Magdalena Smith-Meyer
Magdalena Kathrina Petronella Smith-Meyer, South African acarologist (Leeudoringstad, North West Province 09 October 1931 – Pretoria 21 October 2004) Authored An articial rearing medium for acarid mites. J. Ent. Soc. S.Afr. 29:199, 1967 Developed several techniques for the collection of mites DESCRIBED ACARI GENERA Adenocolus 1997 with Ueckermann Aequsomatus 1995 with Ueckermann Africus 1995 with Ueckermann Afrolinotus 1997 with Ueckermann Afromerus 1990 Afronobia 1974 Afronychus 1979 Anoplopalpus 1997 with Ueckermann Brevinychus 1974 Bryocopsis 1974 Capedulia 1979 Coleacarus 1979 Costarectus 1995 with Ueckermann Dolichonobia 1974 Duplanychus 1974 Edella 1974 Evertella 1987 Krugeria 1979 Marainobia 1974 Myxonychus 1960 with Ryke Namadia 1987 with Ueckermann Naudea 1965 with Rodrigues Neilstigmaeus 1995 with Gerson Neserella 1989 with Ueckermann Paranandia 1987 with Ueckermann Parapetrobia 1959 with Ryke Peltanobia 1974 Peltasellus 1984 with Ueckermann Pilonychiopus 1969 Porosus 1995 with Ueckermann Pyelotus 1992 Quintalitus 1989 Sacotydeus 1970 with Theron & Ryke Scoletoptus 1992 Stigmalychus 1971 with Theron & Ryke Tergilatus 1995 with Ueckermann Toronobia 1987 Species More than 700 new species being 181 with E. Ueckermann HONORS (Acari) Meyernychus Mitrofanov 1977 Meyeraepalpus Smiley-Frost & Gerson 1996 Meyerella Baker 1968 Magdalena Baker & Tuttle 1994 Subgenus Meyerius Van der Merwe 1968
Maankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Maankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, Indian agronomist and plant geneticist (Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu State 07 August 1925 – Chennai, Tamil Nadu State 28 September 2023) Recognized as a world leader on resources conservation and agriculture Authored 254 papers Presented a new concept of the species relationship within the tuber-bearing Solanum in his PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1952) Found genetic relationships between a number of wheat and rice strains Elucidated the role of infection in heredity Standardized techniques for overcoming interspecific incompatibility barriers Showed the potato as an autotetraploid With N.E. Borlaug developed rice and wheat varieties Played a role in the development of the world’s first high-yielding basmati Authored 12 papers in Nature HONOURS Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1986) World Food Prize (1987) Genus Swaminathania Loganathan & Nair 2004 (Bacteria)
M.V. Arunachala Sastry
Munikoti Venkatesaiah Arunachala Sastry, Indian paleontologist and stratigrapher (Bangalore 23 November 1922 – 31 October 2005) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Foraminifera Species Ammodiscus uttaturensis 1960 with Sastri Anomalina indica 1960 with Sastri Halophragmoides glaessnerai 1966 with Sastri Lenticulina raoi 1966 with Sastri Praeglobotruncana blanfordiana 1972 with Mamgain Praeglobotruncana kallakkudiensis 1972 with Mamgain Rectogumbelina nagappai 1966 with Sastri Vaginulina delicatula 1966 with Sastri Valvulineria ramaraoi 1966 with Sastri Ostracoda (with Mamgain 1972) Aysegulina indica Brachycythere indiana Brachycythere pallakaveriensis Brachycythere punctata Brachycythere sillakkudiensis Bythocypris dentifera Bythocypris naraiyurensis Cythereis indiana Cythereis kattuppirangiyamensis Cythereis reticulata Cytherella kallarensis Cytherelloidea naraiyurensis Cytherelloidea sillakkudiensis Cytherelloidea tricarinata Haplocytheridea nallampattuensis Loxoconcha indiana Loxoconcha sillakkudiensis Macrocypris elongata Paracyprideis chokkanathapuramensis Veenia reticulata Cnidaria Calamophyllia miocenica 1955 with Sahni Calamophyllia quilonica 1955 with Sahni Mollusca Metoicoceras stoliczkai 1967 with Matsumoto Rhynchoteuthis wadiai 1965 with Mamgain & Rao HONORS Sastryiceras Chiplonkar, Ghare & Oka 1982 (Fossil Mollusca)
