Remigio Rigal
Remigio Rigal Stegmann, Argentine geologist (Buenos Aires 23 April 1894 – 1990) From German descent SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Provisión de agua a la Villa de Ancasti, Provincia de Catamarca. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argentina 3(4):261-9, 1948 El yacimiento de magnetita de hierro, indio y outros menores del Departamento San Rafael, Provincia de Mendoza. Bol. Direc. Minas Geol. 52:9-11, 1942 Breve reseña sobre algunos yacimientos de carbón de la Cordillera Patagonica (1940) Resultados del reconocimiento de los afloramientos de carbón de las zonas de Ñorquincó, Rio Negro y Cushamen, Chubut (1939) Contribución al conocimiento de las Salinas Grandes de la Provincia de Cordoba. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien. 34(2):142-38, 1938 Las minas de columbita y tantalita y el descubrimiento de minerales de uranio radioactivos em la Cañada de Alvarez, Departamento de Calamuchita, Cordoba. Publ. Dir. Minas Geol. (1938) Las minas de columbita en la Cañada de Alvarez, Argentina. Bol. Direc. Minas Geol. 45 (1938) Minas y canteras de Los Reyunos, Los Tolditos y Piedras de Afilar, San Rafael, Mendoza (1935) La mina de oro de San Ignacio en la Provincia de Cordoba. Publ. Dir. Minas Geol. 104 (1934) With A. Tapia. Geologia del paso de las carretas y sus alrededores (1933) El Liasico en la Cordillera del Espinacito (Provincia de San Juan). Publ. Serv. Geol. Nac. (Argent.) 74:5-9, 1930 HONORS Rigalites Von Huene 1931 (Fossil Reptilia)
Raulino Reitz
Raulino Reitz, Brazilian father, historian and botanist (Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina State 19 September 1919 – Itapema, Santa Catarina State 19 November 1990) From German descent World authority on Bromeliaceae plants Discovered 5 new genera and 327 plant species (described by other botanists) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE SPECIES Aechmea apocalyptica 1962 Aechmea bambusoides 1964 with Smith Aechmea blumenavii 1952 Aechmea kertesziae 1952 Aechmea kleinii 1953 Aechmea pimenti-velosoi 1952 Aechmea polyantha 1974 with Pereira Aechmea winkleri 1975 Alcantarea vinicolor 1974 Anthurium lacerdae 1957 Anthurium pilonense 1958 Billbergia alfonsi-joannis 1952 Billbergia seidelii 1964 with Smith Canistrum triangulare 1956 with Smith Crinodendron brasiliense 1958 with Smith Dyckia cabrerae 1962 with Smith Dyckia coximensis 1970 with Smith Dyckia glandulosa 1967 with Smith Dyckia ibiramensis 1962 Dyckia monticola 1962 with Smith Dyckia pectinata 1967 with Smith Dyckia spinulosa 1967 with Smith Neoregelia brevifolia 1968 with Smith Neoregelia magdalenae 1967 with Smith Neoregelia seideliana 1964 with Smith Matayba cristae 1980 Nidularium seidelii 1963 with Smith Philodendron renauxii 1957 Quesnelia seideliana 1963 with Smith Tillandsia montana 1962 Vriesea appariciana 1974 with Pereira Vriesea biguassuensis 1952 Vriesea brusquensis 1952 Vriesea gladioflammans 1975 Vriesea lidicensis 1975 Vriesea pinottii 1952 Vriesea silva-petrea 1974 with Pereira Vriesea triangularis 1952 HONORS Reitzia Swallen 1956 (Poaceae) Raulinoa Cowan 1960 (Rutaceae) Raulinoreitzia King & Robinson 1971 (Asteraceae)
Raul Rodríguez Barrios
Raul Rodríguez Barrios, Uruguayan neuro-ophthalmologist (Montevideo 02 September 1911 – Montevideo 05 August 2001) Authored over 170 papers Developed a suction or aspiration technique for congenital and juvenile cataract Succión directa de las cataratas congenitas y juveniles (1956) Created suction needle for extraction of congenital cataract (built by Swiss company Greis-Haber) known as Rodríguez Barrios needle With María Julia Massera Lerena authored Fondo de Ojo (Fundus), praised by review Ophthalmology Highlights to be more complete textbook about this field in any language (1959) With M.D. Bottinelli & J. Medoc described the syndrome of ocular depression and convergency (1959) One of the first in the world to perform episcleral implantation and photocoagulation in the treatment of retinal detachment (1962) With C. Solis Rodríguez. Carotid compression tonographic test. A new method to study the carotid circulation. Acta Neurol. Latinoam. 