Lucas Kraglievich
Lucas Kraglievich, Argentine paleontologist and archaeologist (Balcarce, Buenos Aires Province 03 August 1886 – Buenos Aires 13 March 1932) From Croatian ancestry DESCRIBED FOSSIL VERTEBRATA TAXA (Incomplete list) Aves Families/Subfamilies 4 (Devincenziidae 1932) Genera/Subgenera 2 (Devincenzia 1932) Species/Subspecies 8 Mammalia Families/Subfamilies 24 (Hermosiorniidae 1932, Mesembriorniidae 1932 & Neoepiblemidae 1926) Genera/Subgenera 84 Species/Subspecies 240 HONORS Kraglievichia Castellanos 1927 (Fossil Mammalia)
Kizhakkedathu Mathai Kochummen
Kizhakkedathu Mathai Kochummen, Indian-born Malaysian forest botanist (Kerala, India 06 July 1931 – Kuala Lumpur 31 March 1999) Described 74 plant species and 17 varieties HONORS Kochummenia Wong 1984 (Rubiaceae) Kochummenaspis Takagi 2003 (Hemiptera)
Keng family
Yi Li Keng, Chinese botanist (1897 – 1975) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Others 1 supertribe, 3 subtribes and 3 series Valid Genera (Poaceae) Brachystachyum 1940 Stephanachne 1934 Species 212 being much of the them Poaceae plants HONORS (Poaceae) Kengia Packer 1960 Kengylia Yen & Yang 1990 His son, Po-Chieh Keng or Pai-Chieh Keng (originally Kwan-hou Keng), botanist (1917 – DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Others 2 supertribes, 8 subtribes, 1 tribe, 1 section and 4 series Valid Genera (Poaceae) Drepanostachyum 1983 Ferrocalamus 1982 with Hsueh Himalayacalamus 1983 Neomicrocalamus 1983 Yushania 1957 Species 43 being one of the them Fabaceae
Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan
Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, Indian physicist (Vizhupanoor Village, Ramnad District, Tamil Nadu 04 December 1898 – New Delhi 14 June 1961) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 135 papers Discovered with C.V. Raman and independently from Landsberg & Mandelshtam inelastic scattering of light or Raman effect With C.V. Raman. A new type of secondary radiation. Nature 31, 1928 Developed techniques for measuring the magnetic anisotropy of dia- and paramagnetic crystals Showed how the magnetic properties of many aromatic molecular crystals and of inorganic complexes reflect molecular anisotropies, bonding and crystal field effects Mapped the energy distribution of electrons in graphite crystals With A.B. Bhatia introduced a new formalism of treating the electrical potentials in metals and alloys popularized by Ziman many years later and known as Ziman formalism Obtained Krishnan-Bhatia formula on electron transport in alloys Developed Krishnan flip-angle method With B.C. Guha & S. Banerjee. Phil. Trans. Roy Soc. London A 231:235, 1933 Developed critical torque method for measuring of magnetic anisotropy of single crystals and built a very simple instrument for this purpose With S. Banerjee. Investigations on Magne-Crystallic Action. III. Further Studies on Organic Crystals. Phil. Trans. A 234:265-98, 1935 Solved the theoretical problem of correlating magnetic susceptibility and the anisotropies with those of their constituent ions or molecules With K. Lonsdale. Diamagnetic anisotropy of crystals in relation to their molecular structure. Proc. Roy. Soc. A 156:597-613, 1936 Developed a method of finding the molecular orientations in crystals of aromatic substances Discovered quasi 2 dimensional electron transport Discovered Landau diamagnetism in graphite HONORS Vice-President, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (1955-7) Physics Nobel Prize nominee
Kamal
Kamal, Indian mycologist (fl. 1965-2011) DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Genera Agarwalomyces 1987 with Verma Dwibahubeeja 1995 with Srivastava & Srivastava Eriocercosporella 1998 with Kumar & Rai Fuligomyces 1984 with Morgan-Jones Gonatophragmiella 1994 with Kumar & Rai Goosiella 1986 with Verma & Morgan-Jones Kameshwaromyces 1986 with Verma & Morgan-Jones Neopericonia 1983 with Rai & Morgan-Jones Paraaoria 1986 with Verma Parafulvia 1983 with Rai & Morgan-Jones Pseudochuppia 1984 with Rai & Morgan-Jones Vladracula 1986 with Cannon & Winter Species Over 110 HONORS Kamalomyces Verma, Sharma & Soni 2008 (Fungi)
Kailash Nath Kaul
Kailash Nath Kaul, Indian botanist, agronomist and horticulturist (12 February 1905 – 22 February 1983) DESCRIBED PLANT SPECIES With C. Fischer (1940) Chirita stolonifera Corydalis jigmei Corydalis zambuii Lasianthus wardii Leptodermis wardii Lonicera deleiensis Lonicera kingdonii With Whiting (1941) Salacia gambleana HONORS Kaulinia Nayar 1964 (Pteridophyta)