Carlos Alberto Campos Seabra
Carlos Alberto Campos Seabra, Brazilian entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 05 September 1916 – 25 March 2001) DESCRIBED TAXA Tribe Basipterini 1987 with Fragoso & Monné (Coleoptera) Genera Costalimacris 1988 & Limacridium 1988 with Carbonell (Orthoptera) Gnathopraxithea 1985 with Tavakilian (Coleoptera) Species Orthoptera Aegimia alvarengai 1956 with Costa Lima Costalimacris neotropica 1988 with Carbonell Limacridium viridis 1988 with Carbonell Coleoptera Basiptera castaneipennis 1987 with Fragoso & Monné Gnathopraxithea sarryi 1985 with Tavakilian Melzerella costalimai 1961 Meroscelisus thoracicus 1942 Montesia bosqi 1961 Nilio barthi 1954 with Costa Lima Stictosomus espiritosantensis 1942 Thaumasus gigas 1987 with Fragoso & Monné Hemiptera Apiomerus bosqi 1952 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Apiomerus carvalhoi 1951 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Apiomerus chinai 1951 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Apiomerus hagmanni 1951 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Apiomerus luctuosus 1951 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Apiomerus mayi 1951 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Apiomerus obesus 1951 with Costa Lima & Hathaway Vescia angrensis 1942 with Hathaway Hymenoptera (with Moure) Centris dixanthozona 1960 Centris erythrosara 1960 Centris (Melanocentris) rhodoprocta 1960 Centris (Ptilotopus) decipiens 1960 Centris (Ptilotopus) erythrotricha 1961 Centris tetrazona 1962 Centris torquata 1962 Epicharis (Epicharitides) luteocincta 1959 Epicharis (Epicharitides) rufescens 1959 Epicharis (Epicharoides) xanthogastra 1959 Oxaea schwarzi 1962 Zikanapis foersteri 1962 HONORS Seabratettix Roberts 1980 (Orthoptera) Seabracris Amedegnato & Descamps 1979 (Orthoptera) Seabratilla Casal 1963 (Hymenoptera) Seabraellus Huedepohl 1985 (Coleoptera) Seabraia Zajciw 1958 (Coleoptera) Seabriella Zajciw 1960 (Coleoptera) Seabracoris Carvalho 1988 (Hemiptera) Carlosia Travassos & Kloss 1957 (Nematoda) Subgenus Ephuseabra Casal 1968 (Hymenoptera)
Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke
Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke, German-born Brazilian botanist and explorer (Alfeld, Lower Saxony State 29 July 1848 – Barbacena, Minas Gerais State 11 December 1904) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Genera Mezia 1891 Amburana 1894 with Taubert Species Beilschmiedia taubertiana 1892 Cinnamodendron dinisii 1898 Cinnamomum taubertiana 1895 with Mez Coccoloba cereifera 1898 Diplusodon koehnei 1900 Heisteria silvianii 1900 Iryanthera paradoxa 1886 Lavoisiera caparaoensis 1891 Lavoisiera senaei 1900 Maytenus muelleri 1886 Mezia araujoi 1891 Mezilaurus lindaviana 1892 with Mez Microlicia schreinerii 1891 with Cogniaux Myrcia caparoana 1908 Myrsine congesta 1898 Ocotea abbreviata 1892 with Mez Quiina magallano-gomesii 1898 HONORS Schwackaea Cogniaux 1891 (Melastomataceae)
Candido Lima da Silva Dias
Candido Lima da Silva Dias, Brazilian mathematician (Mococa, São Paulo State 31 December 1913 – São Paulo 15 September 1998) Published Espaços vetoriais topológicos e sua aplicação nos espaços funcionais analíticos Boletim da Soc. Mat. De São Paulo 5:1-58, 1950, where introduced topological vector spaces to analytic functionals theory and resulted in eponym Köthe-Silva Dias-Grothendieck duality SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Sobre o conceito de funcional analítico. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25(1), 1942 Sobre a regularidade dos funcionais definidos no campo das funções localmente analíticos. Doctoral Thesis (1942) O conceito de functional analítico e a aplicação da teoria dos funcionais analíticos ao estudo de sua solução de uma equação diferencial de ordem infinita. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias (1943) Estudo sobre as homografias (1943) Sobre a continuidade dos funcionais analíticos. Bol. Soc. Mat. São Paulo 3(1), 1951 HONOURS Research Fellow in Mathematics, Harvard University (1948) Research Associate, Chicago University (1948)
Buenaventura Suarez
Buenaventura Suarez Lencinas, Argentine Jesuit missionary, geographer and astronomer (Santa Fe de la Veracruz 03 September 1679 – Uruguay 24 August 1750) Authored a lunar calendar covering 101 years named Lunario de un Siglo (1744) which was praised by famous Swedish scientists like Anders Celsius and Per Wargentin Authored astronomical works (about Venus transit) submitted to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1748-9) being the first scientific work of American continent in specialized magazines Performed astronomical observations on comets, lunar eclipses, latitude determinations and other astronomical data highly praised by many European scientists Studied the behavior of Jovian, Mars and Venus satellites, Saturn rings and lunar surface along 13 years (1726-9) Created celestial maps Improved the process for smelting church bells Developed a method of preparing chocolate Developed a method for cutting and polishing quartz stones
Brian Roy Stuckenberg
Brian Roy Stuckenberg, South African entomologist (Eastern Cape 07 April 1930 – Natal 08 February 2009) From Danish descent Authored over 100 works With his wife Pamela Jean Usher Stuckenberg developed some novel collecting techniques for Tabanidae DESCRIBED DIPTERA TAXA Families Athericidae 1973 Bolbomyidae 2001 Errinidae 1956 Genera Afrominettia 1971 Afrothaumalea 1960 Alhajarmyia 2003 Austrolauxania 1971 Cainohomoneura 1971 Curupirina 1970 Dyticomyia 1971 Eupaulianina 1956 Isalomyia 2002 Mettinia 1971 Micropachycerina 1971 Namamyia 2000 Namaquamyia 2002 Neonamyia 1971 Nesocurupira 1970 Nimettia 1971 Pandasyophthalmus 1954 Perianthomyia 1996 Procestrotus 1971 Prosamyza 1971 Pseudoprochaetops 1971 Succinatherix 1974 Suraginella 2000 Teratolauxania 1971 Tongamya 1966 Trichacantha 1955 Vermilynx 1995 Vermipardus 1960 Xeritha 1966 Zanjensiella 1971 Species About 160 HONORS Stuckenbergiana Scherer 1963 (Coleoptera) Stuckenbergiella Cogan 1971 (Diptera) Stuckenbergina Oldroyd 1962 (Diptera) Stuckenbergiola Lindner 1965 (Diptera) Stuckenbergomyia Smith 1971 (Diptera) Stuckenberginiella Zwick & Mary Sasal 2010 (Diptera) Callostuckenbergia Lehrer & Lehrer 1992 (Diptera) Brianmyia Woodley 2012 (Diptera) LINKS http://africaninvertebrates.org/article/viewFile/23/23
Boyle Chunder Sen
Boyle Chunder Sen, Indian clinician (fl.1887-93) Described Indian childhood cirrhosis or Sen syndrome Infantile cirrhosis. Indian Med. Gaz. 22:338, 1887 Authored Nubile Age of Females in India, physiologically treated (1890)