Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Is a political philosopher and economist who founded the inclusive democracy movement. He is noted f

Is a political philosopher and economist who founded the inclusive democracy movement. He is noted for his synthesis of the classical democracy with the libertarian socialism and the radical currents in the new social movements. He was an academic, and has written many books and over 800 articles, several of which have been translated in various languages. He is the editor of The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy (which succeeded Democracy & Nature ) and author of Towards An Inclusive Democracy in which the foundations of the inclusive democracy project were set.[1] Fotopoulos is Greek and lives in London.[2]

Was a renowned Chinese economist and educator. He was former President of Nankai University, and the

Was a renowned Chinese economist and educator. He was former President of Nankai University, and the Chairman of China and United States Economic Association (????????). [1]1946, Teng was pointed as a teacher of Nankai University. 1950-1953, he served as the dean of the School of Economics, Nankai University. From October 1981 to January 1986, He was the President of Nankai University.

Is an American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford

Is an American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group. [1] He is known within the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence fields for his work on natural language using the SHRDLU program.

Was a German linguist most remembered today as the author of Deutsche Bühnenaussprache (German stag

Was a German linguist most remembered today as the author of Deutsche Bühnenaussprache (German stage pronunciation) published in 1898. The work was largely responsible for setting the standard pronunciation of the modern German language and is referred to popularly by German speakers as der Siebs (the Siebs).

Was a Jesuit academic.Canisius was a half-brother of St. Peter Canisius. After winning, at the age o

Was a Jesuit academic.Canisius was a half-brother of St. Peter Canisius. After winning, at the age of twenty-two, the highest academic distinction at Louvain, he decided to follow his stepbrother and enter the Society of Jesus, and was sent to St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome, who received him into the Society.

Was the first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland

Was the first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland

Was an American intellectual who wrote extensively on the history of science and developed several i

Was an American intellectual who wrote extensively on the history of science and developed several important notions in the philosophy of science.Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Samuel L. Kuhn, an industrial engineer, and Minette Stroock Kuhn. He obtained his bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1943, and master's and Ph.D in physics in 1946 and 1949, respectively. He later taught a course in the history of science at Harvard from 1948 until 1956 at the suggestion of university president James Conant. After leaving Harvard, Kuhn taught at the University of California, Berkeley, in both the philosophy department and the history department, being named Professor of the History of Science in 1961. At Berkeley, he wrote and published (in 1962) his best known and most influential work: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In 1964 he joined Princeton University as the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. In 1979 he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy, remaining there until 1991. In 1994 he was diagnosed with cancer of the bronchial tubes, of which he died in 1996.

Was a Chinese Nationalist politician and political historian.A historical biographer, and a professo

Was a Chinese Nationalist politician and political historian.A historical biographer, and a professor at National Chengchi University, he wrote six books on Chinese Communist party leaders Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, and Lin Biao.Li had seven children. His second son and youngest child, Kai-Fu Lee, is a prominent computer science researcher, the founding president of Google China and previously the founder of Microsoft Research Asia.

Is a German Orientalist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Göttingen. The author of numero

Is a German Orientalist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Göttingen. The author of numerous books including The Koran and Timor the Conqueror is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in Islamic Studies, particularly theology and history. His opus magnum, Mohammed: Life and Legend,[1] depicts the historic reality of the life of Mohammed separating it from the legendary, and draws from a rich array of sources of which many have not yet been translated into European languages. Reviewers consider this "monumental piece of research" to remain "highly relevant for decades to come".

Is a professor at Columbia Law School, the chair of media reform group Free Press, and a writer for

Is a professor at Columbia Law School, the chair of media reform group Free Press, and a writer for Slate Magazine. He is best known for popularizing the concept of network neutrality, a term he is credited with coining during a dialog with Larry Lessig. Wu's specialty is copyright and telecommunications policy. For his work in this area, Professor Wu was named one of Scientific American's 50 people of the year in 2006. In 2007 Wu was named one of Harvard University's 100 most influential graduates by 02138 Magazine.

Is a sinologist, translator, and literary theorist.Dr. Wong received his Ph.D from Stanford Universi

Is a sinologist, translator, and literary theorist.Dr. Wong received his Ph.D from Stanford University. He has taught at The Ohio State University and at Arizona State University, Tempe, where he has held the title of Professor of Chinese since 1995. He was also the Director of the Center for Asian Studies at Arizona State University from 1995 to 2002.

Was a Dutch Carmelite priest and professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi id

Was a Dutch Carmelite priest and professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi ideology and spoke out against it many times before the Second World War.He was arrested in January 1942, when he tried to persuade Dutch Catholic newspapers not to print Nazi propaganda (as was required by law of the Nazi German occupiers). He had also drawn up a Pastoral Letter read in all Catholic parishes

Is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the

Is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ (with Simon C. Jansen), harpsichord (with Gustav Leonhardt) and musicology in Amsterdam. He specialized in Baroque music and received the Prix d'Excellence for both organ and harpsichord.

A contemporary Persian Iranologist and historian.His elementary and secondary schooling was in Tehra

A contemporary Persian Iranologist and historian.His elementary and secondary schooling was in Tehran, Iran and Athens, Greece. Daryaee took his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. He specializes in the history and culture of Ancient Persia.[1]He is now the Howard Baskerville Professor in the history of Iran and the Persianate World at University of California, Irvine. He is also the editor of the Name-ye Iran-e Bastan, The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies,[1] as well as the director of Sasanika Project, a project on the history and culture of Sasanians.

An Argentine historian.Halperín Donghi was born in Buenos Aires, in 1926. He received both a juris

An Argentine historian.Halperín Donghi was born in Buenos Aires, in 1926. He received both a juris doctor and a Doctorate in History from the University of Buenos Aires, in 1955. Halperín Donghi has since become among Latin America's most renowned historians. Exiled in 1966 following the "Night of the Big Police Sticks," he now divides his time between the University of California and the University of Buenos Aires. He was given an award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association in 1998,[1] and is an author of numerous books.