power.

Is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational

Is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational complexity, databases, and other related fields. He won the Donald E. Knuth Prize in 2005.[2] In 1978 he joined Bell Laboratories and served as Director of the Computing Principles Research Department starting from 1991 until 2001, when he left Bell laboratories and joined Avaya Laboratories. There he served as Director of the Computing Principles Research Department until 2002[1].

Is a multi-awarded teacher-educator in mathematics education[1][2]. Dr. Ibe devised numerous teacher

Is a multi-awarded teacher-educator in mathematics education[1][2]. Dr. Ibe devised numerous teacher training programs and research studies[3] that led to the development of policies in basic and higher education [4] in the Philippines. According to the Science Education Institute of the Philippines, "she has left a legacy of teaching with compassion to the young generation of math and science teachers" and "her ability to simplify esoteric concepts into lessons easily understood by young minds significantly helped in demystifying mathematics" [5].

Is a Full Professor of History of Arts at the Philosophy department of the Aristotle University of T

Is a Full Professor of History of Arts at the Philosophy department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Papanikolaou was, since its foundation in 1997 and until 2006, the Director of the State Museum of Contemporary Arts (SMCA) in Thessaloniki, Greece. During his position at the SMCA, Papanikolaou was the supervisor of the renowned Costakis collection, part of which is exposed at the Museum. He studied in universities in both Greece and Germany and published numerous books and reviews on contemporary art issues. He represented Greece in many international congresses and exhibitions in all over the world.

Is currently Professor for Corporate Communication and Director of the Institute for Media and Commu

Is currently Professor for Corporate Communication and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. 2001 Miriam Meckel became the State Secretary at the department of the Premier of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and government spokeswoman, later on the State Secretary for Europe, International Affairs and Media. From 1999 to 2001 she was a professor for Communication Sciences at the University of Münster in Germany. Her publications include texts on media economics, communication and cyberpolitics - in 2010 she wrote about her experience with burn-out syndrom.

Was the first youngest Number One Scholar (in the imperial examination) from Tang Dynasty, in Chines

Was the first youngest Number One Scholar (in the imperial examination) from Tang Dynasty, in Chinese History.He renowed as a talented person at the age of 12. According to the history, in 851, at the age of 17, he was also the first youngest Number One Scholar (in the imperial examination) in chinese history since Sui Dynasty and the first Number One Scholar in Lingnan.

Is a Danish classical philologist who is one of the leading scholars in Athenian Democracy and the P

Is a Danish classical philologist who is one of the leading scholars in Athenian Democracy and the Polis.

Was one of the principal leaders of the popular uprising at the end of 19th century following the Fr

Was one of the principal leaders of the popular uprising at the end of 19th century following the French conquest in Algeria in 1830.

Is a Canadian engineering professor, imam,[1] and a leader in the Canadian Muslim community. He was

Is a Canadian engineering professor, imam,[1] and a leader in the Canadian Muslim community. He was born in Cairo, Egypt and received his Bachelor of Science in 1965 from Cairo University. He continued his studies in Canada earning a Masters and Doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa in 1970 and 1974. He has worked in the area of digital integrated microchip design for over four decades.

A Swedish professor of History of Ideas at Umeå University, and author of a number of books on Pers

A Swedish professor of History of Ideas at Umeå University, and author of a number of books on Persian and Islamic thought. Mohammad Fazlhashemi moved to Sweden in 1977 and took his doctoral degree in History of Ideas at Umeå University in 1994. His dissertation focused on al-Ghazali's political thought. He also publishes articles in the Swedish Muslim journal Minaret.

Was one of the political leaders in Egypt during the Sadat and Mubarak era. He died on 1 May 2000.Mo

Was one of the political leaders in Egypt during the Sadat and Mubarak era. He died on 1 May 2000.Mohammed Tayea was born on 20th of July 1954 in Alexandria at his mother's residence. He lived in Sohag at Girga city during his childhood. He gained a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Assiut University in 1971.

Was an Iranian mathematician. His father, Shaikh Esmaeel Mojtahed was an advisor to Shaikh Mohammad

Was an Iranian mathematician. His father, Shaikh Esmaeel Mojtahed was an advisor to Shaikh Mohammad Khiabani who played a significant role in the establishment of the parliamentary democracy in Iran during and after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.Mohsen Hashtroodi attended Sirus and Aghdasieh primary schools in Tehran and subsequently studied at the élite school of Dar ol-Fonoon, also in Tehran, from where he graduated in 1925. He obtained his doctoral degree in mathematics in 1936 as student of Élie Cartan in France. He was a Distinguished Professor of University of Tehran. One of the Prizes of Iranian Mathematical Society is named after Professor Hashtroodi.[1]

A native Austrian, is professor of English literature and culture at the Albert Ludwigs University o

A native Austrian, is professor of English literature and culture at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany. Fludernik earned her doctorate at the University of Graz, Austria, where she studied with professor Franz Karl Stanzel. In 1992, she took up an associate profesorship at the University of Vienna, and since 1994 she has been a full professor at Freiburg. Fludernik has held several temporary fellowships, at the Universities of Oxford, and Harvard, among other places, and she is a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Is an organization theorist, known for contributions to postmodern business studies, myths, storytel

Is an organization theorist, known for contributions to postmodern business studies, myths, storytelling and narrative analysis in anthropology of organization.At present, she is a professor at the School of Management and Economics at Växjö University in Sweden[1], and at Faculty of Management at Warsaw University in Poland [2]. Currently, she holds positions in several editorial boards of international journals in the field, including Journal of Organizational Change Management, Human Relations, Management Learning.Her research takes a constructionist perspective on organizing, most recently exploring the organizational archetypes. She is interested in methodology, especially in failures in organizational ethnography. She also made contributions to organizational changes in transitional economy theory[3], and critical management studies [4].