John Hewitt
John Hewitt, English-born South-African zoologist and archaeologist (Dronfield, nearby Sheffield, England 23 December 1880 – Grahamstown 04 August 1961) Described the Wilton culture With A.P. Stapleton reported the first account of Howiesons Poort Culture DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Mammalia Subspecies Pronolagus rupestris saundersiae 1927 Reptilia Genera Narudasia 1913 with Methuen Rhoptropella 1937 Species 40 valid species Amphibia Genera Anhydrophryne 1919 Arthroleptella 1926 Microbatrachella 1926 Natalobatrachus 1913 with Methuen Species About 20 Arachnida Genera Australoonops 1915 Daesiella 1934 Drassodella 1916 Hermachola 1915 Idiothele 1919 Karasbergia 1914 Muizenbergia 1915 Species At least 35 HONORS Hewittia Lessert 1928 (Arachnida) Hewittella Cameron 1906 (Hymenoptera)
John Barry Hawthorne
John Barry Hawthorne, South African geologist and entrepneur (Kimberley, Northern Cape Province 19 May 1934 – Scarborough, Cape Town 15 November 2018) Gave relevant contributions to kimberlite geology, diamond studies and upper mantle geology Showed that kimberlites were undoubtedly magmas With J.B. Dawson. Magmatic sedimentation and carbonatitic differentiation in kimberlite sills at Benfontein, South Africa. J. Geol. Soc. 129(1):61-85, 1973 With J.W. Harris, M.M. Osterveld & E. Wehmeyer. A classification scheme for diamond, and a comparative study of South African diamond characteristics. Phys. Chem. Earth 9:765-83, 1975 Proposed the composite geological model for many southern African pipes Model of a kimberlite pipe. Phys. Chem. Earth 9:1-15, 1975 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With C.R. Clement, J.W. Harris & D.N. Robinson. The DeBeers kimberlite pipe – a historic South African diamond mine. Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa. Geol. Soc. South Afr. 2:2193-2214, 1986 With J.W. Harris & M.M. Osterveld. A comparison of diamond characteristics from the DeBeers Pool mines, Kimberley, South Africa. Ann. Sci. Univ. Clermont-Ferrand 2(74):1-13, 1984 With A.J. Carrington, C.R. Clement & E.M.W. Skinner. Geology of the Dokolwayo kimberlite and associated paleo-alluvial diamond deposits (1979) With J.W. Harris & M.M. Osterveld. Regional and local variations in the characteristics of diamonds from some Southern African kimberlites (1979) With C.R. Clement, E.M. Skinner, L. Klenjan & H.L. Allsopp. Precambrian ultramaffic dykes with kimberlite affinities in the Kimberley area. (1975) With J.B. Dawson. Intrusion features of some hypabyssal South African kimberlites. Bull. Volcan. 34 (3):740-57, 1970 Kimberlite sills. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 71:291-311, 1968 HONORS Hawthorneite Grey, Madsen & Haggerty 1987 (Mineral)
Jisheng Han
Ji-sheng Han, Chinese neurophysiologist (Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province 28 July 1928 – Authored over 400 scientific papers Discovered that serotonin (5-HT) and opioid peptides are the two main chemical substances mediating acupuncture analgesic effect First to find the functional balance between opioid peptides and the anti-opioid peptides that determines the efficacy of acupuncture analgesia in different individuals Discovered that the most important determination of acupuncture effect is the frequency of impulses transmitted along the nerve fibers from periphery to central nervous system Invented Han’s acupoint nerve stimulator (HANS) used to treat neurological disorders and pain LINKS http://www.han-institute.com/founders/dr-ji-sheng-han/
Jacques Huber
Jacques E. Huber, Swiss-born Brazilian botanist and phycologist (Schleitheim District, Schaffhausen Canton 13 October 1867 – Belém do Pará 18 February 1914) DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE GENERA Browneopsis 1906 Chaetosiphon 1893 (Algae) Euxylophora 1910 Gonatoblaste 1892 (Algae) Humirianthera 1915 Nealchornea 1913 Sigmatanthus 1978 HONORS Huberiella O’Kelly, Wysor, Bellows & Brown 2005 (Chlorophyceae) Jacqueshuberia Ducke 1922 (Fabaceae) Huberodendron Ducke 1935 (Bombacaceae)
Ismail Saleh Hilmy
Ismail Saleh Hilmy, Egyptian parasitologist and helminthologist (fl.1916-54) DESCRIBED HELMINTHES TAXA Genera Jardugia 1929 with Southwell Solenorchis 1949 Species Baerietta janicki 1936 Cyclorchida fuhrmanni 1936 Hilmylepis nagatyi 1936 Hymenolepis cholodkovskii 1936 Jardugia paradoxa 1929 with Southwell Ophiotaenia meggitti 1936 Ophiotaenia nybelini 1936 Paruterina southwelli 1936 Patagifer skrjabinii 1949 Phyllobothrium microsomum 1929 with Southwell Raillietina khalili 1936 Raillietina vogeli 1936 Solenorchis baeri 1949 Solenorchis gohari 1949 Solenorchis naguibmahfouzi 1949 Solenorchis travassosi 1949 Staphylocystis fuelleborni 1936 Staphylocystis loosi 1936 Stomylotrema ali-ibrahimi 1949 Vampirolepis fulleborni 1936 Vampirolepis khalii 1936 HONORS Hilmylepis Skrjabin & Mathevossian 1942 (Cestoda)
Hsen Hsu Hu
Hsen Hsu Hu (Xiansu Hu), Chinese botanist (Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 24 May 1894 – Beijing 16 July 1968) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Family Toricelliaceae 1934 Valid Genera Amesiodendron 1936 Metasequoia 1948 with Cheng Neofinetia 1925 Nothotsuga 1928 Rehderodendron 1935 Sinojackia 1928 Sinojohnstonia 1936 Species About 360 HONORS Huodendron Rehder 1935 (Styracaceae) Huigobio Fang 1938 (Pisces)