Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an English botanist. He is perhaps best remembered today for the four-volume Medicinal Plants, p

Was an English botanist. He is perhaps best remembered today for the four-volume Medicinal Plants, published in 1880 with Henry Trimen and containing over three hundred hand-colored plates by botanist David Blair.While apprenticed to a pharmacist in Tunbridge Wells, he developed an interest in botany. He subsequently studied medicine at King's College London, and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1847 and a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1849.

Was an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Toulouse. He wrote many books addressi

Was an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Toulouse. He wrote many books addressing the philosophy of mathematics.

Was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the a-helix and the ß-sheet w

Was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the a-helix and the ß-sheet with Linus Pauling. Also working with Pauling was Herman Branson. Their discoveries were remarkably correct, with even the bond lengths being accurate until about 40 years later. The a-helix and ß-sheet are two structures that are now known to form the backbones of many proteins.

Was a South African doctor and palaeontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and r

Was a South African doctor and palaeontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow. In 1893 he married Mary Baird Baillie.From 1903 to 1910 he was professor of zoö and geology at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and subsequently he became keeper of vertebrate palaeontology at the South African Museum, Cape Town.Broom was first known for his study of mammal-like reptiles. After Raymond Dart's discovery of the Taung Child, an infant australopithecine, Broom's interest in palaeoanthropology was heightened. Broom's career seemed over and he was sinking into poverty, when Dart wrote to Jan Smuts about the situation. Smuts exerting pressure on the South African government, managed to obtain a position for Broom, in 1934 with the staff of the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria as an Assistant in Palaeontology.

Was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botanist to collect in Australia during

Was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century. He also is credited with the first observation of Brownian motion.He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he was a classmate of Thomas Dick. He joined the Fencibles regiment of the army as a surgeon in 1795. In December 1800 he accepted an offer of the position of naturalist on board the Investigator under Matthew Flinders, which was about to depart on its historic voyage to chart the coast of Australia. The Investigator arrived in King George Sound in what is now Western Australia in December 1801. For three and a half years Brown did intensive botanic research in Australia, collecting about 3400 species, of which about 2000 were previously unknown. A large part of this collection was lost, however, when the Porpoise was wrecked en route to England.

Was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestia

Was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing the classic three-volume Burnham's Celestial Handbook.In the fall of 1957 he received considerable local publicity when he discovered his first comet. This led to his being hired by Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1958 to work on a survey of stellar proper motion using a blink comparator. While Burnham was working at Lowell, he and his co-worker, Norman G. Thomas, discovered five more comets (including 56P/Slaughter-Burnham), and numerous asteroids.

A distinguished statistical geneticist and professor at Case Western Reserve University.Johnson, Wil

A distinguished statistical geneticist and professor at Case Western Reserve University.Johnson, William A.; Elston, Robert C. (2008). Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical Approach. New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-470-02490-9.Danielle Fallin; Palmer, Lyle; Elston, Robert C. (2007). Genetic Epidemiology: Fundamental Concepts. New York: Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 0-470-85326-3.

Was a French bishop, historian, and controversialist. He was born in Paris. In 1513 he became doctor

Was a French bishop, historian, and controversialist. He was born in Paris. In 1513 he became doctor of the Faculty of Theology in the Sorbonne, and in 1515 was made Bishop of Vence. From here he was transferred in 1530 to the See of Riez, and in 1532 to that of Avranches.

A U.S. biomedical researcher. He is best known for his co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Vi

A U.S. biomedical researcher. He is best known for his co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the infectious agent responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.Gallo is the director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He and two longtime scientific collaborators, Robert R. Redfield and William A. Blattner, co-founded the institute in 1996 in a partnership including the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore. In 2005, Gallo co-founded Profectus BioSciences, Inc., which develops and commercializes technologies to reduce the morbidity and mortality caused by human viral diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).[1] It is situated in Baltimore, Maryland and he is chairman of its Scientific Advisory Board.

American economist.

American economist.

Was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural

Was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History.Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was an undergraduate at Brown University, graduating in 1911. He was the author of over 600 scientific a

Was an Irish-Australian surveyor, ornithologist,[2] botanist and poet. His father, also Robert David

Was an Irish-Australian surveyor, ornithologist,[2] botanist and poet. His father, also Robert David FitzGerald, was a banker, and his mother was Mary Ann, née Bell.

Was a French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris. Sorbon began to teach around 1

Was a French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris. Sorbon began to teach around 1253 and in 1257 established the Maison de Sorbonne, a college in Paris originally intended to teach theology to twenty poor students. It was sponsored by King Louis and received the endorsement of Pope Alexander IV in 1259. It subsequently grew into a major centre of learning and became the core of what would become the University of Paris. Sorbon served as chancellor of the university, taught and preached there from 1258 until his death in 1274.

