Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a British statistician, who spent much of his academic life in the University of Oxford and the

Was a British statistician, who spent much of his academic life in the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He worked with M. S. Bartlett during the war, and visited Princeton University after the war.

Was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more

Was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants[1] and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans[2], mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering cherries. Certain varieties of wheat, cotton, and rice became especially economically important.In 1905, Fairchild married Marian, younger daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. For many years he managed the Department of Plant Introduction program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., where among other accomplishments, he brought the cherry trees from Japan to Washington. Fairchild was a member of the board of trustees of the National Geographic Society [

A Jewish Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Sh

A Jewish Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.Levy has discovered 22 comets, either independently or with Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker. He has written over 30 books, mostly on astronomical subjects such as The Quest for Comets and his tribute to Shoemaker in Shoemaker by Levy.[2] Also, he has provided periodic articles for the magazines Sky and Telescope and Parade Magazine.Periodic comets that Levy co-discovered include P/2006T1, 118P/Shoemaker-Levy, 129P/Shoemaker-Levy, 135P/Shoemaker-Levy, 137P/Shoemaker-Levy, 138P/Shoemaker-Levy, 145P/Shoemaker-Levy, and 181P/Shoemaker-Levy.

Was an American anthropologist and linguist from Bend, Oregon. During his lifetime he was considered

Was an American anthropologist and linguist from Bend, Oregon. During his lifetime he was considered the foremost academic authority on the Chinookan people of the middle Columbia River, especially the Wasco-Wishram Chinooks of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon. His research focused on ethnobotany and language.In 1943 French married Kathrine Story (1922-2006), whom he had met at Pomona and who was also pursuing a Ph.D. at Columbia.From 1943 to 1946, the Frenches served as relocation advisers and community analysts with the War Relocation Authority, monitoring conditions at relocation centers for Japanese-Americans, as part of a program to mitigate abuses.

A German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of th

A German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

An English botanist, author, broadcaster, and environmental campaigner. He is also known to be a sce

An English botanist, author, broadcaster, and environmental campaigner. He is also known to be a sceptic of anthropogenic global warming.Bellamy first came to public prominence as an environmental consultant at the time of the 1967 Torrey Canyon disaster. He has written and presented some 400 television programmes on botany, ecology, and environmental issues. Bellamy is the originator, along with David Shreeve and the Conservation Foundation (which he also founded), of the Ford European Conservation Awards and has published over 80 scientific papers and many books.

A professor of planetary science at Caltech. Originally from New Zealand, he received his Ph.D. from

A professor of planetary science at Caltech. Originally from New Zealand, he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in physics, where he proposed a model for the interior of Jupiter. He is well-known for applying fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics to understand the internal structure and evolution of planets and moons. In 1984, he received the H. C. Urey Prize awarded by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Was a Welsh economist,[2] industrialist,[3] prize winning essayist,[2] author,[2] political activist

Was a Welsh economist,[2] industrialist,[3] prize winning essayist,[2] author,[2] political activist, pilot[3], and an internationalist.[2] Davies was a world traveller before returning home to Wales.

Is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultu

Is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 and a former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric Society. He was a

Is a distinguished British statistician. He is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk

Is a distinguished British statistician. He is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College. He divides his work between the Statistical Laboratory (three fifths) and the Medical Res

Was a 20th century philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton from 1970 until h

Was a 20th century philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton from 1970 until his death. He is also closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than thirty years. He has made gr

Is a leading contemporary practitioner and theorist of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism

Is a leading contemporary practitioner and theorist of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism

A researcher at Yale University. He has built CCD cameras and software for the detection of near-Ear

A researcher at Yale University. He has built CCD cameras and software for the detection of near-Earth asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects,[1] and his research has helped reduce the assumed number of near-Earth asteroids by half, from 1,000-2,000 to 500-1,000[2] He has also assisted in the detection of distant solar system objects, supernovae, and quasars, thereby helping to understand the origin and evolution of the solar system and the dark energy driving the accelerated expansion of the universe.

An Irish economist. McWilliams has worked with the Central Bank of Ireland, UBS bank, and the Banque

An Irish economist. McWilliams has worked with the Central Bank of Ireland, UBS bank, and the Banque Nationale de Paris. More recently, he has become a popular broadcaster and documentary-maker with TV3 and RTÉ, as well as publishing two books, The Pope's Children, and The Generation Game.Between 1990 and 1993 he worked as an economist at the Central Bank of Ireland. He helped draft the Irish submission to the Maastricht Treaty and also advised the authorities during the exchange rate crisis in the early 1990s.

