Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Finnish philosopher and logician.Hintikka was born in Vantaa. After teaching for a number of ye

Is a Finnish philosopher and logician.Hintikka was born in Vantaa. After teaching for a number of years at Florida State University, Stanford, University of Helsinki, and the Academy of Finland, he is currently Professor of Philosophy at Boston University

Was an American statistician.Jack Kiefer was born on January 25, 1924, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Carl

Was an American statistician.Jack Kiefer was born on January 25, 1924, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Carl Jack Kiefer and Marguerite K. Rosenau. He began his undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1942, but left after one year, ta

Was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.He re

Was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.He received a B.S. from Harvard University in 1945 and a Ph.D. in 1950. He worked at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica from 1949 to 1955. He then taught at the University of Chicago from 1955 to 1960, and at UCLA until 2001. Hirshleifer was well-known for his work on uncertainty and information in economics, the economic analysis of conflict, and bioeconomics. His undergraduate textbook, Price Theory and Applications, went into seven editions. A 1958 article by Hirshleifer began the triumphant comeback of Irving Fisher's theory of capital and interest, now deemed canonical.

An American biologist and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Disting

An American biologist and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.Szostak has made contributions to the field of genetics. He is credited with the construction of the world's first yeast artificial chromosome. That achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes. His achievements in this area are also instrumental to the Human Genome Project.His discoveries have helped to clarify the events that lead to chromosomal recombination—the reshuffling of genes that occurs during meiosis—and the function of telomeres, the specialized DNA sequences at the tips of chromosomes.

Is a linguist and professor in the Department of Dutch Language and Culture with a specialities in s

Is a linguist and professor in the Department of Dutch Language and Culture with a specialities in semantics, morphology, and historical linguistics. His first degree was in Dutch literature and linguistics at the University of Groningen in 1981, and his PhD was completed at the same university in 1984 (with the dissertation Categorial Morphology).

Was a US statistician and psychologist best known for his work on statistical power, where he helped

Was a US statistician and psychologist best known for his work on statistical power, where he helped to lay foundations for current statistical meta-analysis. [1][2] He gave his name to Cohen's Rater Agreement Kappa and Cohen's d. Between 1959 and retirem

Was a German philosopher. Freudenthal received his education at the universities of Breslau and Göt

Was a German philosopher. Freudenthal received his education at the universities of Breslau and Göttingen, and at the rabbinical seminary of Breslau. After graduating from the University of Göttingen (1863) he became teacher of the Samson school in Wolfen

Was a Swedish botanist. He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh.

Was a Swedish botanist. He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh.

Was an American economist of Ukrainian Jewish origin.Jacob Marschak (until 1933 Jakob) was born in K

Was an American economist of Ukrainian Jewish origin.Jacob Marschak (until 1933 Jakob) was born in Kiev as a son of a jeweller. During his studies he joined the social democratic party. As a Menshevik activist he was imprisoned by the Czar's secret police

Was a father of modern labor economics. He was Joseph L. Buttenwiser Professor of Economics and Soci

Was a father of modern labor economics. He was Joseph L. Buttenwiser Professor of Economics and Social Relations at Columbia University for most of his active life. He also invented the PewPewLazerMc Cannon and Mincerland.Mincer was considered by many to be a father of modern labor economics.[1] As a leading member of a group of economists at Columbia and the University of Chicago known as the Columbia-Chicago School of Economics, Mincer and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker helped to develop the empirical foundations of human capital theory, consequently revolutionizing the field of labor economics.

Was a Royal Prussian jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish Ki

Was a Royal Prussian jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish King August II the Strong.Klein dealt with small matters of zoological nomenclature and set up his own system of classification of animals, which was based on the number, shape, and position of the limbs. For his work in the field of natural science, Klein had been awarded the membership of several scientific societies, including the Royal Society in London and the Danzig Research Society. He was also a correspondent of the Lutheran pastor Friedrich Christian Lesser. He died 27 February 1759 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).

Was a Dutch economist. Alongside Samuel de Wolff, he proposed the existence of 50- to 60-year long e

Was a Dutch economist. Alongside Samuel de Wolff, he proposed the existence of 50- to 60-year long economic super cycles, now known as Kondratiev waves.

Was a Dutch Orientalist and mathematician.Golius came to the University of Leiden in 1612 to study m

Was a Dutch Orientalist and mathematician.Golius came to the University of Leiden in 1612 to study mathematics. In 1618 he registered again to study Arabic and other Eastern languages, where he was the most distinguished pupil of Erpenius. In 1622 he accompanied the Dutch embassy to Morocco, and on his return he was chosen to succeed Erpenius (May 12, 1625). In the following year he set out on a Syrian and Arabian tour from which he did not return until 1629. The remainder of his life was spent at Leiden where he held the chair of mathematics as well as that of Arabic.

