Vitoriano Paiva Castro
Vitoriano Paiva de Castro Neto, Brazilian orchidologist (Santos, São Paulo State 07 January 1942 – DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Valid Genera (with R. Chiron) Dungsia 2002 Pseudencyclia 2003 Hybrid Genera (with Chiron 2002) Hadrocattleya Hoffmanncattleya Hoffmanncyclia Microcattleya Sections 10 Species 102
Vireshwar Nath Capoor
Vireshwar Nath Capoor, Indian helminthologist and entomologist (1930 – 2006) With S.K. Malhotra & R.S. Chauhan. Introduction of a new formula for the assessment of a new ecological parameter: “Gastroparasitic index”. 5th Congr. Zool. Bhopal, p. 168, 1980 DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA Genera Barbusa 1975 with Srivastava Bengalotrema 1989 with Malhotra, Nanda, Mukherjee, Ghosh & Sukul Columbia 1966 with Srivastava Francolina 1987 with Sawada, Bhalya & Rastogi Gopalaia 1980 with Dixit & Rengaragu Humiditaenia 1986 with Bhalya Hymenocoelia 1966 with Srivastava Matiarensis 1986 with Dixit Ophryocotylus 1977 with Srivastava Sternolepis 1989 with Gautam, Rishi & Dixit Tortocephalus 1980 with Malhotra & Pundir Species About 60 new species HONORS Capooria Malhotra 1985 (Cestoda)
Vicente Cervantes
Vicente Cervantes Mendo, Spanish / Mexican botanist and pharmacist (Ledrada, Salamanca Province 17 February 1758 – Ciudad de Mexico 26 July 1829) DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA Genera Calibrachoa 1825 (Solanaceae) Castilla 1794 (Moraceae) Montanoa 1825 (Asteraceae) Section Mina 1824 (Convolvulaceae) Species About 50 HONORS Cervantesia Ruiz & Pavón 1794 (Cervantesiaceae)
Umberto Giuseppe Cordani
Umberto Giuseppe Cordani, Italian-born Brazilian geologist (Milano 17 May 1938 – Known internationally as expert on geochronology and isotopic geology Authored over 120 papers and 20 books and book chapters (14,200 citations and h-index 64 in according to Google Academics) Co-authored a paper with great repercussion that confirmed the geochronological correlation between Brazil and Africa continent With P.M. Hurley, G.C. Melcher, U.G. Cordani, J.R. Rand, K. Kawashita, P. Vandoros, W.H. Pinson & H.W. Fairbarn. Test of continental drift by means of radiometric ages. Science 157 (3788):495-500, 1967 With C.E. Ganade de Araújo. D. Rubatto, J. Hermann, R. Caby & M.A.S. Basei. Ediacaran 2,500 km-long synchronous deep continental subduction in the West Gondwana Orogen. Nature Comm. 5:5198,2014 HONOURS President, International Union of Geological Sciences (1988-92) Honorary Member, Geological Society of America (1988) Palmes Academiques, France (1999) Spendiarov Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences (2000) Ingerson Lecture, International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (2000) Foreign Member, Academie des Sciences de L’Institut de France (2009)
Tso-hsin Cheng
Tso-hsin Cheng or Zuoxin Zheng, Chinese ornithologist (Fuzhou, Changle County, Fujian Province 18 November 1906 – Beijing 27 June 1998) Authored 30 books, 20 monographs, 150 scientific papers and 260 popular articles DESCRIBED AVIAN SUBSPECIES Cyornis unicolor diaoluoensis 1981 with Yang & Lu Dendrocopos leucotos tangi 1956 Dendrocopos major wulashanicus 1975 with Xian, Zhang & Jiang Ficedula sapphira tienchuanensis 1964 Garrulax canorus mengliensis 1980 with Yang Garrulax courtoisi simaoensis 1982 with Tang Garrulax pectoralis pingi 1963 Lophura nycthemera omeiensis 1964 with Paradoxornis paradoxus taipaiensis 1973 with Lo & Chao Paradoxornis zappeyi erlangshanicus 1983 with Li & Zhang Passer rutilans batangensis 1963 with Tan Pomatorhinus ruficollis hunanensis 1974 Pteruthius ricketti lingshuiensis 1963 Sitta solangiae chienfengensis 1964 with Ting & Wang Tragopan caboti guangxiensis 1979 with Wu Treron sieboldii fopingensis 1973 with Tan & Sung
Trajano Augusto de Carvalho
Trajano Augusto de Carvalho, Brazilian naval engineer (Florianópolis 25 August 1830 – London 09 April 1898) Co-designed (with Samuda Brothers) battleships Riachuelo (1881) and Aquidaban (1883), whose models were copied in England and United States and were among the most advanced battleships in the world INVENTIONS An improved floating buoy or beacon. Mech.Mag. 1779:250, 1857 Conceived a new design for ship’s keel that provided minor resistance to movement (1868). He patented it in many European countries. It is said that British hydrodinamicist William Froude tested and approved the invention. The Trajano ship’s keel drew with prominence in Universal Fair of Wien (1873). Despite these facts the invention was forgotten some time after. With E.M. Tygna da Cunha patented immersed floaters obviating hydraulic foundations (1879) Invented a system of floating docks (1890), that he didn’t patented it. HONORS Medal of Merit, Wien Fair (1873)