Was an American historian, meteorologist, entrepreneur and author. [1]

Was an American historian, meteorologist, entrepreneur and author. [1]

Was an influential British biophysicist. He was best known for the development of X-ray crystallogra

Was an influential British biophysicist. He was best known for the development of X-ray crystallography, a technique used to determine the molecular structures of tens of thousands of biological molecules. This has been extremely important to the pharmaceutical industry.they began to study a new technique wherein X-rays would be passed through a protein sample. This eventually led to the creation of a three-dimensional structure of haemoglobin. He became professor of biophysics at Imperial College London in 1977. Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972.

Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at MIT. He has published numerous arti

Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at MIT. He has published numerous articles and books within the framework of transformational grammar.

A professor of East Asian languages and literature at the University of Washington and a world renow

A professor of East Asian languages and literature at the University of Washington and a world renowned sinologist focusing on ancient Chinese Literature.Knechtges is best known for translating the rhapsody (fu) section of the Wenxuan, a major collection of early Chinese literature. The translation, which eventually will comprise the whole of the Wen xuan, has been ongoing, though not continuously, for over 25 years.

Was a political economist, often credited with systematizing economics, and was one of the most infl

Was a political economist, often credited with systematizing economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman, financier and speculator, who amassed a considerable personal fortune. Perhaps the most important of his contributions was the theory of comparative advantage, an fundamental argument in favor of free trade among countries and of specialization among individuals. Ricardo argued that there is mutual benefit from trade (or exchange) even if one party (e.g. resource-rich country, highly-skilled artisan) is more productive in every possible area than its trading counterpart (e.g. resource-poor country, unskilled laborer), as long as each concentrates on the activities where it has relative productivity advantage.[1]

As a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrum

As a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint.Rittenhouse was born near Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a small village called RittenhouseTown, located along a stream called Paper Mill Run, the stream itself a tiny tributary of the Wissahickon Creek. He was self-taught and from a young age showed great ability in science and mathematics. At nineteen years old, he started a scientific instrument shop at his father's farm in West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania. His skill with instruments, particularly clocks, led him to construct two orreries, one of which is currently in the library of the University of Pennsylvania and the other is at Peyton Hall of Princeton University

A linguist who worked on the languages of J. R. R. Tolkien for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy,

A linguist who worked on the languages of J. R. R. Tolkien for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, expanding the Elvish languages (particularly Sindarin) by building on vocabulary already known from published works, and defining some languages that previously had a very small published vocabulary. He is a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1] His primary professional interest is Tocharian, an extinct Indo-European language spoken in the Tarim Basin and Turfan Depression during the Middle Ages.[1][2]

An American evolutionary biologist. Son of the author Sloan Wilson, David Sloan Wilson is a distingu

An American evolutionary biologist. Son of the author Sloan Wilson, David Sloan Wilson is a distinguished professor at Binghamton University. He is a prominent proponent of the concept of group selection (aka multi-level selection) in evolution. He has, along with Elliott Sober in their book Unto Others proposed a framework called multilevel selection theory, which incorporates the more orthodox approach of gene-level selection and individual selection. This framework argues that while genes serve as the means by which organisms' designs are transmitted across generations, individuals and groups are vehicles for those genes and both are arenas for genes to act on. Indeed, genes themselves can be affected by selection

Was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist (the study of fish), educator and peace activist. He was pre

Was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist (the study of fish), educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.and studied at Cornell University, Butler University, and the Indiana University School of Medicine.[1] In 1885, he was named President of Indiana University, becoming the nation's youngest university president at age 34.[2]In 1891, he became president of Stanford, serving there as president until 1913 and chancellor until his retirement in 1916.[3]

A Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been know

A Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, The Nature of Things, seen in syndication in over 40 nations. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.A long time activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, to work "to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us." The Foundation's priorities are: oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy,

Was a behavioral geneticist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of

Was a behavioral geneticist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. He is best known for his work on twin studies.Lykken was also known for his work on twins, which he began in 1970. He was a principal investigator on the Minnesota Twin Family Study, which examines heritability of certain psychological traits based on evidence found in identical and fraternal twins. He was a signatory of a collective statement in response to The Bell Curve titled "Mainstream Science on Intelligence", written by Intelligence editor Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal in 1994 and in Intelligence in 1997. [