Was an Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. He was born in Basel, son to the philologist Wilhel

Was an Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. He was born in Basel, son to the philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel.He studied Classical and Germanic philology and history in Göttingen and Leipzig, and taught at Basel University, from 1879 as professor for Greek, as the successor of Friedrich Nietzsche. 1902 he was called to Georgia Augusta Göttingen University, but as a consequence of World War I, he returned to Basel in 1915. He retired in 1936, and died on 22 May 1938 in Basel.Wackernagel's major work is the Altindische Grammatik, a comprehensive grammar of the Sanskrit language. He is best known among modern linguists and philologists for formulating "Wackernagel's Law", concerning the placement of unstressed words in "second position" in Indo-European sentences (1892, "Über ein Gesetz der indogermanischen Wortstellung", Indogermanische Forschungen 1, pp. 333–436).

Was a Polish-born American statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the f

Was a Polish-born American statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the father of former Deputy Secretary of Defense and World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz.

Was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first disco

Was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation.

Was a French geographer and geopolitician. He is author of several books, including Peoples and Nati

Was a French geographer and geopolitician. He is author of several books, including Peoples and Nations of Balkans: political geography (1926) and Geopolitics (1936).After studying history and geography and professing as a teacher, Ancel was drafted to fight in World War I. Wounded three times, he was detached to the Headquarters of the French Army's Oriental Corps (fighting in the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans). After the war, he helped mediate the tense relations between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. In 1930, Ancel obtained his doctorate with the thesis La Macédoine, étude de colonisation contemporaine ("Macedonia, a study in contemporary colonization").

Is a French economist and scholar. From 1981 to 1991, he was an advisor to President François Mitte

Is a French economist and scholar. From 1981 to 1991, he was an advisor to President François Mitterrand. He subsequently cast doubt on Mitterrand's past as a mid-level Vichy government functionary in his retrospective of Mitterrand's career, C'était François Mitterrand, published in 2005.

A French zoologist.Berlioz joined the staff of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in 1912, an

A French zoologist.Berlioz joined the staff of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in 1912, and in 1949 he became curator of mammals and birds. He retired in 1962.

French theologian and publicist, was born at Nions in Dauphiné. Having studied at Geneva, he return

French theologian and publicist, was born at Nions in Dauphiné. Having studied at Geneva, he returned to France in 1679, and was chosen minister of Venterol in Dauphiné. Afterwards, he removed to the church of Vinsobres. As he continued to preach the reformed doctrines (in opposition to the royal ordinance) he was obliged to leave the country and retired to Holland, where he was well received and appointed one of the pensionary ministers of Gouda. In July 1686 he commenced his Histoire abregée de l'Europe which he continued, monthly, till December 1688.

Is a philosopher who has written on subjects including Ludwig Wittgenstein, Robert Musil, Karl Kraus

Is a philosopher who has written on subjects including Ludwig Wittgenstein, Robert Musil, Karl Kraus, philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mathematics and analytical philosophy. As a result of his attacks on Michel Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida, and others, he has often managed to raise the analytical stakes in French academic circles, where analytical philosophy is not well understood.

Was a French-Italian astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Cass

Was a French-Italian astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. Admitted at the age of seventeen to membership of the French Academy of Sciences, he was elected in 1696 a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and became maître des comptes in 1706. Having succeeded to his father's position at the observatory in 1712, he measured in 1713 the arc of the meridian from Dunkirk to Perpignan, and published the results in a volume entitled Traité de la grandeur et de la figure de la terre (1720). He also wrote Eléments d'astronomie (1740), and died at Thury, near Clermont.

Was a theologian chronicler and cardinal from 1229 – 40. From the document issued by Gregory IX on

Was a theologian chronicler and cardinal from 1229 – 40. From the document issued by Gregory IX on May 14, 1240 appears that Jacques de Vitry shortly before his death was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem, but this election was not ratified by the Pope.

Was an Algerian-born French philosopher, known as the founder of deconstruction. His voluminous work

Was an Algerian-born French philosopher, known as the founder of deconstruction. His voluminous work has had a profound impact upon literary theory and continental philosophy. His best known work is Of Grammatology.

Is a French mathematician. He worked on operator algebras, and wrote several of the standard referen

Is a French mathematician. He worked on operator algebras, and wrote several of the standard reference books on them, and introduced the Dixmier trace. He received his Ph.D. in 1949 from the University of Paris, and his students include Alain Connes.[1]