Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, a branch of Body Psychotherapy.Gerda Boyesen was born in 19

Is the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, a branch of Body Psychotherapy.Gerda Boyesen was born in 1922 in Bergen. Her first marriage was with Carl Boyesen. In 1947 she read a book by Wilhelm Reich which made a strong impression on her. Shortly thereafter she began therapy with Ola Raknes, a vegetotherapist who had been trained by Reich. Later she studied psychology in Oslo and received training as physiotherapist which led to work with Aadel Bülow-Hansen. Through her own therapy Boyesen got to know the connection between repressed emotions and muscle tensions. In her book Über den Körper die Seele heilen she established and partly described in a very personal manner how she developed her own therapeutic method linking the beginnings of Wilhelm Reich, Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud, through her own studies, her own therapeutic experience as well as her own practice.

German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel laureate.

German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel laureate.

A German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Ins

A German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. He won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

A pioneering physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel Laureate in chemistry. Born in Germany, he fl

A pioneering physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel Laureate in chemistry. Born in Germany, he fled to Canada in 1935, where he continued his distinguished scientific career.

Is a former German astronaut.Born in Heidenheim, he visited the Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Ludw

Is a former German astronaut.Born in Heidenheim, he visited the Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Ludwigsburg. After school he volunteered to the German Navy, serving as Operations/Weapons Officer aboard fast patrol boats. In 1976 he began to study physics

Was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French

Was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government.Tillion was born in Allègre in Haute-Loire. Studying anthropology under Marcel Mauss, she lived in Algeria on various occasions between 1934 and 1940, studying the Berber and Chaoui people in the Aures region of northeastern Algeria. During World War II, Tillion participated in the French Resistance. Captured, she was sent to the German concentration camp at Ravensbrück in 1943. After the war, she completed her doctorate under Louis Massignon.

American biochemist born in Prague (Austrian Empire, now Czech Republic) who, together with her husb

American biochemist born in Prague (Austrian Empire, now Czech Republic) who, together with her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947

Was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, best known for claiming to have discovered the headwate

Was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, best known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States (later expeditions determined a different source, however). Beltrami

Was an Italian naturalist.He was the founder of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa in 1867

Was an Italian naturalist.He was the founder of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa in 1867, and director from then until his death.It is now named for him as the Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria He collected in Iran with Filippo de Filippi (1862-63) and in Myanmar with Odoardo Beccari (1865-66).He was an avid entomologist.

Was an Italian-Armenian photochemist. He was a nine-time Nobel prize nominee and an Italian senator.

Was an Italian-Armenian photochemist. He was a nine-time Nobel prize nominee and an Italian senator. [2] He was an early researcher in the area of photochemistry, where from 1900 to 1914 he published 40 notes, and 9 memoirs. His first photochemistry exper

English entomologist.Arrow was a Deputy Keeper on the staff of the Natural History Museum in London

English entomologist.Arrow was a Deputy Keeper on the staff of the Natural History Museum in London from 1896 until 1938. He worked mainly on the Coleoptera.

Was a distinguished Georgian scientist and public benefactor, founder of the well-known Georgian sci

Was a distinguished Georgian scientist and public benefactor, founder of the well-known Georgian scientific school of Oriental Studies and Arabist of world renown, founder of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University (TSU), founder a

Known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as the first

Known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as the first European to discover North America, in 1497, notwithstanding Norseman Leif Ericson's landing (c. 1003). The Canadian and United Kingdom government's offic

Was an Italian naturalist and biologist who was a native of Revò.He initially studied in Gorizia an

Was an Italian naturalist and biologist who was a native of Revò.He initially studied in Gorizia and Merano, then furthered his education in natural sciences at the University of Vienna. From 1862 to 1869 he was a lecturer at the University of Modena, and

Was one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He is the

Was one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He is the author of the earliest important Western account of northern and central Asia, Rus, and other regions of the Tatar dominion.

Was an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of the French crown. He is renowned as the

Was an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of the French crown. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor and Narragansett Bay, in 1

Was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometr

Was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. He is the eponym of Desargues' theorem and of the crater Desargues on the Moon.His father was a royal notary, an investigating commissioner of the Senes

Italian naturalist, and explorer.

Italian naturalist, and explorer.

Was an Italian naturalist and author.Gené was born at Turbigo in Lombardy and studied at the Univer

Was an Italian naturalist and author.Gené was born at Turbigo in Lombardy and studied at the University of Pavia. He published a number of papers on natural history, particularly entomology. In 1828 he became an assistant lecturer in natural history at the university, and in the following year he travelled to Hungary, returning with a collection of insect specimens.Between 1833 and 1838 he made four trips to Sardinia collecting insects.

A psychologist best known for his work on attitude and personality measurement, sexual attraction, d

A psychologist best known for his work on attitude and personality measurement, sexual attraction, deviation and dysfunction, partner compatibility, and psychology applied to performing arts.

Of Swedish ancestry, Seaborg was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, the son of Herman Theodore (Ted) and S

Of Swedish ancestry, Seaborg was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, the son of Herman Theodore (Ted) and Selma Olivia Erickson Seaborg. He had one sister, Jeanette. When Glenn Seaborg was a boy, the family moved to the Seaborg Home in a subdivision called Home Gardens, that was later annexed to the City of South Gate, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Was a professor of law at St. Petersburg. In 1810, he published a textbook on Civil Law with a compr

Was a professor of law at St. Petersburg. In 1810, he published a textbook on Civil Law with a comprehensive introduction on the encyclopedia and the history of law, which according to Odessa Professor V. I. Grigorovich, laid the foundations of Russian ci

Is widely acknowledged as one of the most important Indian scientists of the 20th century, best know

Is widely acknowledged as one of the most important Indian scientists of the 20th century, best known for his work that led to his creation of the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure. He was the first to propose a triple-helical model fo

Is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law (publishe

Is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law (published in an article 19 April 1965 in Electronics Magazine).Moore was born in San Francisco, California, but his family lived in nearby Pescadero where he grew up. He received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1950 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1954.

An American ornithologist and ecologist. He was the 1999 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Soci

An American ornithologist and ecologist. He was the 1999 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.[1]