Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was a Russian botanist, born in Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from

Was a Russian botanist, born in Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850.In 1815, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1841, his status was changed to that of foreign me

Was a Baltic-German astronomer from a famous dynasty of astronomers.

Was a Baltic-German astronomer from a famous dynasty of astronomers.

Was a German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer. He was born at Vegesack, near Bremen. Ther

Was a German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer. He was born at Vegesack, near Bremen. There was much pressure on Rohlfs to be in the medicine field, and he eventually joined the French Foreign Legion in a medical capacity. Serving for some time as a personal physician to a Moroccan nobleman, he eventually set off on his own, exploring the oases of Morocco. It was on this trip that he was attacked and left for dead, his leg almost severed from his body. These injuries would keep him from returning to Europe for most of his life; the cold weather somehow aggravating them. After this trip, Rohlfs was the first European to cross Africa north to south. His route took him from Tripoli through the Sahara desert, over Lake Chad, along the Niger River to the Gulf of Guinea from 1865-1867.

An Austrian-British economist and political philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalis

An Austrian-British economist and political philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought in the mid-20th century.

Was a German mathematician, born in Königsberg. He was a student of Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. He pr

Was a German mathematician, born in Königsberg. He was a student of Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. He promoted in 1831 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Königsberg with a dissertation on the division of the circle into 257 equal parts (see refe

Was a leading 19th Century German and American economist who developed the "National System" or what

Was a leading 19th Century German and American economist who developed the "National System" or what some[citation needed] would[citation needed] call today the National System of Innovation. He was a forefather of the German Historical school of economics.[1]He was born at Reutlingen, Württemberg. Unwilling to follow the occupation of his father, who was a prosperous tanner, he became a clerk in the public service, and by 1816 had risen to the post of ministerial under-secretary. In 1817 he was appointed professor of administration and politics at the University of Tübingen

Was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He helped found both modern mathem

Was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He helped found both modern mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. His work had a far-reaching and foundational influence on 20th-century philosophy and linguistic semantics.

Was a German geologist/mineralogist.Mohs, born in Gernrode, Germany, studied chemistry, mathematics

Was a German geologist/mineralogist.Mohs, born in Gernrode, Germany, studied chemistry, mathematics and physics at the University of Halle and also studied at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony. After assuming the position of a foreman at a mine in 1801, Mohs moved in 1802 to Austria, where he was employed in trying to identify the minerals in a private collection of a Banker.

Was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for coining the term Lebensraum ("living space").A

Was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for coining the term Lebensraum ("living space").After the completion of his schooling, Ratzel began a period of travels that see him transform from zoologist/biologist to geographer. He began field work in the Mediterranean, writing letters of his experiences. These letters led to a job as a traveling reporter for the Kölnische Zeitung ("Cologne Journal"), which provided him the means for further travel. Ratzel embarked on several expeditions, the lengthiest and most important being his 1874-1875 trip to North America, Cuba, and Mexico. This trip was a turning point in Ratzel’s career. He studied the influence of people of German origin in America, especially in the Midwest, as well as other ethnic groups in North America.

Was a German geodesist and an important writer on the theory of errors.In 1870 Helmert became instru

Was a German geodesist and an important writer on the theory of errors.In 1870 Helmert became instructor and in 1872 professor at RWTH Aachen, the new Technical University in Aachen. At Aachen he wrote Die mathematischen und physikalischen Theorien der hö

Was a German philosopher and theologian.[1] In 1753 he was appointed first professor of Greek, then

Was a German philosopher and theologian.[1] In 1753 he was appointed first professor of Greek, then theology at the University of Königsberg, though he resigned both positions in 1770 due to the University's failure to pay a salary, plus the onerous duty

Was a German astronomer.He was director of the Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts (ARI) from 1874 until

Was a German astronomer.He was director of the Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts (ARI) from 1874 until his death in 1895.

Was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is best known for being a member of th

Was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle and one of the key theorists in logical positivism.Waismann was educated in mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna. In 1922, he began to study philosophy under the tutelage of Moritz Schlick, the founder of the Vienna Circle. He emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1938. He was a reader in philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge from 1937 to 1939, and lecturer in philosophy of mathematics at the University of Oxford from 1939 until his death.

German mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions (which were discovered by

German mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions (which were discovered by Daniel Bernoulli).

Government functionary, diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität in Berlin, friend of

Government functionary, diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität in Berlin, friend of Goethe and in particular of Schiller, is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language and to the theory and practice of education. In particular, he is widely recognized as having been the architect of the Prussian education system which was used as a model for education systems in countries such as the United States and Japan.

Von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in t

Von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German Idealism

Was a German jurist and politician. In 1905, he was elected to the City Council of Münster as a mem

Was a German jurist and politician. In 1905, he was elected to the City Council of Münster as a member of the Catholic Centre Party. From 1929 to 1933, during the Great Depression, he was chosen as chairman of the City Council (Stadtverordnetenvorsteher)

Was a German geneticist and influential specialist in "racial hygiene" (also called eugenics) during

Was a German geneticist and influential specialist in "racial hygiene" (also called eugenics) during the Third Reich, one of the leading German theorists of "scientific racism" which legitimized the Nazi racial policies, starting with the 1935 Nuremberg Laws.Lenz specialised in the field of the transmission of hereditary human diseases and "racial health". The results of his research were published in 1921 and 1932 in collaboration with Erwin Baur and Eugen Fischer in two volumes that were later combined under the title Human Heredity Theory and Racial Hygiene (1936).

Was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with

Was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.Lipmann studied medicine at the University of Königsberg, Berlin, and Munich, graduating in Berlin in 1924. He returned to Königsberg to study chemistry under Professor Hans Meerwein. In 1926 he joined Otto Meyerhof at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin, for his Ph.D. thesis. After that he followed Meyerhof to Heidelberg to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research.

Was an Austrian-Brazilian physician, pathologist and scientist, discoverer of the neurogenic mechani

Was an Austrian-Brazilian physician, pathologist and scientist, discoverer of the neurogenic mechanism of the chronic phase of Chagas disease, a human parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan.In 1952, he received an invitation which would radically change his personal and scientific life. A new medical school was being established by the University of São Paulo in the little-known city of Ribeirão Preto, in the hinterland of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The main objective of the state government was to increase the number of physicians in the rapidly developing hinterland, and its first dean, Dr. Zeferino Vaz, a parasitologist, medical research and professor of the University, wished to create a favorable environment for high quality medical research and teaching in the new school. With this in mind,

Was an American-based Swiss astronomer of Bulgarian origin. He was an original thinker, with many im

Was an American-based Swiss astronomer of Bulgarian origin. He was an original thinker, with many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy.He received an advanced education in mathematics and experimental physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, located in Zürich, Switzerland and in 1925 emigrated to the United States to work with Robert Millikan at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He was responsible for positing numerous cosmological theories that have a profound impact on understanding of our universe today. He was appointed Professor of Astronomy at Caltech in 1942 and also worked as a research director/consultant for Aerojet Engineering Corporation (1943-1961) and staff member of Mount Wilson Observatory and Palomar Observatory for most of his career.