Benito Tan
Benito Ching Tan, Philippine bryologist (Manila 30 August 1946 – Los Angeles, California State 23 December 2016) Recognized as world’s foremost expert on tropical bryophytes Authored over 300 scientific papers on bryophytes DESCRIBED BRYOPHYTA TAXA Genera Meiotheciella 1998 with Schofield & Ramsay Orthodontopsis 1992 with Ignatov Papillidiopsis 1989 with Buck Pilosimitra 2005 with Dauphin Pseudocryptogonium 2015 with Li, Wang & Ignatov Radulina 1989 with Buck Yakushimabryum 2011 with Akiyama, Chang & Yamaguchi Section Platyovatophyllum 1990 Species Anomobryum erectum 1989 with Koponen Barbula chenia 1995 with Redfearn Barbula zennoskeana 1994 Brachythecium propinnatum 1996 with Redfearn & Ho Bryum ochianum 1995 with Redfearn Calymperes dixoconstrictum 1988 with Mohamed Calymperes robinsoni 1983 with Reese Calyptothecium distichophyllum 1984 with Noguchi Calyptothecium squarrosulum 1984 with Noguchi Chaetomitrium schofieldii 1990 with Robinson Chionostomum hainanense 1999 with Jia Chastobryopsis imbricata 2010 with Akiyama & Chang Desmatodon burmensis 1993 with Iwatsuki Dicranoloma damanhurii 1990 with Mohamed Didymodon gaochienii 1997 with Jia Diphyscium buckii 1990 Diphyscium tamasii 2003 with Ninh Distichophyllum meizhiae 1995 with Lin Distichophyllum noguchianum 1990 Distichophyllum oblongum 1991 with Lin Distichophyllum wanianum 1995 with Lin Ectropothecium neoperrevolutum 1995 with Suleiman & Akiyama Fissidens pseudoceylonensis 2002 with Choy Frullania sinskeana 1986 with Engel Gammiella panchienii 2000 with Jia Gammiella touwi 1990 Hageniella hattoriana 1990 Horikawaea redfearni 1995 with Lin Hyophila acutipocsii 1993 with Iwatsuki Hypnum mittenohamatum 1992 Macromitrium eddyi 2015 with Shevock Macromitrium novorecurvulum 2005 with Ho Mitthyridium iwatsukianum 1987 Ochrobryum herzogianum 1988 with Mohamed Octoblepharum arthrocornoides 2010 with Salazar Orthodontopsis bardunovii 1992 with Ignatov Orthomitrium schofieldii 1997 with Jia Papillidiopsis koponenii 1990 Papillidiopsis malesiana 1989 with Buck Pilosimitra buckii 2005 with Dauphin Pseudotaxiphyllum obtusifolium 2004 with Iwatsuki Rhapidorrhynchium auneae 2017 with Koponen & Norris Schlotheimia crumii 1992 Selaginella antimonamensis 1981 with Jermy Selaginella pricei 1981 with Jermy Sematophyllum brotheri 1977 with Iwatsuki Splachnobryum temasekensis 2004 with Ho & Seah Stereophyllum linisii 2007 with Enroth Symblepharis guizhouensis 1994 with Lin, Crosby & Wu Tayloria rudimenta 2000 with Bai Tricholosteum fleischeri 2004 with Ho & Seah Tricholosteum streimannii 2007 with Koponen & Norris Trichostomum hattorianum 1993 with Iwatsuki Trichostomum philippinense 1979 with Iwatsuki Trichostomum sinochenii 1995 with Redfearn Trichostomum zanderi 1995 with Redfearn Weissia alianuda 1992 Yakushimabryum longissimum 2001 with Akiyama, Chang & Yamaguchi Zygodon sibiricus 1999 with Ignatov, Ignatova & Iwatsuki Varieties 16 HONORS Awards Richard Spruce Award, International Association of Bryologists (2004) Genera Tania Egea, Torrente & Sipman 1995 (Lichenes) Benitotania Akiyama, Yamaguchi & Suleiman 2003 (Musci) LINKS http://asbp.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/A-Tribute-to-Dr.-Benito-C.-Tan.pdf
Belindo Adolfo Torres
