Li Chi Hsu
Li Chi Hsu or Lizhi Xu, Chinese mathematician (Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province 23 September 1920 – Born Quanyong Xu ACHIEVEMENTS Extended Laplace asymptotic method to multiple integrals involving a large parameter (1948-51) Obtained a class of complete asymptotic expansions for the differences of zero Found a general asymptotic expansion formula for a wide class of oscillatory integrals (1958) First to offer a quantitative estimation for the first exponential formula of Hille With R.H. Wang formulated the method of multiplier enlargement in a very general form Obtained the square root iteration method with global convergence (reported in 1964; published in 1973) With Y.S. Zhou, R.H. Wang, T.X. He & J.X. Yang developed a general process for the construction of lowering dimensional expansions Established some general pairs of Moebius inversion formulae that are useful for finding solutions of VolterrA type integral equations Eponym of Gould-Hsu inversion pair LINKS https://sun.iwu.edu/~the/ProfessorHsu.pdf
Leopold Hainberger
Leopold Hainberger, Austrian-born Brazilian Catholic father and analytical chemist (Ulrichsberg 08 November 1908 – Rio de Janeiro 03 February 1988) DEVELOPED NEW METHODS With R.N. Damasceno a colorimetric method for vanadium With H.P. Henriques a new method for spectrophotometric determination of manganese at submicrogram scale With C. Martire a new sensitive and selective method for aluminium (1985) With S.T. Moreira & V. Cotsas a technique for determinations on lead (1977) With Feigl a spot-test for sodium dithionite With H. Ballczo a simple method for quantitative determination of iodide, bromide and chloride dissolved in one drop (1959) With A.L. Rebello a method of spectrophotometric determination of copper (1974) With G. Gryner a method for spectrophotometric determination of iron (II) in the presence of cobalt and nickel (1977) With S.F.T. Moreira a sensitive method of spectrophotometric determination of silver (1977) With W.O. Andrade a sensitive and selective method of spectrophotometric determination of molybdenum (1982) With S.J. Zundel a rapid and sensitive test for uranium (1964) With J. Nozaki. Empfindliche nitratbestimmung in Gewassern mit 2,7-diaminofluoren. Mikrochim. Acta 1:75-80, 1979 With E. Minzl. Studium und Anwendung eines neuen komplexes von kupfer mit Salicylsaure. Mikrochim. Acta 64:353-8, 1975 With M. Krizanova & A. Reis. Spectrometric determination of niobium with chloranilic acid. Z. Anal. Chem. 261(4-5):400, 1972 With S.C. Sanchez. The detection of thorium with alizarin S and its determination on the ring oven according to Weisz. Mikrochim. Acta 2:245-9, 1961 With F. Feigl. An Improved test for formaldehyde (1955) in Formaldehyde. Chem. Anal. 44(2):47-8, 1955
Kun Huang
Kun Huang, Chinese physicist (Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province 02 September 1919 – Beijing 06 July 2005) Authored over 50 papers and 5 books First to predict diffuse x-ray scattering due to crystal defects known as Huang scattering (proved in 1960s) Discovered the coupled vibratory modes between optical vibration and the electromagnetic field (concept of polariton) Proposed phenomenological equations to treat the long wavelength optical vibrations (Huang equations) Developed a theory of radiative and non-radiative multiphonon transition processes associated with lattice relaxation (Huang-Rhys factor) First to discover the coupled vibrations modes between optical vibration and the electromagnetic field With Max Born developed Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices Eponym of Huang-Pekar theory and Born-Huang approximation HONORS Asteroid Huangkun 48636
Kona Hanumantha Rao
Kona Hanumantha Rao, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist Authored about 370 papers DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA Genera Bullockrhynchus 1985 with Chandra & Shyamasundari (Acanthocephala) Elongoparorchis 1961 (Trematoda) Indoglomeritrema 1983 with Madhavi (Trematoda) Labriferoides 1962 with Ganapati & Lakshmana Rao (Digenea) Orchispirium 1970 with Madhavi (Trematoda) Penetrocephalus 1960 (Cestoda) Species About 110 HONORS Hanumantharaorhynchus Chandra 1983 (Acanthocephala)
Kenneth John Hayward
Kenneth John Hayward, English-born Argentine entomologist (Pitney village, Somerset, England 07 March 1891 – Tucumán 21 May 1972) Authored about 300 works DESCRIBED LEPIDOPTERA GENERA Adlerodea 1940 Alerema 1942 Ametron 1940 Auca 1953 Cobaloides 1938 Cordillana 1941 Evansiella 1948 Heringiana 1968 Mellana 1948 Neadopaea 1941 Nelia 1953 Neomaniola 1949 Neoxeniades 1938 Nyctelius 1948 Pampasatyrus 1953 Sea 1950 Selenisa 1968 Spinantenna 1953 Vistigma 1938 Species More than 300 HONORS Haywardiales Haedo Rossi 1964 (Coleoptera) Haywardius Cobos 1958 & Haywardinia Cobos 1965 (Coleoptera) Haywardina Aczel 1952 (Diptera) Haywardella Herrera 1966 (Lepidoptera)
Kelsey Harrison
Kelsey Atangamuerimo Harrison, Nigerian gynecologist and obstetrician (Abonnema, Rivers State 09 January 1933 – With A. Kadiri developed a simple technique and established the safety of treating gross anaemia by packed cell transfusion combined with ethacrynic acid (1970) First to show that anaemia in the mother impaired the growth of her baby in the womb, and that the correction of the anaemia during pregnancy led to catch-up growth of the baby Unraveled the influence of several haemoglobinopathies in pregnant women and their babies and how best to deal with them HONORS George Macdonald Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1987)