Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was a German mathematician born in Stuttgart. He is famous for many things including: Hölder's ineq

Was a German mathematician born in Stuttgart. He is famous for many things including: Hölder's inequality, the Jordan–Hölder theorem, the theorem stating that every linearly ordered group that satisfies an Archimedean property is isomorphic to a subgroup

Was a Swedish geologist. He was born in Varberg, Sweden on the June 5, 1828. He was educated at Lund

Was a Swedish geologist. He was born in Varberg, Sweden on the June 5, 1828. He was educated at Lund University for the medical profession, but became interested in zoological and geological studies, and being of independent means he devoted himself to science.He gave his attention first especially to the invertebrate fauna and the physical changes of pleistocene and recent times. He studied the glacial phenomena of Switzerland, Spitsbergen and Greenland, making two Arctic expeditions in company with Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. In 1866, he became professor of zoology and geology in the University of Lund, and in 1871 he was appointed chief of the Geological Survey of Sweden. In the latter capacity he labored until 1897. His published contributions, though of much interest and importance, were not large, but his influence in promoting a knowledge of geology in Sweden was of great service. His Arctic experiences enabled him to interpret the method of origin of the drift deposits in northern Europe, and to show that they were largely of glacial or fluvio-glacial origin

Was a German geographer and geopolitician. He taught human geography at University of Graz, in Austr

Was a German geographer and geopolitician. He taught human geography at University of Graz, in Austria. Author of several books ("Political geography" 1925, "Introduction in to geopolitics", 1928, etc).

Was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. Before he was forced t

Was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. Before he was forced to flee his native country for Great Britain in the wake of the Nazi occupation, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle.Neurath was the son of Wilhelm Neurath, a well-known political economist at the time. Otto Neurath studied mathematics in Vienna and gained his D.Phil in the department of Political Science and Statistics at the University of Berlin. He married Anna Schapire in 1907. She died as a result of childbirth in 1911, and he married a close friend, the mathematician and philosopher Olga Hahn-Neurath. Perhaps because of Olga's blindness and then because of the outbreak of war, his son, the sociologist Paul Neurath was sent to a children's home outside Vienna, where Neurath's mother lived, and returned to live with his father and Olga when he was 9 years old.

Was a German plant geneticist. Following the work of Erwin Baur, Renner established the theory of ma

Was a German plant geneticist. Following the work of Erwin Baur, Renner established the theory of maternal plastid inheritance as a widely accepted genetic theory.

Was a Ukrainian - Russian-American astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Otto Lyudv

Was a Ukrainian - Russian-American astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Otto Lyudvigovich Struve (???? ?????????? ??????); however, he spent most of his life and his entire scientific career in the United States.Otto Struve was one of the few eminent astronomers in the pre-Space Age era to publicly express a belief that extraterrestrial intelligence was abundant, and so was an early advocate of the search for extraterrestrial life.He interrupted his studies to enlist for World War I, and then during the Russian Civil War he fought on the side of the White Russian forces and was wounded. When it was clear that the Whites were losing the civil war, he retreated with them into exile, his father Ludwig Struve accompanying him as far as Sevastopol, where he died in November 1920.

Was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus

Was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants.

Was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Charac

Was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character) which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Today, the book is generally viewed as misogynistic and antisemitic in academic circles[1]; however, it continues to be held up as a great work of lasting genius and spiritual wisdom by others.[2]

American zoologist.Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts and studied at Harvard from 1880 to 18

American zoologist.Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts and studied at Harvard from 1880 to 1884. He became Curator of Mammals at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1900.

Was a Danish botanist. He studeied at the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugen Warming. He

Was a Danish botanist. He studeied at the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugen Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen from 1905 to 1920, when he became professor of botany at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen, a position he held until 1947. He studied the flora of Denmark, plankton of the North Atlantic and the flora of Central Asia. He went on expeditions to Northern Persia and Pamir as early as 1898-1899[1]. During his travels through Pamir, he was accompanied by the Danish explorer Ole Olufsen.[2] Ove Paulsen visited North America with the second International Phytogeographic Excursion and subsequently described the biome zonation from east to west in a paper[3].