Anil Kumar Bhattacharya
Anil Kumar Bhattacharya, Indian statistician (01 April 1915 – 17 July 1996) Proposed a measure of similarity between two multinomial distributions (Bhattacharya coefficient) Defined a cosine metric for distance between distributions or measured the divergence between two probability distributions (Bhattacharya distance) On a measure of divergence between two statistical populations defined by their probability distributions. Bull. Cal. Math. Soc. 35:99-109, 1943 Established lower bounds to the variance of an unbiased estimator Introduced the concept of affinity between two laws of probability EPONYMY Bhattacharya affinity Bhattacharya bounds (1946) Bhattacharya centroid Bhattacharya clustering Bhattacharya matrix Cramer-Rao-Bhattacharya inequalities
Anibal Alves Bastos
Annibal Alves Bastos, Brazilian engineer and geologist (died Rio de Janeiro 04 August 1986) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Posição do carvão nacional no panorama econômico brasileiro. Bol. Geol. Metal. 21:92-155, 1960 Oil shale in Brazil in fuel and energy resources. Proceed. U. Nations Sci. Conf. Conservation and Utilization of Resources 3:62-4, 1951 Secção geológica de Cascavel a São João Batista. Relat. An. Dep. Nac. Prod. Min. Serv. Geol. Mineral. (1939) Alta Sorocabana. Relat. An. Dep. Nac. Prod. Min. Serv. Geol. Mineral. (1939) Exploração do rio Ivaí. Relat. An. Dep. Nac. Prod. Min. Serv. Geol. Mineral. (1936) With P. de Moura. Reconhecimentos geológicos no rio Maecuru. Relat. An. Dep. Nac. Prod. Min. Serv. Geol. Mineral. (1929) Estudos geológicos no Estado de Santa Catharina. Relat. An. Dep. Nac. Prod. Min. Serv. Geol. Mineral. (1929) With A.I. Erichsen. Geologia da folha de Barbacena. Bol. Ser. Geol. Estado Minas Gerais 25, 1927
Andrew Geddes Bain
Andrew Geddes Bain, Scottish-borm South African geologist, paleontologist and road engineer (Thurso, Caithness, Scotland May 1797 – Cape Town 20 October 1864) Discovered and collected a large amount of fossil mammal-like reptiles (synapsids) that proved later to be new species such as the first dicynodon Obtained the first substantial collection of invertebrate remains from the Bokkeveld Group Discovered and/or described the fossil plant species Archaeosigillaria caespitosa, Haplostigma irregularis & Schizoneura africana SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY On the geology of southern Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. London 7:175-232, 1845-56 Account of the geology of Namaqualand (1854) Geology of South Africa: reminiscences and anecdotes connected with the history of geology in South Africa. Eastern Prov. Mont. Mag. 1:7-20, 1857 Geology of South Africa. Eastern Prov. Mont. Mag. 1:396-407, 1857 HONORS Bainella Rennie 1930 (Trilobita) His son, Thomas Charles John Bain, South African road engineer, naturalist and archaeologist (Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape Province 29 September 1830 – Cape Town 29 September 1893) From maternal side was from Dutch and German ancestry Most known in his country as road engineer Authored scientific works Collected stone tools and other archaeological artifacts Gained some fame as fossil reptile hunter (honored in Bradysaurus bainii Seeley) Discovered 4 new species of the plant genus Stapelia (about 1875) Devised a technique for tracing and colouring rock paintings
Americo Braga
Américo de Souza Braga, Brazilian veterinarian (Santarém, Pará State 18 January 1889 – Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State 09 July 1947) Authored nearly 80 works, between them a four-tome book named Soros, Vacinas, Alérgenos e Imunógenos (1940-2), gaining international repercussion Developed a lipoidic vaccine for anthrax With V. Brazil. Da importância dos lipoides no preparo da vaccina contra o carbúnculo hemático. Bol. Inst. Vital Brazil 17:1-21, 1935 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With Affonso Fonseca. Noções sobre a tristeza parasitária dos bovinos (1923) Diagnóstico de uma doença no Estado do Espirito Santo. Bol. Soc. Bras. Med. Vet 1:3, 1924 With A. Fonseca. Boophilus microplus e sua possível secreção hemolytica, coagulante ou proteolytica. Bol. Soc. Bras. Med. Vet 3(1):14-26, 1927 With M. Alves de Souza. Coccidiose em cobaya. Rev. Zootechn. Vet. 17(1):11-14, 1931 Pachydermia papilomatosa intern inguinaris bei den Rindern. Rev. Zootechn. Vet. 17:228-32, 1931 With V. Brazil. Da importância dos lipoides no preparo da vaccina contra o carbúnculo hemático. Bol. Inst. Vital Brazil 17:1-21, 1935 Fälle Von rattenbisskrankheiten beim Hund. Bol. Soc. Bras. Med. Vet., 1937 Observações e pesquizas em torno da peste suína no Brasil. Bol. Inst. Vital Brazil 19:5-99, 1937 Aujeszkysche krankheit. Jahresb. Vet. 56:84, 1937 Notas Cyto-Biologicas. Bol. Inst. Vital Brazil 22, 1939 With Ascanio Faria. Neuro-histopatologia da cinomose dos cães de caça Etude hematologique et urologique de l’anaplasmose
Alwine Bertels
Alwine Bertels Psotka, Argentine micropalaeontologist (Rafaela, Santa Fe Province 10 January 1930 – 23 November 2001) Authored 65 publications between papers and books chapters DESCRIBED Fossil Ostracoda Subfamily Rocaleberidinae 1969 Genera Huantraiconella 1968 Neoveenia 1969 Rocaleberis 1969 Wichmannella 1969 Protocosta 1970 Harringtonia 1975 Frenguellicythere (with Martinez) 1999 Fossil Foraminifera Genus Hiltermannella 1971 HONORS Bertelsiana Rossi de Garcia & Proserpio 1980 (Fossil Ostracoda) Woman of Year, International Biographic Center, Cambridge (1992-3)
Alvino Braun
Alvino Bertholdo Braun, Brazilian jesuit, naturalist, folklorist and journalist (Estrela, Rio Grande do Sul State 21 September 1901 – Florianópolis 28 July 1964) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Estudo sobre as Phalloidea rio-grandenses (1932) Elementos de Mineralogia e Geologia Alguns dados sobre o relevo de Santa Catarina. Rev. Inst. Hist. Geogr. Santa Catarina 13:95-105, 1944 HONORS Brauniella Rick 1955 (Fungi)