Belindo Adolfo Torres, Argentine entomologist (Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province 03 April 1917 – La Plata 04 November 1965) Regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha DESCRIBED HOMOPTERA TAXA Genera Acuticephala 1958 Acyroneura 1958 Alarcta 1958 Calliopsida 1958 Elachysoma 1958 Elassoneura 1962 Prasinosoma 1963 Psephenotettix 1958 Tettigotoma 1942 Species Acuticephala alipuncta 1958 Acyroneura singularis 1958 Alarcta albicerata 1949 Alarcta bahiensis 1942 Alarcta blanchardi 1948 Alarcta macrogina 1949 Alarcta minuta 1949 Alarcta quadrimaculata 1958 Alarcta terrosa 1958 Carineta scripta 1948 Carineta crassicauda 1948 Carineta limpida 1948 Carineta liturata 1948 Carineta maculosa 1948 Carineta propinqua 1948 Chonosia atrodorsalis 1945 Chonosia trigonoscelis 1945 Derotettix proseni 1945 Elachysoma quadrivittata 1964 Elassoneura carychrous 1964 Empoasca cristata 1955 Empoasca punena 1959 Guaranisaria bicolor 1958 Guaranisaria llanoi 1964 Pachypsaltria haematodes 1959 Pachypsaltria peristicta 1959 Prasinosoma fuenbuenai 1963 Protalebrella schachovskoyi 1955 Psephenotettix grandis 1958 Saldula paralia 1954 Tettigades angularis 1944 Tettigades auropilosa 1944 Tettigades bahiensis Tettigades blanchardi Tettigades bosqi 1944 Tettigades brevicauda 1958 Tettigades brevivenosa Tettigades crassa 1958 Tettigades curvicosta 1958 Tettigades distanti 1958 Tettigades lacertosa 1944 Tettigades limbata 1958 Tettigades lizeri 1942 Tettigades major 1944 Tettigades pauxilia 1958 Tettigades procera 1958 Tettigades sarcinatrix 1944 Tettigades sordida 1944 Tettigades undata 1958 Tettigades unipuncta 1958 Tettigotoma maculosa 1942
Augusto Etienne Teisseire
Augusto Etienne Teisseire, French-born Uruguayan naturalist and archaeologist (Gémenos, Bouches du Rhone 14 May 1882 – Montevideo 15 January 1950) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Au sujet de quelques objets façonnés par les premiers habitants de la rive uruguayenne du río de La Plata. Actas XXV Intern. Congr. Americanists (1932) Sobre malacologia de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay (región de Colonia). Arch. Soc. Biol. Montevideo 1:223-8, 1930 Nueva faz del ingenio charrúa. Moluscos fósiles utilizados por índios. 1st Congr. Nat. Hist. Montevideo (1928) Contribución al studio de la geología y de la paleontología de la Republica O. del Uruguay (Región de Colonia) 1928 Expedición a los departamentos de Colonia y Soriano. Rev. Soc. Amigos Arqueol. 1:47, 1927 Curiosos objetos de barro hallados en Colonia. Rev. Soc. Amigos Arqueol. 1:1-8, 1927 HONORS (Fossil) Teisseiria Kraglievich 1932 (Mammalia) Teisseirei Roselli 1938 (Lepidoptera) LINKS http://www.mec.gub.uy/munhina/pdf/Teisseire_biobiblio.pdf
Au-chin Tang
Au-chin Tang, Chinese theoretical chemist (Yixing, Jiangsu Province 18 November 1915 – 15 July 2008) Authored over 300 papers and 8 books ACHIEVEMENTS Obtained the molecular weight distribution function of addition polymers Proposed a new method for computing the potential function of molecular internal rotation (1950s) Introduced the coupling coefficients from the three-dimensional rotation group to the point group and developed irreducible tensor method from the continuous groups to the point groups (1960s) Established 3 foundational graph theorems in Hückel approximation on the characteristic polynomials (1970s) Proposed the topology conjugate relations of boron and carbon clusters and clarified the characteristics of chemical bonds and structural rules With Q.S. Li proposed a topological rule for polyhedral boranes and heteroboranes (2004) LINKS http://www.iaqms.org/deceased/tang.php
Arturo Luis Terán
Arturo Luis Terán, Argentine agricultural entomologist DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Coleoptera Subgenus Serratibruchus 1977 with Kingsolver Species Eubaptus planifrons 1964 Megacerus acerbus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus alabani 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus albomaculatus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus araguato 2002 with Johnson Megacerus codonophagus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus columbinus 1993 with Kingsolver Megacerus curupaonis 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus deceptor 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus elongates 