Arthur William Heywood
Arthur William Heywood, English-born South African forester (Manchester, Lancashire July 1853 – Stellenbosch 1918) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Cape woods and forests (1886) Drift sands in the Division of Caledon and Bredasdorp (1893) Drift sands at Port Nolloth (1894) Sandstay grasses: Marram grass: Ammophila arundinacea. Agric. J. Cape Colony 15:342-3, 1894 Report on forestry in Basutoland to Government Secretary, Maseru (1908) HONORS Heywoodia Sim 1907 (Phyllanthaceae) LINKS WWW.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1289
Arthur Lewis Hall
Arthur Lewis Hall, English-born South African economic geologist, stratigrapher and petrologist (Birmingham, England 10 January 1872 – Pretoria 13 August 1955) Authored over 100 publications SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Analyses of rocks, minerals, ores, coal, soils and waters from Southern Africa. Memoir Geol. Survey S. Afr. 32, 1938 The Bushveld igneous complex, with special reference to the Eastern Transvaal (1929) With G.A.F. Molengraaff. The Vredefort Mountain land in the Southern Transvaal and the Northern Orange Free State (1925) Mineral resources of South Africa (1924) On the marundites and allied corundum bearing rocks in the Leysdorf district of the Eastern Transvaal (1923) Corundum in the northern and eastern Transvaal (1920) Mica in the Eastern Transvaal. Memoir Geol. Survey S. Africa 13, 1920 The geology of the country around Belfast. Geol. Surv. S. Africa (1918) The geology of Barberton gold mining district, including the adjoining portion of Northern Swaziland. Memoir S. Afr. Geol. Survey 9, 1918 Asbestos in the Union of South Africa (1918) The geology of the Murchison Range and district. Geol. Survey U. South Africa 6, 1912 The geology of Sekukuniland. Geol. Survey Pretoria (1911) With W. Humphrey. The geology of the country round Zeerust and Mafeking including the Malmani Goldfields and the lead and zinc deposits (1910) The geology of the Steelpoort River Valley. Ann. Rep. Transvaal Geol. Survey 139, 1910 The geology of Pilgrims rest gold mining district. Mem. Transv. Mines Dept 5, 1910 The geology of the country West and North-West of Lydenburg including West Sekukuniland. Rep. Geol. Surv. Transvaal p.53-72, 1909 On calcareous beds in the Pretoria series East of Potgietersrust and their metamorphism. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 12:10, 1909 On contact metamorphism in the Western Transvaal. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 12, 1909 With W. Humphrey. On the occurrence of chromite deposits along the southern and eastern margin of the Bushveld plutonic complex (1908) The geology of the country east of Potgietersrust, including the Marabastad gold field. Report Geol. Survey South Africa p.61-102, 1908 On contact metamorphism in the Pretoria series of the Lydenburg and Zoutpansberg districts. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 9, 1908 The geology of the country between Zerust and Zwartruggens. Ann. Rep. Geol. Survey Transvaal (1908) The geology of Pretoria and neighbourhood. Mem. Geol. Surv. Transvaal (1905) The geological survey of the North-Eastern portions of the Pretoria District, including the tin fields. Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Transvaal (1904) On the mica and corundum resources of the Union of South Africa The geology of the Haenertsburg goldfields and surrounding country The manganese deposits near Postmasburg, West of Kimberley
Armando Teodoro Hunziker
Armando Teodoro Hunziker, Argentine botanist (Chacabuco, Buenos Aires Province 29 August 1919 – Cordoba 12 December 2001) From Swiss descent Authored over 150 publications DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA 8 tribes, 3 subfamilies, 5 sub-tribes and 3 sections Genera Cuatresia 1977 Darcyanthus 2000 Eriolarynx 2000 Hawkesiophyton 1977 Houssayanthus 1978 Parodiodendron 1969 Plowmania 1986 with Sibils Schultesianthus 1977 Species, Subspecies & Varieties 74 species and 19 subspecies or varieties HONORS Hunzikeria D’Arcy 1976 (Solanaceae) His brother, Juan Hector Hunziker Landolt, plant cytogeneticist (Buenos Aires 26 August 1925 – Acassuso, Buenos Aires Province 17 March 2003) Authored over 150 papers Studied cytologically for the first time over 35 plant species DESCRIBED Larrea sect. Bifolium 1972 with Palacios Elytrigia tilcarensis 1966 HONOURS Biography included in International Marquis Who’s Who
