Nelson Leandro Cerqueira
Nelson Leandro Cerqueira, Brazilian entomologist (Salvador 27 February 1901 – Manaus 24 June 1969) CONTRIBUTIONS Described the role of Phlebotominae diptera in leishmaniasis transmission Described mansonelliasis life cycle (1959-60) TECHNIQUES Developed Nelson Cerqueira mounting method for small insects and a fluid for this purpose Novo meio para a montagem de pequenos insetos em lâminas. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 39:37-41, 1943 DESCRIBED DIPTERA Genera/Subgenera Antunesmyia 1942 with Lane Apicomyia 1943 with Shannon Cheilosia (Chilomyia) with Shannon 1943 Cruzmyia 1942 with Lane Davismyia 1942 with Lane Johnbelkinia 1942 with Lane Limamyia 1942 with Lane Shannoniana 1942 with Lane Trichoprosopon 1942 with Lane Vonplessenia 1942 with Lane Species At least 69 new species HONORS Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel 1983 (Diptera)
Nathaniel Costes
Nathaniel Costes, French-born Chilean priest (1875 – 23 September 1924) Collector of mosses Authored Nomenclatura de los principales musgos de la Hoya de Marga-Marga (Quilpué – Provincia de Valparaiso). Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 130-2, 1921 Honored in genus Costesia Theriot 1917 (Musci)
N. Chandrasekharan Nair
Narayana Pillai Chandrasekharan Nair, Indian botanist (Perunna, Kerala 19 August 1927 – Described at least 43 new plant species Honored in genus Chandrasekharania V.J. Nair et al. 1982 (Poaceae)
Mukunda Murari Chakravarty
Mukunda Murari Chakravarty, Indian protozoologist (Mymensingh, today Bangladesh 04 October 1904 – Calcutta 28 June 1976) DESCRIBED TAXA Suborder Aseptatorina Superfamilies Porosporicae 1960 Gregarinicae 1960 Family Sphaerocystidae 1960 Genera Hyalosporina 1935 Mesnilium 1972 with Misra & Haldar Monoductus 1933 with Ray Quadruspinospora Sarkar 1969 HONORS (Protozoa) Chakravartiella Misra & Raychaudhury 1973 Mukundaella Sarkar 1981
Mischa Cotlar
Mischa Cotlar, Ukrainian-born Argentine mathematician (Sarny, Rivne Oblast Province 01 August 1913 – Buenos Aires 16 January 2007) His father, Ovsey Cotlar (1879-1952) is rembered in Lasker-Cotlar variant (chess) ACHIEVEMENTS Enunciated the transfer principle in modern ergodic theory and ergodic Hilbert transform (1955) Introduced the notion of quasi-orthogonality Introduced quasi-orthogonal lemma for self-adjoint operators known as Cotlar-Stein lemma (1955) With C. Sadosky introduced the concept of generalized Toeplitz kernels (1979) and the notion of algebraic scattering systems (1987) Introduced the notion of “total” EPONYMY Cotlar theorem Cotlar-Sadosky lifting theorem (1979) Cotlar-Sadosky extension theorem Cotlar-Sadosky algebraic scattering systems Cotlar inequalities Toeplitz-Krein-Cotlar triplets Cotlar decomposition LINKS http://www.emis.de/journals/BAMV/conten/vol1/vol1N1p75-83.pdf (in Spanish; contains bibliography)
Minchen Chow
Minchen Chow or Ming-zhen Zhou, Chinese paleontologist (Shanghai 09 November 1918 – 04 January 1996) Authored over 100 scientific papers and 5 monographs DESCRIBED FOSSIL VERTEBRATA GENERA Mammalia Altilambda 1978 with Wang Bahomys 1965 with Li Bemalambda 1973 with Chang, Wang & Ting 1973 Chailicyon 1975 Chungchienia 1963 Convallisodon 1978 with Qi Dissacusium 1977 with Zhang, Wang & Ding Eoentelodon 1958 Honanodon 1965 Hukoutherium 1973 with Chang, Wang & Ting Ilianodon 1961 with Xu Juxia 1964 with Chiu Klamelia 1984 with Rich Kuanchuanius 1963 Lambdopsalis 1978 with Qi Lantianius 1964 Liaotherium 1991 with Chen & Wang Linnania 1973 with Chang, Wang & Ting Lofochaius 1973 with Chang, Wang & Ting Lophoodon 1973 with Li & Chang Lunania 1957 Lushiamynodon 1965 with Xu Lushius 1961 Metacoryphodon 1982 with Qi Palasiodon 1977 with Zhang, Wang & Ting Paratriisodon 1959 Pastoralodon 1978 with Qi Plagiocristodon 1978 with Qi Prosarcodon 1984 with McKenna & Xue Radinskya 1989 with McKenna, Ting & Luo Rulengchia 1983 with Zhang Shuotherium 1982 with Rich Urtinotherium 1963 with Chiu Youngofiber 1978 with Li Yuodon 1973 with Chang, Wang & Ting Reptilia Chengyuchelys 1953 with Young Dianotitan 1974 with Chang & Ting Hsisosuchus 1953 with Young Isometremys 1962 with Yeh Lufengia 1959 with Hsu Paoteodon 1960 with Sun Sinaspideretes 1953 with Young Tienfuchelys 1953 with Young Pisces (with Chang) Chetungichthys 1974 Fuchunkiangia 1974 Huashia 1974 Neolepidotes 1977 Paralycoptera 1974 Pingolepis 1974 Yungkangichthys 1974 HONORS (Fossil Mammalia) Minchenella Zhang 1980 Mozomys Li, Setoguchi, Wang, Hu e Chang 2005