Was an American linguist and Presbyterian scholar who made major contributions in verifying the reli

Was an American linguist and Presbyterian scholar who made major contributions in verifying the reliability of the Hebrew Bible. In his quest to determine the accuracy of the original manuscripts, Wilson eventually learned 45 languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, as well as all the languages into which the Scriptures had been translated up to 600 AD.He graduated from Princeton at the age of 20, later receiving a master's degree and doctorate before doing post-graduate work in Germany at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1883, Wilson became Professor of the Old Testament at Western Theological Seminary (later known as Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), where he had done some of his graduate studies. In 1900, he returned to Princeton as the William Henry Green Professor of Semitic Languages and Old Testament Criticism at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Was an English economist and statistician born in Doncaster. He was educated privately and at Trinit

Was an English economist and statistician born in Doncaster. He was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He studied law and entered his fathers firm of Baxter & Co., solicitors, with which he was connected until his death. Though studiously attentive to business, he was enabled, as a member of the Statistical and other learned societies, to accomplish much useful economic work. His principal economic writings were;

Was a German-American mathematician. He published about 75 books and papers. For over 30 years he wa

Was a German-American mathematician. He published about 75 books and papers. For over 30 years he was head of the mathematics department at the University of Washington.

Is an American economist at the University of Chicago. He was named among the 10 best economists

Is an American economist at the University of Chicago. He was named among the 10 best economists

An American economist at the University of Chicago. He was named among the 10 best economists,[1] an

An American economist at the University of Chicago. He was named among the 10 best economists,[1] and received the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1995. He is married to economist Nancy Stokey.He received his B.A. in History in 1959 and Ph.D. in Economics in 1964, both from the University of Chicago. He taught at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University until 1975, when he returned to the University of Chicago.One of the most influential economists since the 1970s, he changed the foundations of macroeconomic theory (previously dominated by the Keynesian economics approach), arguing that a macroeconomic model should be built in analogy with microeconomic models. He is well known for his investigations into the implications of the assumption of rational expectations

Was a British-Australian palaeontologist who made important contributions to the Australian Museum.I

Was a British-Australian palaeontologist who made important contributions to the Australian Museum.In 1866 Etheridge came to Australia, working under Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn on the Victorian geological survey until it was terminated in 1869, and returned to England in 1871. Two years later he was appointed palaeontologist to the geological survey of Scotland, and in 1874 obtained a position in the geology department in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. While there in co-operation with P. H. Carpenter he compiled a valuable Catalogue of the Blastoidea.

Was an English farmer and zoologist.Tomes was born in Weston-on-Avon and farmed at Welford, Gloucest

Was an English farmer and zoologist.Tomes was born in Weston-on-Avon and farmed at Welford, Gloucestershire. He was a specialist in bats, describing a number of new species. His writings included the sections on insectivora and chiroptera in the second edition of Thomas Bell's History of Quadrupeds.

Chieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pi

Chieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality. He was an able surveyor and hydrographer and served as Governor of New Zealand from 1843 to 1845.In February 1818, 12 years old, he entered the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and in the following year he entered the Royal Navy. He completed his course with distinction and was promoted lieutenant on 7 September 1824, having passed the examination with 'full numbers' (100%), a result not achieved previously. After serving on HMS Thetis, in 1828 he was appointed flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, commander-in-chief of the South American station, aboard HMS Ganges.

Was a Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India.His

Was a Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India.His travels resulted in the introduction to Europe of many new and exotic beautiful flowers. His most famous accomplishment was successfully smuggling tea into India from China in 1848 on behalf of the British East India Company. He disguised himself as a Manchu courtier of the Imperial Palace, embarking on an endeavour which carried the death penalty by decapitation for tea smuggling. The target of Fortune was the famed silver-tipped tea, favourite of the Song-era Emperor Huizong (who ironically by legend lost his empire due to his obsession with brewing the perfect cup of tea) from Drum Mountain's White Cloud Monastery in Northern Fujian Province, China. The teas were smuggled aboard a Chinese junk the East India Company had specially purchased,

Is an American economist.After completing his Ph.D., Engle became Professor of Economics at the Mass

Is an American economist.After completing his Ph.D., Engle became Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1977.[2] He joined the faculty of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1975, wherefrom he retired in 2003.

Commonly known as Brian Dickson, was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. He retired

Commonly known as Brian Dickson, was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. He retired on June 30, 1990.He also lectured at the Faculty of Law of the University of Manitoba for six years, until 1954. In 1963 he was appointed to the Court of

Was a British statistician and economist. He was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire.He entered a solici

Was a British statistician and economist. He was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire.He entered a solicitor's office in Glasgow, and while in that city attended courses at the university. He drifted into journalism, and after working for the Stirling Journal