Hsing-Chien Sze
Hsing-Chien Sze or Xingjian Si, Chinese paleobotanist (Zhuji, Zhejiang Province 11 March 1901 – 19 July 1964) DESCRIBED FOSSIL PLANTAE TAXA Family Sublepidodendraceae 1943 Genera Acanthopteris 1931 Amdrupiopsis 1952 with Li Changyanophyton 1952 Cladophlebidium 1931 Dictyophyllum 1933 Heleniodendron 1936 Hsiangchiphyllum 1949 Lopinopteris 1958 Macroglossopteris 1931 Phoroxylon 1951 Plagiozamiopsis 1943 Pseudotasniopteris 1951 Rhizomopsis 1933 with Gothan Sinoctenis 1931 Sinophyllum 1952 with Li Sinozamites 1956 Taeniocladopsis 1956 Yuania 1953 HONORS (Fossil) Szea Yao & Taylor 1988 (Plantae) Szecalamitina Doweld 2012 (Plantae) Szecyathus Vologdin 1957 (Archaeocyatha) Szecladia Yao, Liu, Rothwell & Mapes 2000 (Plantae) Szeaspis Chang 1959 (Trilobita) Szeioxylon Wang, Jiang & Qin 1994 (Plantae) Szelepis Liu 1979 (Pisces)
Hermenegildo Santapau
Hermenegildo Santapau, Spanish-born Indian jesuit and botanist (La Galera, Tarragona 05 December 1903 – Bombay 13 January 1970) Authored 216 scientific publications DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Achyranthes coynei 1949 Argyreia boseana 1958 with Patel Asystasia dalzelliana 1948 Barleria prattensis 1949 Bidaria khandalensis 1949 Canscora khandalensis 1949 Chamaesyce bombaiensis 1954 Chlorophytum borivilianum 1955 with Fern. Dicliptera ghatica 1952 Dolichos ghaticus 1956 with Panthaki Gastrochilus dalzellianus 1949 Habenaria panchganiensis 1957 with Kapadia Hedyotis maheshwarii 1963 with Merch. Hoya iconum 1956 Indigofera oreophila 1956 with Panthaki Ipomoea pallida 1958 with Patel Ipomoea salsettensis 1958 with Patel Ipomoea tropica 1957 with Patel Leea edgeworthii 1953 Murdannia nudiflora 1953 Nilgirianthus asper 1951 Operculina tansaensis 1958 with Patel Pachygone zeylanica 1964 with Wagh Pimpinella multiradiata 1949 Solanum macannii 1948 Tephrosia jamnagarensis 1958 Vigna khandallensis 1948 HONORS Santapauinda C.V. Subramanian 1993 (Fungi) Pauia Deb & Ratna Dutta 1965 (Solanaceae)
Heraclides Cesar de Souza Araújo
Heraclides Cesar de Souza Araújo, Brazilian leprologist (Imbituva, Paraná State 24 June 1886 – Rio de Janeiro 10 August 1962) Authored over 260 publications CONTRIBUTIONS Obtained world renown in clinical and experimental leprology. He was leprosy expert of WHO Described Actinomyces lepromatis (1928) Described leprotic verrucous dermatitis (1937). Dermatite verrucosa leprótica. Estudo de 3 casos. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 32(2): 311-320, 1937. Developed a technique for preparing antigens of cultures of acid-alcohol resistants bacillum from leprosy procedency that resulted in Souza Araújo leprolins. These cultures were deposited in American Type Culture Collection as Leprosy Cultures Souza Ataújo I, II and III. Intradermo-reacções em leprosos com antígenos de culturas de bacilos acido-alcoolo resistentes. Mem. Inst. Osw. Cruz 32(4): 469, 1937. Devised an eclectical method for treatment of leprosy (1927) Tratamento eclético da lepra. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 47(1-2):129-210, 1949 OTHERS Vice-President, Leprology International Society 1932-56 Star and Cross Medal, American International Academy, New York (1957) Medicine & Physiology Nobel Prize nominee (1955)
Helmut Sick
Heinrich Maximilian Friedrich Helmut Sick, German-born Brazilian ornithologist and entomologist (Leipzig 10 January 1910 – Rio de Janeiro 05 March 1991) Authored over 200 papers Discovered over 10 plant taxa and 50 animal taxa from Brazil DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Aves Valid Species Cinclodes pabsti 1969 Lepidothrix vilasboasi 1959 Merulaxis stresemanni 1960 Scytalopus novacapitalis 1958 Valid Subspecies Coryphaspiza melanotis marajoara 1967 Dendrocincla fuliginosa trumaii 1950 Eupsittula pertinax paraensis 1959 Paroaria baeri xinguensis 1950 Seicercus xanthoschistos tephrodiras 1939 Sporophila bouvreuil crypta 1968 Streptoprocne biscutata seridoensis 1991 Urocissa flavirostris schaferi 1939 Lepidoptera Valid Species Desmoclystia prouti 1941 Epipsestis nigropunctata 1941 Euparyphasma obscura 1941 Hypsidia australica 1938 Macrothyatira subaureata 1941 Microthyatira decorata 1941 Nemacerota decorata 1941 Nemacerota griseobasalis 1941 Neotogaria hoenei 1941 Systatica bilineata 1938 Isoptera Species At least 11 Protozoa Sterkiella quadrinucleatus 1933 HONORS (Arachnida) Sickius Soares & Camargo 1948 Sickesia H. Soares 1979
Helen Schwartz
Helen M. Schwartz, South African veterinarian (fl.1945-84) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With C.A. Schoeman & M.S. Farber. Utilization of urea by sheep. I. Rates breakdown of urea and carbohydrates in vivo and in vitro. J. Agric. Sci. 63(3):289-96, 1964 With F.M.C. Gilchrist. Microbiology in the rumen in relation to the nutrients and physiology of the rumen. South Afr. J. Animal Science 2:161, 1972 With F.M.C. Gilchrist. Microbial interactions with the diet and the host animal (1975) With R.I. Mackie, F.M.C. Gilchrist, A.M. Roberts & P.E. Hannah. Microbiological and chemical changes in the rumen during the stepwise adaptation of sheep to high concentrate diets. J. Agric. Sci. 90:241-54, 1978 With P.A. Henning, Y. Van der Linden, M.E. Maltheyse, W.K. Nauhaus & F.M.C. Gilchrist. Factors affecting the intake and digestion of roughage by sheep fed maize straw supplemented with maize grain. J. Agric. Sci. 94(3):565-73, 1980 With Y. Van der Linden & N.O. Van Gylswyk. Influence of supplementation of corn stover with corn grain on the fibrolytic bacteria in the rumen of sheep and their relation to the intake and digestion of fiber. J. Anim. Sci. 59:772-83, 1984 HONORS Schwartzia Van Gylswyk, Hippe & Rainey 1997 (Bacteria)
Hector Supicci Sedes
Hector Supicci Sedes, Uruguayan race driver (Montevideo 15 March 1903 – Victoria, Atacama, Chile 04 December 1948) Introduced many improvements in his racing car being which some of them were incorporated to rallies and common cars Windshield washer for racing cars (1938) A exhaust pipe for engine (1937) Improved cooling system employing an additional tank Improved automobile lighting Introduced a complementary oil tank underneath the tray Strengthened suspension, lateral beam and axle with worksheets Introduced a protective shielding and coating with shellac on sparking plug and disposer Carpets with crossbars under the wheels Double absorber on wheels (1935) Introduced naphtha tanks with a separate feeding-system (1935) First to use roll cage in racing cars