Alphonse Richard Hoge
Alphonse Richard Hoge, Brazilian herpetologist (Cacequi, Rio Grande do Sul State 05 September 1912 – São Paulo 25 February 1982) From Belgian father Authored 113 herpetological papers DESCRIBED VALID REPTILIA TAXA Genera Ditaxodon 1958 Gloydius 1981 with Romano Gomesophis 1959 with Mertens Protobothrops 1983 with Romano Species Atropoides occiduus 1966 Bothrops brazili 1954 Bothrops marajoensis 1966 Bothrops moojeni 1966 Bothrops pradoi 1948 Bothrops sanctaecrucis 1966 Corallus cropanii 1953 Liophis mossoroensis 1973 with Lima Verde Lygophis paucidens 1953 Micrurus tricolor 1956 Oxyrhopus guibei 1977 with Romano Phalotris mertensis 1955 Psychosaura macrorhyncha 1946 Rhinocerophis fonsecai 1959 with Belluomini Trimeresurus brongersmai 1969 Subspecies Bothriopsis bilineata smaragdina 1966 Crotalus durissus marajoensis 1966 Crotalus durissus ruruima 1965 Dipsas indica petersi 1975 Hydrodynastes bicinctus schultzi 1966 Lachesis muta rhombeata 1978 with Romano HONORS Associate Researcher, Smithsonian Institute, Duke University & Michigan University BIBLIOGRAPHY Mem. Inst. Butantan 46:1-12, 1982 (complete bibliography)
Allen & Leda Hagler
Allen Norton Hagler, US-born Brazilian microbiologist and biochemist (22 April 1946 – METHODS With F.R. Novak & J.A.G. Almeida. Teste alternativo para detecção de coliformes fecais em leite humano pasteurizado. J. Bras. Ginecol. 108(10):339-45, 1999 With D.G. Ahearn. A rapid DBB method for detection of basidiomycetous yeasts. Int. J. System. Bacter. 31(2):204-8, 1981 TAXON Diplodascus starmeri 1997 with Phaff, Blue & Kurtzman BRAZILIAN PATENTS With N. Pereira Jr., M.I.M. Liberto, G.M. Valladares, M.C. Cabral, E.C. A. Eleutherio, D.I.A. Teixeira & J.M. Louzada. Processo para obtenção de etanol a partir de algas PI0819746-6 A2 (2008) With N. Pereira Jr., M.D. Pereira, M.I.M. Liberto, G.M. Valladares, M.C. Cabral, E.C. A. Eleutherio, D.I.A. Teixeira & J.M. Louzada. Processo para obtenção de etanol a partir de algas PI0704200-0 A2 (2007) HONOURS Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who (1995) His wife, Leda Cristina Santana Mendonça Hagler, Brazilian microbiologist, microbial ecologist and biotechnologist CONTRIBUTIONS With L.A.I. Azeredo, C.D. Cunha, A. Rosado, A. Macrae, D.M.G. Freire & G.L. Santanna Jr. New group-specific 16 SrDNA primers for monitoring foaming mycolata during saline waste-water treatment. Biotech. Letters (2006) With L.R.M. Estevão & R.S.V. Nascimento. Development of polyurethane antimicrobial composites using waste oil refinery catalyst. Ind. Engin. Chem. Res. 42:5950-3, 2003 With K. Smalla, N. Cresswell, A. Wolters & J.D.V. Elsas. Rapid DNA extraction protocol from soil for Polymerase Chain Reaction modified amplification. J. Appl. Bacter. 74:78-85, 1993 HONOURS Honorary Member, International Committee on Yeasts (2010) BOTH METHODS With M.V. Motta & F.V. Araújo. Meios para isolamento seletivo de Saccharomyces e outras leveduras fermentativas de ambientes tropicais. Resumos XVIII Congr. Bras. Microb. (1995) With F.V. Araújo & A.M.K. Costa. Proposta de classificação de aguas superficiais tropicais baseada nas contagens de coliformes fecais. Resumos III Encontro Nac. Microb. Ambiental (1990) A combined urease and DBB test to detect Basidiomycetous species. Resumos IX Congr. Lat. Am. Microb. & XII Congr. Bras. Microb. (1983) With R.B. Oliveira. Method for enumeration of yeasts on the surface of cashew and pink mango fruits. Resumos VIII Congr. Bras. Microb. (1977) TAXA (Yeasts) Candida amapae 1995 with Morais, Rosa & Meyer Candida middelhoveniana 2011 with Ribeiro, Carvalho, Cabral & Berbara Candida populi 1989 with Phaff Kazachstania bromeliacearum 2012 with Araújo, Rosa, Freitas, Lachance & Martini TAXA (References) With G.I. Naumov & E.S. Naumova. A new genetically isolated population of the Saccharomyces sensu stricto complex from Brazil. Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek 67(4):351-5, 1995 With G.A. Lemos, P. Valente & D. Pimentel. Characterization of Saccharomyces paradoxus and a new species of Saccharomyces from Brazilian ecosystems. Abstracts, VII Int. Symp. Microbial Ecology (1995) Desoxyribonucleic acid base composition of a new yeast species similar to Torulopsis maris. Resumos, XXVII Reun. Anual Soc. Bras. Progr. Ciencia (1976) New species of Torulopsis isolated from polluted seawater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Resumos, XXVIII Reun. Anual Soc. Bras. Progr. Ciencia (1975) HONORS Hagleromyces Sousa, Morais, Lachance & Rosa 2014 (Yeasts)