9:48, 1963 Gave warnings about direction for corneal transplants and the right selection of patients for grafting Selection of Patients for grafting. The Cornea World Congress, Butterworths, Washington p.443-60, 1965 Presented reasons and techniques for labyrinth stimulation With Maria Delia Bottinelli & Juan Medoc. The study of ocular motility in the comatose patient. J. Neurol. Sciences (1966) With C. Solis Rodríguez & F. Zylberglajt. New diagnostic sign of intraocular and orbital tumors. Acta Neurol. Latinoam. 12(1):198-203, 1966 Developed a technique for treatment of post-ulcer corneal perforation With E.Meerhoff 7 F. Zylberglajt. Tarso-conjuntivo-keratoplastia. Arq. Bras. Oftalm. 36:2-6, 1973 With R. Arana Iñiguez & J. San Julián. Nueva técnica para la extirpación del quisto hidatico cerebral HONOURS Gradle Lecture Jackson Lecture, American Society of Ophthalmology LINKS http://www.smu.org.uy/dpmc/hmed/historia/articulos/rodriguez-barrios.pdf (in Spanish)
Rao Yelseti Ramachandra Rao
Rao Bahadur Yelseti Ramachandra Rao, Indian agricultural entomologist (Yemmiganur, Adoni Taluk, Karnool District, Andhra Pradesh 11 September 1885 – 01 June 1972) Internationally acknowledged expert on locusts Described Homopteran species Palmaspis phoenicis 1922 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The Desert locust in India (1960) The areas of origin of locust flights in the different parts of India with reference to the question of their control. Curr. Sci. 14(2), 1945 Some results of studies on the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.) in India. Bull. Entom. Res. 33(4):241-65, 1942 The life cycle, particularly sexual maturation in relation to climate and other factors, and methods of study. Proc. 3rd Int. Locust Conf. p.67-73, 1934 Fumigation of imported seeds with special reference to Stephanoderes. Planters Chronicle 22(25):373-4, 1927 The silver shoot disease of paddy. Madras Agric. Dept. Year Book (1925) Notes on pests investigated in Madras during the years 1921-2. Rep. Proc. 5th Ent. Meet. Pusa 1923 p.19-22, 1924 With B.A. Ballard. A preliminary note on the life history of certain anthomyiid flies Atherigona spp. and Acritochaeta excisa Thompson. Rep. Proc. 5th Ent. Meet. Pusa 1923 p.275-77, 1924 The genitalia of certain Anthomyiid flies. Rep. Proc. 5th Ent. Meet. Pusa 1923, 1924 The pests of the date palm in the Iraq. Memoirs Mesopotamia Dept. Agric. 6:1-12, 1922 Lantana insects in India. Mem. Dept. Agric. India 5:292-3, 1919 Notes on some South India Cecidomyiidae causing galls in grasses. Proc. Asiat. Soc. 13:299-306, 1917 Helopeltis antonii as pest of neem trees. Agric. J. India 10:412-6, 1915 Notes on pests investigated in Madras during the years 1921-2 Appearance of locust swarms on the Malabar coast in October 1952 HONORS Ramachandraspis Prabhaker Rao 1953 (Hemiptera)
Raja Ramanna
Raja Ramanna, Indian nuclear physicist (Tiptur, Karnataka State 28 January 1925 – Mumbai 24 September 2004) Enunciated theory of heavy nuclei giving rise to radiation Presented the stochastic theory of fragment mass and charge distribution in nuclear fission Gave geometrical interpretation of atomic and nuclear binding energies Involved in the development of a new kind of ion chamber
Rafael Romero Castañeda
Rafael R. Romero Castañeda, Colombian botanist (Cienaga, Magdalena Department 28 March 1910 – Bogotá 10 January 1973) DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA Valid Genus Uribea 1962 with Dugand Valid Species Aragoa dugandii 1958 Aragoa kogiorum 1951 Aragoa perez-arbelaeziana 1972 Matisia giacomettoi 1970 Trianaea neovisae 1973 Uribea tamarindoides 1962 with Dugand HONORS Romeroa Dugand 1952 (Bignoniaceae) Castanedia King & Robinson 1978 (Asteraceae)