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus euryglossus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus ferruginosus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus ferrugineosignatus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus gilvovittatus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus insulatus 1977 with Kingsolver Megacerus pubescens 1993 with Kingsolver Megacerus similibus 2002 with Johnson Megacerus tessarespilus 1977 with Kingsolver Pseudopachymerina grata 1990 Stator exturbatus 1989 with Johnson & Kingsolver Stator furcatus 1989 with Johnson & Kingsolver Stator harmonicus 1989 with Johnson & Kingsolver Stator pacarae 1989 with Johnson & Kingsolver Stator postumus 1989 with Johnson & Kingsolver Hemiptera Species Ceroplastes leonardianus 1973 Paraleyrodes proximus 1979 HONORS Terania Pirán 1963 (Hemiptera)
Arnold Theiler
Arnold Theiler, Swiss-born South African veterinarian (Frick, Canton Aargau 26 March 1867 – London 24 July 1936) Father of Nobel Prize winner virologist Max Theiler (1899-1972) Authored over 250 papers and booklets Proposed heartwater was caused by a rickettsial organism Demonstred ticks as vectors of horse piroplasmosis (1906) Cleared up the aetiology of cattle redwater and biliary fever of horses Established the vectors (ticks) of many cattle diseases First to realise that there was a plurality of strains in the horse sickness virus and produced the first crude vaccine against it Developed the first effective vaccine for rinderpest (1896) Proposed the use of Anaplasma marginale v. centrale could be used to immunize against gallsickness of cattle (1910) DISEASES With C.P. Lounsbury identified and described Theileria parva as causative agent of East Coast Fever (1904) Described Theiler’s disease (1919) Discovered the cause of lamsiekte disease (a manifestation of botulism) The cause and prevention of Lamziekte (1920) With J. McFadyean & T. Edgington discovered African horse sickness virus, the first orbivirus known (1900) With J. Spruell demonstred that bluetongue of sheep was a virosis (1902-6) Discovered a very simple and effective method of vaccination for bluetongue of sheep (found that subinoculating the virus from sheep to sheep) (1907) Described an infectious foot disease in sheep DESCRIBED PARASITES Discovered Trypanosoma theileri (1902) and Spirochaeta theileri described by others researchers Genus Anaplasma 1909 Species Anaplasma marginale (1909), the first rickettsial pathogen known Parabotulinus bovis (1927) with Robinson Parabotulinus equi 1927 with Robinson Theileria mutans 1906 Hartertia gallinarum 1919 OTHERS Proved the link between poisonous plant species like Senecio, Crotalaria, Pachystigma, Geigeria and Vangueria sp. and cattle diseases Developed a remedy for treatment of wireworm and other worm infections (1912) Devised a vat-side arsenic tester Un nouveau medicament pour le traitement des piroplasmoses. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 23:506, 1930 First to assert that the nutritive requirements of the ruminants are quite different from the omnivores and carnivores With Henry H. Green & Philip Rudolph Viljoen. Contribution to the study of deficiency disease with special reference to the Lamziekte problem in South Africa, Union of South Africa (1915) Clarified the aetiology, histopathology and nomenclature of bone lesions besides defining rickets, osteomalacia and osteodystrophia fibrosa Untersuchungen uber den Bau normaler and durch calcium-and phosphorarme Nahrung veranderter Rinderknochen (1932) HONORS / EPONYMS Theilera E.P. Phillips 1936 (Campanulaceae) Theileria Bettencourt, França & Borges 1907 (Protozoa) Theilerization, consisting of infection with virus from an animal naturally affected and the subsequent intravenous injection of trypanblue or ichthargan