Sciences
214 famous people found
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Edward HITCHCOCK
American geologist and the third President of Amherst College
1793 - 1864 -
Charles H. CRANE
American physician and the 13th Surgeon General of the United States Army
1825 - 1883 -
Frank Hamilton CUSHING
American anthropologist and ethnologist
1857 - 1900 -
John BARDEEN
American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice
1908 - 1991 -
Willard LIBBY
American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating
1908 - 1980 -
Tracy HALL
American physical chemist, and the first person who grew a synthetic diamond according to a reproducible, verifiable and witnessed process
1919 - 2008 -
Frederick C. LEONARD
American astronomer
1896 - 1960 -
Franklin Leonard POPE
American engineer, explorer, and inventor
1840 - 1895 -
Buckminster FULLER
American systems theorist, architect, engineer, author, designer, inventor, and futurist
1895 - 1983 -
Frederick HOLBROOK
American agriculturist, politician, and the 27th Governor of Vermont
1813 - 1909 -
Harvey Williams CUSHING
American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery
1869 - 1939 -
Lee DEFOREST
American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit
1873 - 1961 -
Virginia APGAR
American pediatric anesthesiologist
1909 - 1974 -
Herbert E. IVES
American scientist and engineer who headed the development of facsimile and television systems at AT&T
1882 - 1953 -
Stephen PENROSE
President of the American University of Beirut
1908 - 1954 -
Daniel BLISS
Founder of the American University of Beirut
1823 - 1916 -
Howard BLISS
Second president of American University of Beirut
1860 - 1920 -
Bayard DODGE
Islamic scholar and former president of the American University in Beirut
1888 - 1972 -
David S. DODGE
President of the American University of Beirut
1922 - 2009 -
Ezra STILES
American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, author, and president of Yale College (1778–1795)
1727 - 1795