Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter P

A British ecologist and emeritus professor of botany at Cambridge University. He took his Ph.D. at C

A British ecologist and emeritus professor of botany at Cambridge University. He took his Ph.D. at Cambridge University in 1960 supervised by G.E. Briggs. He subsequently joined the staff of Magdalene College, later becoming a full professor (retired in 2001). His early work was mentored by E.J.H. Corner and A.S. Watt, and especially influenced by the latter. He has written a very lively account on his becoming a plant ecologist[1].

Is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut.Wisoff graduated from Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, V

Is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut.Wisoff graduated from Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1976; received a bachelor of science degree in physics (with Highest Distinction) from University of Virginia in 1980, a master of science degr

Is an American sociologist and Lutheran theologian well known for his work The Social Construction o

Is an American sociologist and Lutheran theologian well known for his work The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (New York, 1966), which he co-authored with Thomas Luckmann.In 1955 and 1956 he worked at the Evangelische Akademie in Bad Boll, Germany. From 1956 to 1958 Berger was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina; from 1958 to 1963 he was an associate professor at Hartford Theological Seminary. The next stations in his career were professorships at the New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Boston College. Since 1981 Berger has been University Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University, and since 1985 also director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, which transformed, a few years ago, into the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs[1].

Is a Czech scientist in the area of mathematical logic[1] and a professor of mathematics. He works i

Is a Czech scientist in the area of mathematical logic[1] and a professor of mathematics. He works in the Institute of Computer Science at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and lectures at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles

Is a Czech astronomer, born in Trinec, a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve ph

Is a Czech astronomer, born in Trinec, a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve photometric studies. He is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called BinAst to look for multiplicity in the NEA and inner main-belt populations. He has found 289 asteroids—112 alone, and 177 with other astronomers.

Is a Greek chemist at IBM. He is an IBM Fellow and the manager for Nanometer Scale Science and Techn

Is a Greek chemist at IBM. He is an IBM Fellow and the manager for Nanometer Scale Science and Technology at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. In 2005 he is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University.

Was one of the most prolific American entomologists of the 20th century. He was born on June 5, 1883

Was one of the most prolific American entomologists of the 20th century. He was born on June 5, 1883 in Bethel, Maine, and died in 1981 in Riverside, California, where he had served as an Associate Entomologist in the Department of Entomology of the University of California, Riverside.

Was the first Australian-born American astronaut

Was the first Australian-born American astronaut

Was an influential archaeologist in the United States during the 20th century. Although his first gr

Was an influential archaeologist in the United States during the 20th century. Although his first graduate work was in architecture, he later received a doctorate from Harvard University under advisor Alfred Marston Tozzer. His first archaeological experiences were on Iroquois sites, but he specialized in the Mississippian culture, especially its Lower Mississippi Valley incarnation.

Was an American entomologist, recognised as a leading authority on the Odonata (dragonfly order).

Was an American entomologist, recognised as a leading authority on the Odonata (dragonfly order).

Was an American librarian and entomologist who specialised in Heteroptera. He was educated at Harvar

Was an American librarian and entomologist who specialised in Heteroptera. He was educated at Harvard University where he was taught by Louis Agassiz. In 1864 he was appointed head of the insect museum and library in the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard. He later worked at the Peabody Library in Baltimore. Uhler made collecting trips to Haiti and the Western U.S.A . He made many study trips to European insect museums.

Was a German entomologist.Zeller was born at Steinheim (Murr) Württemberg, two miles from Marbach,

Was a German entomologist.Zeller was born at Steinheim (Murr) Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philip went to the gymnasium where natural history was not taught. Instead, helped by Alois Metzner, he taught himself entomology mainly by copying books.

Was a Jesuit explorer of the Far East. He was born at Angoulême, France on 16 September 1654. Avril

Was a Jesuit explorer of the Far East. He was born at Angoulême, France on 16 September 1654. Avril was a professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris when he was dispatched to the Jesuit missions of China. Following the instructions of Ferdinand Verbiest, another Jesuit, then at Peking, he attempted an overland journey, and traveled for six years through Kurdistan, Armenia, Astrakhan, Persia, and other countries of eastern Asia.

Was a French hellenist, archaeologist and translator. He was the son of Philippe Le Bas and Elisabet

Was a French hellenist, archaeologist and translator. He was the son of Philippe Le Bas and Elisabeth Duplay, the daughter of Robespierre's landlord Maurice Duplay. He was only 6 weeks old when his father committed suicide on Robespierre's fall on 27 July 1794 in the Thermidorian Reaction.

The son of Kenneth and Mary Longman, who worked in Baden-Württemburg as a result of the postwar o

The son of Kenneth and Mary Longman, who worked in Baden-Württemburg as a result of the postwar occupation of that state (and Bavaria) by the US military, Phillip Longman spent most of his childhood in Princeton, New Jersey. He studied at Oberlin College and later obtained a Knight-Baghot fellowship at Columbia University. Focusing his attention on how demographic and social change interact and affect government finance

Was a nuclear physicist who was a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics and worked on the American M

Was a nuclear physicist who was a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics and worked on the American Manhattan project [1]. Moreover, was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India. [2] He was research fellow of Chicago University (1940)[3]. He was research Professorship fellow of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) (1947), Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) with the Atomic Energy Commission in New Delhi. Professor & Head in the Department of Physics at Aligarh University (1949), Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) (1959) and Professor Emeritus Punjab Agricultural University (1971) [3].

Was an Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first

Was an Italian officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit on the Detroit River in 1701. Several months later, both Cadillac and Tonty brought

Was an acclaimed French sociologist and writer known for his outspoken political views and public en

Was an acclaimed French sociologist and writer known for his outspoken political views and public engagement. One of the principal players in French intellectual life, Bourdieu became the "intellectual reference" for movements opposed to neo-liberalism and globalisation that developed in France and elsewhere during the 1990s.[1]

Was a French lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse, France, and a mathematician who is given credit fo

Was a French lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse, France, and a mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to modern calculus. In particular, he is recognized for his discovery of an original method of finding the greatest and the s

Was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHE

Was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969.Vidal-Naquet was a specialist in the study of Ancient Greece, but was also interested (and deeply involved) in contemporary history, particularly

A French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 1991.

A French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 1991.

Is a contemporary scholar of ancient Roman architecture and the Latin language, particularly the tex

Is a contemporary scholar of ancient Roman architecture and the Latin language, particularly the texts of the writer Vitruvius. He presently holds the post of Professor of Latin language and civilization at the Université de Provence. He is the author of numerous scholarly treatises, including those on Roman architecture and urbanism, Roman architects, and important critical editions of Vitruvius published in the Collection Budé. In 2005 he was presented with a volume in his honor, Théorie et pratique de l'architecture romaine: la norme et l'expérimentation: études offertes á Pierre Gros, edited by Xavier Lafon et Gilles Sauron.

Was a French classical scholar and archaeologist. After the imperial university was founded, he was

Was a French classical scholar and archaeologist. After the imperial university was founded, he was appointed professor of Greek literature (1809) with Boissonade as his assistant.

Was a French naturalist who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,

Was a French naturalist who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the feral child Victor of Aveyron.

A retired U.S. Navy captain, was a NASA astronaut from 1985 to 1995.Thuot is a member of the U.S. Na

A retired U.S. Navy captain, was a NASA astronaut from 1985 to 1995.Thuot is a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Association of Naval Aviation, the University of Southern California Alumni Association, the Association of Space Explo