Luis Sodiro
Aloysius (Luis) Sodiro, Italian-born Equatorian Jesuit and botanist (Vicenza 29 May 1836 – Quito 15 May 1909) Described the section Polytrichia (1894), 743 plant species and 93 varieties HONORS Subg. Sodiroa Luer 1978 (Orchidaceae)
Luis Santaló
Lluis Antoni Santaló Sors, Spanish-born Argentine geometer (Girona, Catalunya 09 October 1911 – Buenos Aires 22 November 2001) Regarded internationally as founder of modern integral geometry and one of greatest geometers of the 20th century Authored over 150 papers Authored 25 books between them Vectores y Tensores (1961) and Integral Geometry and Geometric Probabilities (1976) Invited Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (1950) ACHIEVEMENTS With Chern regarded as founder of hyperbolic integral geometry Introduced kinetic density for sets of geodesies on two-dimensional surfaces Introduced affine unimodular invariant (1958) Obtained integral formulas for a two-dimensional Riemannian space of negative constant curvature Laid the mathematical foundations for the creation of stereology Introduced convex sets by horospheres Proposed a definition for absolute total curvatures of a Euclidean space closed subset Solved the problem of one-dimensional foliations in a Riemann variety CONTRIBUTIONS A new affine invariant plane and solid convex bodies. Math Notae 16:78-91, 1958 Some integral formulas and a definition of q-dimensional area for a set of points. Rev. Univ. Nac. Tucumán 7:271-82, 1950 An affine invariant for convex bodies in n-dimensional space. Portugaliae Math. 8:155-61, 1949 An affine invariant for closed convex plane curves. Math. Notae 8:103-11, 1948 Some integral formulas referring to convex bodies. Rev. Un. Mat. Arg. 12:78-87, 1946 A theorem on conformal mapping. Math. Notae 5:29-40, 1945 An integral formula concerning convex figures. Rev. Uni. Mat. Argentina 8:165-91, 1942 A theorem and an inequality referring to rectificable curves. Amer. J. Math. 63:635-44, 1941 A theorem on sets of parallelepipeds with parallel edges. Publ. Inst. Mat. Univ. Nac. Litoral 2:49-60, 1940 EPONYMY Blaschke-Santaló inequality Blaschke-Chern-Santaló theorem Santaló bodies Santaló conjecture on convex sets Santaló K point Santaló point of a function Santaló formula LINKS http://www.fceia.unr.edu.ar/secyt/apuntes/Santalo/Santalo.htm
Luis Sanchez Bulnes
Luis Sanchez Bulnes, Mexican ophthalmologist (1908 – ?) With A. Dalma. Surgical treatment of retinal detachment. New developments in the technique of radial scleral resections. Am.J. Ophthalmol. 61(5Pt2):1038-44, 1966 Developed the technique of radial scleral resections (1960) With S. Diez Gutierrez & A. Flores Hintz. The present status of surgery for retinal detachment. A new operative technique. Am. J. Ophthalm. 50:441-51, 1960 With R. Figueroa. Resection sclerale lamellaire radiculaire. Ar. As. P. Ev. Ceg. Mexico 2(1):271-88, 1957 Tecnica para la correción del ectropión senil. Arch. Ceguera Mexico 2:125-35, 1944 A new technique in the treatment of glaucoma (anterior combined cyclodyalisis). Anales Soc. Mex. Oft. Otorinol. 16:33-5, 1941