brother Leon
Joseph Sylvestre Sauget (Brother Leon), French-born Cuban botanist and father (Arbois, Jura 31 December 1871 – La Habana 20 November 1955) Described 100 plant species and 28 varieties HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Columbia (1927) Genus Saugetia Hitchcock & Chase 1917 (Poaceae)
Bertha Lutz
Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz, Brazilian herpetologist (São Paulo 02 August 1894 – Rio de Janeiro 19 September 1976) Daughter of physician and naturalist Adolpho Lutz DESCRIBED AMPHIBIA TAXA Family Eleutherodactylidae 1954 Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae 1954 Genus Paratelmatobius 1958 with Carvalho Species Aplastodiscus albosignatus 1938 with A. Lutz Aplastodiscus musicus 1949 Aplastodiscus perviridis 1950 Bokermannohyla claresignata 1939 with A. Lutz Cochranella ritae 1952 Crossodactylus grandis 1951 Dendropsophus meridianus 1954 Dendropsophus nahdereri 1963 with Bokermann Gastrotheca albolineata 1939 with A. Lutz Gastrotheca dunni 1977 Holoaden bradei 1958 Hypsiboas cipoensis 1968 Hypsiboas goianus 1968 Hypsiboas joaquini 1968 Hypsiboas secedens 1963 Ischnocnema gualteri 1974 Ischnocnema hoehnei 1958 Ischnocnema venancioi 1958 Paratelmatobius lutzii 1958 with Carvalho Paratelmatobius pictiventris 1958 Phyllomedusa ayeaye 1966 Phyllomedusa distincta 1950 Pristimantis carvalhoi 1952 Scinax alcatraz 1973 Scinax alter 1973 Scinax angrensis 1973 Scinax caldarum 1968 Scinax duartei 1951 Scinax flavoguttatus 1939 with A. Lutz Scinax humilis 1954 Scinax longilineus 1968 Scinax obtriangulatus 1973 Scinax perpusillus 1939 with A. Lutz Scinax trapicheiroi 1954 with A. Lutz Scinax v-signatus 1968 Sphaenorhynchus orophilus 1938 Sphaenorhynchus planicola 1938 HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Mills College, California, US Genus Berthasaura de Souza, Soares, Weinschutz, Wilner, Lopes, Araújo & Kellner 2021 (Fossil Reptilia)
Bernardo Liberman
Bernardo Liberman, Jewish Brazilian endocrinologist (193? – With B. Wajchenberg, E.R. Quintão & A.B. U. Cintra. Antagonism between adrenal steroids and parathyroid hormone. J. Clin. Endocrin. Metab. 25(12):1677-81, 1965 DESCRIBED NEW SYNDROMES & GENETIC MUTATIONS CAUSING DISEASES With R.A. Toledo, D.M. Lourenço Jr, F.L. Coutinho, S.P.A. Toledo, M.C.C. Machado et al. Novel MEN 1 germline mutations in Brazilian families with multiple endocrine neoplasia Type I. Clin. Endocr. 67(3):377-84, 2007 With J.L. Rocha, A. Moreira, F. Friedman, B.C. Silva & L. Marco. A novel polymorphism in the coding region of the vasopressin type 2 receptor gene. Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 30(4):443-5, 1997 With G. Medeiros Neto, C. Nogueira & C.K. Leite. Familial panhypopituitarism in a consanguineous family in Brazil: a novel type of genetic defect (1996) With M. Pinheiro, N. Freire-Maia, E. Chautard-Freire-Maia & L. Araujo AREDYLD: a syndrome combining an acrorenal field defect, ectodermal dysplasia, lipoatrophic diabetes, and other manifestations. Am J Med Genet. 16 (1): 29-33, 1983 With F.J. Modesto, C. Ventrella, S.D. Giannini, B.L. Wajchenberg & G. Hoxter. Lipoatrophic diabetes: a new variant characterized by tapeto-retinal degeneration, late onset, generalized lipoatrophy, insulin-resistant hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. Israel J. Med. Sciences 8(6):793, 1972
Beppo Levi
Beppo Levi, Jewish Italian/Argentine mathematician (Torino 14 May 1875 – Rosario, Santa Fe Province 28 August 1961) ACHIEVEMENTS Published more than 150 mathematical papers Proved monotone convergence theorem or Beppo Levi theorem (1906) Introduced the concept of functions classes Anticipated Ogg-Mazur conjecture by more than 60 years (1908) Discovered that angular points number of a continuous function is numerable Proved Picard-Simart theorem Invented a mathematical version of Berry antinomy First to investigate the structure of torsion group EPONYMY Beppo Levi lemma (1906) Beppo Levi inequality (1906) Beppo Levi spaces (integrable squares spaces) Beppo Levi functions Beppo Levi boundary condition Beppo Levi semi-norm Beppo Levi norm Beppo Levi property Beppo Levi approximation principle
Arno Lise
Arno Antonio Lise, Brazilian arachnologist (Canelas, Rio Grande do Sul State ?) fl.1961 DESCRIBED VALID ARACHNIDA TAXA Genera Amapalea 2006 with da Silva Caricelea 2007 with da Silva Nyetnops 2007 with Platnick Rejanellus 2005 Theriella 1996 with Braul Species 135 HONORS Arnoliseus Braul 2002 (Arachnida) LINKS www.wsc.nmbe.ch
Arnaldo López Miranda
Hermes Arnaldo López Miranda, Peruvian botanist (Ascope, La Libertad Department 26 June 1922 – Trujillo, La Libertad Department 07 May 2010) Authored over 46 publications Described about 15 new plant species HONORS Lopezmyxa Skvortzov 1972 (Xanthophyceae) Arnaldoa Cabrera 1962 (Asteraceae)