José Antonio de la Ossa

José Antonio de La Ossa, Cuban botanist (La Habana ? – 1829) Described the valid genus Pinillosia 1836 (Asteraceae) HONORS Ossaea De Candolle (DC) 1828 (Melastomataceae)

Joseph O’Neil

Joseph A. O’Neil, English-born South African missionary and entomologist (London 23 October 1867 – Harare, Zimbabwe 10 May 1952) Collected new insect species such as Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Arachnida Described two butterfly species Acraea ruperti 1919 & Acraea swynnertoni 1919 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Entomology The Carabidae of Salisbury, Mashonaland. S.Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 2(1):52-72, 1920 Notes on some Rhodesian moths of the family Saturniidae and their larvae. Ann. Durban Museum 2:149-68, 1919 The Acraeas of Southern Rhodesia. Proceed. Trans. Rhod. Scient. Assoc. 17(2):25-65, 1919 The Hawkmoths of Mashonaland. Rhod. Agr. J. 15:158-68, 1918-9 The Emperor Moths of Southern Rhodesia. Rhod. Agr. J. 14:47, 1917 Others A shona grammar: Zezuru district (1935) The natives of S-W Matabeleland and some of their religious customs. Proceed. Rhodesia Scient. Assoc. 19:3, 1920 A grammar of the Sindebele district of Zulu (1913) Habits and customs of the natives of Mangwe District, South Matabeleland, Zambesi. Miss. Record 4:106-13, 187-94, 235-8, 267-74, 1910-1 A phrase book in English and Sindebele, with a full vocabulary and a list of wild animals, birds and reptiles (1909) HONORS Oneila Peringuey 1899 (Coleoptera) Oneilella Cameron 1904 (Hymenoptera) Oneiliana Prout 1922 (Lepidoptera)

Jose Oca Balda

José Antonio Oca Balda, Argentine Navy officer and hydrographer (Santo Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province 15 April 1887 – Buenos Aires 09 May 1939) INVENTIONS/PATENTS (18 in Argentina & USA) Torpedo controller with handle for dispersion Automated electric iron Stove with ambivalent source of power A combined heating system (1925) Alternated time controlled mechanism for irons US 1350933 Electric iron US 1366480 (1919) Time-controlled starting and stopping mechanism US 1368828A (1919) Time-controlled electric heater US 1371184A (1919) Electric heating system US 1369702 (1920)

Jose Maria Orensanz

José María (Lobo) Orensanz Barreiro, Argentine marine biologist (Mar del Plata 09 October 1945 – 05 January 2015) DESCRIBED VALID POLYCHAETA TAXA Genera Abyssoninoe 1990 Lumbrinerides 1973 Lumbrineriopsis 1973 Mammiphitime 1990 Pettiboneia 1973 Pinniphitime 1990 Pleijelius 2006 with Salazar Vallejo Species Arabella protomutans 1990 Australonuphis casamiquelorum 1974 Chaetozone larae 2017 with Elias & Rivero Cossura heterochaeta 1976 Drilonereis simplex 1974 Drilonereis viborita 1990 Eunice austropacifica 1990 Flabelligena erratica 1974 Glycinde henningi 2007 with Boeggemann Harmothoe madrynensis 2012 with Barnich & Fiege Hemipodus olivieri 1974 with Gianuca Hyalinoecia incubans 1990 Kinbergonuphis oligobranchiata 1974 Kirkegaardia morae 2017 with Elias & Rivero Leptoecia vivipara 1990 Lumbrinerides gesae 1973 Lumbrineris knipovichana 1973 Mammiphitime tridentata 1990 Marphysa galluccii 1990 Nothria anoculata 1974 Ophelina alata 2003 with Elias, Bremec & Lana Ophelina gaucha 2003 with Elias, Bremec & Lana Paleanotus intermedius 1972 Pettiboneia hartmanae 1990 Pettiboneia sanmatiensis 1973 Pinniphitime pinnognatha 1990 Pleijelius longae 2006 with Salazar Vallejo Scolelepis gaucha 1974 with Gianuca Sigalion cirrifer 1974 with Gianuca Travisia amadoi 2003 with Elias, Bremec & Lana HONORS Loboneris Carrrera-Parra 2006 (Anelida Polychaeta) LINKS revbiolmar.cl/resumenes/v504/504-397.pdf https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/479/47943353001.pdf

Jorge Olarte

Jorge Olarte Alvarez, Colombian-born Mexican microbiologist (Velez, Santander Department 28 February 1916 – 14 May 2005) Authored 151 papers With J.A. de La Torre & A. McWhorter identied and isolated Salmonella azteca (1956) With G. Varela & J. Zozaya described Salmonella mexicana 1942 and Aerobacter amigdalina 1943  Isolated and classified a number of Salmonella strains Established the scientific basis of oral hydration  With J. de La Torre & J. Larracilla. La vía oral para hidratación y correción del desequilíbrio hidroelectrolitico en enfermos de diarrea ambulatoriamente menores de dos años. Mem. IX Reun. Reglam. Asoc. Investig. Pediat. Cuernavaca (1956) Authored important researches about etiopathogeny of acute diarrhea New concepts on the etiopathogenesis of diarrhea. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant Mex. 33(3):595-606, 1976 New method of obtaining samples for coproculture. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. 9(5):537-40, 1952 Demonstration of the protein M in culture filtrates of hemolytic streptococci of group A. J. Immunol. 58(1):15-22, 1948  With M.A. de los Corvera & M.R. Castañeda. A new medium for the isolation of Brucella and Salmonella by blood culture. Bull. World Health Organ. 14(4):797, 1956 Papers in top journals With L.K. Pickering & H.L. Du Pont. Single-dose tetracicline therapy for shigellosis in adults. JAMA 239(9):853-4, 1978 With G. Varela. Transmission of Salmonella enteritidis by Pulex irritans and Ctenocephalus canis. Science 104(2692):104-5, 1946 With G. Varela. Salmonella isolated from human mesenteric lymph nodes. Science 99(2577):407-8, 1944  HONOURS Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who (1982)

Javier Ortiz de la Puente

Javier Ortiz de La Puente Denegri, Peruvian zoologist (Lima 15 April 1928 – Lima 18 October 1952) AUTHORED Estudio monografico de los quirópteros de Lima y alredores. Publ. Museo Hist. Nat. Javier Prado serie A 7:1-48, 1951 Los patos del Peru. Ser.Div.Cient. 4:3-20, 1952 MEMBERSHIP Member, American Society of Mammalogists (1950) HONORS Ortizia Roewer 1952 (Arachnida) Incaspiza ortizi Zimmer 1952 (Birds)