Heitor Medina
Heitor Segundo Guilherme Medina, Brazilian biochemist (Rio de Janeiro 21 November 1910 – Paraná State 20??) Son of Chilean immigrants Reported the first case of spontaneous leishmaniasis in guinea pigs and discovered Leishmania enrietti With J. Muniz. Estudos sobre leishmaniose. I. Primeiros casos de leishmaniose espontânea observados em cobaias. Arq. Biol. Tecnol. 1:39-74, 1946 DEVELOPED METHODS With C. Pereira a staining method for Leishmania in tissues (1945) Câmara de cultura para observação direta em microorganismos (1953) With M. Bacila. Diphasic medium for the culture of protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Arqu. Biol. Tecnol. (9-10): 1954 With T.L. Medina, N.L. Rodrigues & D.M. Nogueira. Método para estudo de absorção intestinal in vivo e in vitro. Rev. Farm. Bioquim. USP 13(2):381-9, 1975 With G. Seullner & T. Leprevost de Medina. Application of mercury and nitrite ions, Millon reagent (1849), for staining gross sections of the brain of the dog. Zentralbl. f. Veterin. Reihe C 14(3):262-8, 1985 With V.S. Queiroz & C.R.B. Mesquita. Método para o estudo dos efeitos produzidos por herbicidas heteroauxínicos clorofenoxiacéticos sobre os mecanismos da absorção intestinal e do transporte ativo. Arch. Vet. Science 3(1), 2004 Papers in Nature (with M. Bacila) Reversal by acetylcholine of the inhibition by thyroxin of oxidative phosphorylation on guinea pig heart sarcosomes. Nature 184:1066, 1959 The inhibition by phenothiazinic compounds of the 2,4-dinitrophenol effect on the respiration of heart muscle sarcosomes. Nature 194:547, 1962 HONORS Subgenus Mundinia Shaw, Camargo & Teixeira 2016 (Protozoa)
Hayk Mirzayans
Hayk Mirzayans, Iranian entomologist (Qazvin 1920 – 02 April 1999) From Armenian parents DESCRIBED ORTHOPTERA TAXA Genera Bienkonia 1971 with Dirsh Farsodecticus 1991 Neoparanothrotes 1991 Zagrosiella 1991 Species Conophyma pazukii 1991 Farsodecticus abaicus 1991 Neoparanothrotes borumandi 1990 Nephoptera dezfouliani 1972 with Morales Agacino Paulianiobia indica 1971 with Dirsh Zagrosiella moralesi 1991 HONORS Mirzayansus Dlabola 1979 (Hemiptera)
Haru Ram Mehra
Haru Ram Mehra, Indian helminthologist (died 1981) DESCRIBED TREMATODA TAXA Families Anchitrematidae 1935 Arnolidae 1962 Asymphylodoridae 1962 Encyclometridae 1931 Exotiidendridade 1935 Harmotrematidae 1962 Homalometridae 1962 Lampritrematidae 1962 Liliatrematidae 1963 Oesophagicolidae 1962 Phaneropsolidae 1935 Genera Bilorchis 1937 Coeuritrema 1933 Enterohaematotrema 1940 Exotidendrium 1935 Glossimetra 1937 Hemiorchis 1939 Lecithoporus 1935 Microderma 1931 Monticellius 1939 Muhlingina 1950 Natriodera 1937 Neocyathocotyle 1943 Neolepoderma 1937 Neopronocephalus 1932 Ophiorchis 1937 Paracercorchis 1932 with Bokhari Paramphistomacotyle 1980 Paratelorchis 1932 with Bokhari Plasmiorchis 1934 Platymetra 1931 Pleuropsolus 1933 Procreadium 1962 Ptyasiorchis 1937 Spinometra 1931 Staffordiella 1966 Telogonella 1928 with Negi Tremiorchis 1925 with Negi HONORS (Trematoda) Mehraformis Bhardwaj 1963 Mehrailla Srivastava 1939 Mehraorchis Srivastava 1939 Mehrastomum Saksena 1959 Mehratrema Srivastava 1939
Harold Walter Bell-Marley
Harold Walter Bell-Marley, English-born South African fisheries expert and entomological collector (Richmond, Surrey 1873 – Durban, Natal Province 27 January 1946) Collected new species of fishes, insects and mollusks SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Hunting the hump-back whale. The Zoologist. 4th series 13:201, 1913 Some notes on a luminous South African fulgorid insect (Rhinortha guttata Wlk.) together with a description of its parasitic lepidopterous larva. Zoologist p.281-91, 1913 An account of eggs collected on the Pongola River, Northern Zululand. Ostrich 4:49-62, 1933 Note on Abraxas grossulariata. Entomologist 26:219-20, HONORS Marleyia Distant 1909 (Hemiptera) Marleyimyia Hesse 1956 (Diptera) Marleyella Fowler (Pisces)