Alfonso Herrera (father & son)
Alfonso Luis Herrera López, Mexican naturalist (Ciudad de Mexico 03 July 1868 – Ciudad de Mexico 17 Setember 1942) Introduced the notion that the structure and functions of living beings could be explained physical and chemical laws based in Recueil de lois de la biologie générale Demonstrated the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds Authored Nociones de biologia (1904), translated into French as Notions de biologie et de plasmogenie comparées (1906) in which presented the theory of plasmogeny La Plasmogenia: nueva ciencia del origen de la vida (1932) A new theory of the origin and nature of life. Science 96:14, 1942 Proposed that physico-chemical properties of protoplasm can be simulated by chemical compounds Established the concept of chemical evolution (1910) before Melvin Calvin Used chemicals such as olive oil, sodium hydroxide, gasoline and thiocyanate for his studies about plasmogeny Obtained the sulphobes and colpoids, colloidal microstructures from mixture of ammonium sulphocyanide and formaldehyde (1897) First to synthesize amino acids in investigations about the origin of life Recreated a number of invertebrate animals using glass and crystal (such models were reproduced by Musée de Nancy, France) Catalogo de imitaciones en cristal de varios animals invertebrados del Museo Nacional (1897) NEW THEORIES With D. Vergara Lope. Nouvelle théorie de la respiration. Hématose et osmose des gase dissouts. La respiration de la tamise. Mem. Soc. Cient. A. Alzate 11:309 (1897-8) Nueva teoria biologica. La hidratación de los coloides en sus relaciones con el crecimiento y la patologia. Medicina (1921) Nueva teoria cosmogônica del proto-rayo. Estudios (Valencia) 13:27, 1935 OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS Described the structure and vocal use of the fonation apparatus in two vertebrate species Aparatos para fonación de la Ortalis vetula maccalli y en Pithuophis deppei. La Naturaleza 26(1):278, 1889 Developed a new method for studying the morphology Caracteres histologicos diferenciales de varias drogas indígenas. Nuevo método de estúdio de la morfologia. Aplicación a la hipotesis monística. El Estudio 4:152, 1891 Described a special kind of sensitivity Forma especial de sensibilidad observada en insectos decapitados. Mem. Soc. Cien. A. Alzate 5:225, 1891-2 Authored a theoretical proposition about the organization of natural history museums Les musées de l’avenir. Mem. Acad. Nac. Cien. Antonio Alzate 9:221, 1895 With D. Vergara Lope authored La vie sur les haut plateau. Influence de la pression barometrique sur la constitution et le développement des etres organismes (1899), for which received Hodgkin Medal from Smithsonian Institution Proposed a new system of biological nomenclature About a reform in nomenclature. Science 10:120-1, 1899 Nuevo insecticida. Bol. Com. Parasit. Agrícola 1(1):28-30, 1900 (a new insecticide) Developed a trap for moths Linterna para coger mariposillas cuyos gusanos son muy perjudiciales. Bol. Com. Parasitol. Agricola 25 (1905) Deduced that the light could be influenced by gravitational fields independently of Albert Einstein With M. Perez Amador. Estudio sobre algunos pontos de fisico-quimica. Mexico (1916) Discovered special organs on the orthopteran pads for sonic perception Organos receptors nas patas de los insectos. Mem. Ac. Cien. A. Alzate 53:41, 1932-3 HONOURS Member, Reale Accademia de Lincei of Rome Palmes Academiques de France Genus Herreraichthys Alvarado-Ortega, Brito, Porras Muzquiz e Mujica-Monroy 2016 (Fossil Pisces) His father, Alfonso Maria Ligorio Romualdo Francisco de Paula Herrera Fernandez de San Salvador, naturalist (Ciudad de Mexico 07 February 1838 – Cuautla, Morelos State 27 January 1901) With Gumersindo Mendoza described the valid Coleopteran species Pyrota quadrinervata 1866 and Lytta erythrothorax 1867 Nuevo procedimento para la preparación de los extractos sin la intervención del fuego (A new procedure for preparing extractions without the intervention of fire). Gac. Med. Mex. 2:200-4, 1866 Obtained the thevetose, active principle from seeds of Thevetia ovata Proposed the use of pulque as vehicle for administration of medicinal compounds and formulated preparations employing this beverage Developed antidyspeptic elixir that bears his name