Hari Krishna Maheshwari
Hari Krishna Maheshwari, Indian paleobotanist (Aligarh 13 November 1938 – DESCRIBED NEW FOSSIL GENERA Sporae and pollen Carastriopollenites 1967 Cirrabaculisporites 1969 with Bose Cladaitina 1975 with Meyen Convertubisporites 1975 with Banerji Crookshankites 1984 with Jana Cyclopilisporites 1969 Gondwanipollenites 1968 with Bose Kagulubeites 1968 with Bose Lakhmavitriletes 1974 Maiturisporites 1975 with Banerji Noniasporites 1984 with Bajpai Pantiella 1975 with Banerji Parastriopollenites 1967 Pilasphaeridium 1969 Playfordiaspora 1975 with Banerji Properinopollenites 1974 Tiwariasporis 1967 with Kar Plantae Bengalia 1989 with Singh & Bajpai Birbalsahnia 1991 with Bajpai Glossotheca 1970 with Surange Gonophylloides 1967 Damudoxylon 1967 Lelstotheca 1972 Polyloboxylon 1962 Satsangia 1973 with Srivastava Veekaysinghia 1991 with Bajpai HONORS (Fossil Plantae) Maheshwariphyllum Srivastava 1992 Maheshwariopteris Bajpai 1992
Hans Merensky
Johannes (Hans) Merensky, South African mining engineer and prospector (Middelburg District, Mpumalanga Province 16 March 1871 – Duiwelskloof, Limpopo Province 21 October 1952) From German parents With Andries Lombaard and the brothers Schalk & Willem Schoeman discovered the Merensky Reef, the largest known platinum deposit in the world of this day (1924) How we discovered platinum. Mining Industry Mag. South Africa 1:265-6, 1925 Die neuentdeckten Platinfelder in mittleren Transvaal, und ihre wirtshaftliche Bedeutung. Berl. Z. Der. Deut. Geol. Ges. 78:296-314, 1926 Speculated that diamonds were associated with an oyster line formed by shells of fossil species Ostrea prismatica Warum Muessen die Diamant Vorkommen in der Sogenannten “river and oyster” linie bei Alexander Bay zum Teil Moeglichst Schnell Ausgearbeitet werden? (1927) Discovered one the world’s richest deposits of vermiculite near Phalarbowa (1928) Developed new methods of combating soil erosion SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The discovery of Namaqualand diamonds. S. Afr. Min. Engng. J. (1928-9) With P.A. Wagner. The diamond deposits on the coast of Little Namaqualand. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 31:1-41, 1928 Artesian water in Namaqualand. S. Afr. Min. Engng. J. 38(1898):627-8, 1928 How I found the richest diamond fields in the world. Mining Ind. Mag. Southern Africa 4:267-8, 1927 The platinum areas of Lydenburg. S. Afr. Min. Engng. J. 35:474-5, 1925 Report of Potgietersrust Platinum (1925) Geological observations in the Lace Diamond Mine known as Crown Diamond Mine. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 12:203, 1909 The rocks belonging to the area of Bushveld’s granite complex, in which tin may be expected with description of the deposits actually found. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 11:25-42, 1908 Diamanten in Diabasen. Zeitschr. f. Prakt. Geol. (1908) The origin of the river diamonds within the area of the Vaal. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 10:107-11, 1907 The gold deposit of the Murchison Range in the north-east Transvaal. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 8:42-6, 1905 The diamond deposits of Luderitzland, German South-west Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 12:13-23, 1905 Technical Report on the Premier Diamond Mine. South African Mining 2(2):582-4, 1904 Neue Zinnerzvorkommen in Transvaal. Zeitschr. f. Prakt. Geol. 12(12):409-11, 1904 Ore in the Transvaal. S. Afr. Mines (1904) HONORS Merenskyite Kingston 1966 (Mineral)