Agustin Ayala Castañares
Agustín Ayala-Castañares, Mexican micropaleontologist (Mazatlán, Sinaloa 28 August 1925 – 23 November 2005) First to use satellite technology applied to marine geology With F.B. Phleger. Processes and history of Terminos Lagoon, Mexico. Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 55(12):2130-40, 1971 DESCRIBED FOSSIL FORAMINIFERA TAXA Species Orbitoides villasensis 1963 with Seiglie Orbitolina morelensis 1960 Reophax encantoensis 1954 with Eternod & Castello Stomiosphaera cardiiformis 1962 with Seiglie Sulcoperculina diazi 1963 with Seiglie Sulcoperculina minima 1963 with Seiglie Subspecies Vaughnanina cubensis minor 1963 with Seiglie Vaughnanina cubensis globosa 1963 with Seiglie HONORS Associated Researcher, Scripps Institute, USA (from 1968) Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Bordeaux (1988) Life Member, Pacific Science and Technology Congress (PACON) 1992 Genus Ayalaina Seiglie 1960 (Fossil Foraminifera)
AFRICA
Ahmed Abdel-Rassoul, Egyptian radiochemist (Alexandria March 1929 – Developed analytical schemes based on nuclear activation Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey, Ghanaian mathematical physicist (Saltpond, Mfantsiman 09 August 1932 – Accra 02 November 2017) First to introduce electron hole scattering resonances effect on soft x-ray spectroscopy known as Allotey formalism or principle Proposed the use of carbon nanotubes as thermoelements for refrigeration With S.Y. Mensah, N.G.Mensah & G. Nkrumah. Giant electrical power factor in single-walled chiral carbon nanotube. Superlattices & Microstructures 33 (3):173-80, 2003 HONOURS Doctor Honoris Causa, Karlstad University, Sweden (2006) Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe, Ghanaian physician, anthropologist and writer (Keta, Volta Region 12 August 1913 – Hamburg 22 October 1953) Invented many herbal medicines including the Abochi drug used to cure guinea worm disease Physiology and Medicine Nobel Prize nominee (1948) Mahmoud Ibrahim Attia, Egyptian geologist (Cairo 10 February 1900 – ?) A new mode of occurrence of iron-ore deposits in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Bull. Inst. D’Egypt 31:49-68, 1949 Frank C. Batchelor, South African plant grower (1899 – 1977) Established the foundations of marketing protea cutflowers First to cultivate the blushing bride (Serruria florida) Owner of the first five protea cultivars recorded internationally (1974) such as Protea cv. Ivy and Leucospermum cv. Golden Star Developed interspecific hybrid Mars (1969) and created the first deep red pincushions Collected natural hybrids and use them for vegetative propagation for the first time HONORS Batcheloromyces Marasas, Van Wyk & Knox-Davies 1975 (Fungi) Riad Abdel Latif Bayoumi, Sudanese geneticist and biochemist (02 February 1943 – Authored over 70 research publications Performed genetic mapping of Joubert syndrome, hereditary spastic paraplegia and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia HONOURS Visiting Scientist, Danish Medical Research Council of Copenhagen University Hospital for his work on cyto-adherence of malaria parasitized erythrocytes (1993) Senior Visiting Scientist, World Health Organization for his work on use of recombinant DNA to study the genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum (1989) Daniel Adzei Bekoe, Ghanaian crystallographer (Ga East District, Greater Accra Region 07 September 1928 – Accra 05 September 2020) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R.A. Hulme. Structure of p-chlorbenzene iododichloride. Nature 177:1230, 1956 With K.N. Trueblood. The crystal structure of Tetracyanoethylene, Z. Krist. 113(1):1, 1960 With S.A. Adeoye. The molecular structure of Cedrela odorata. Substance B. Chem. Comm. 14:301-2, 1965 Alfred “Gogga” Brown, English-born South African paleontologist and archaeologist (Cirencester, Gloucestershire 26 April 1834 – Aliwal North District, Eastern Cape Province 29 June 1920) Amassed thousands of fossil specimens and archaeological artifacts being at least 22 new species of reptile fossils and 7 new species of fossil fishes 500 specimens of fossil flora from Burgersdorp Formation Amassed a huge collection of stone implements and excavated several caves Honored in Brownella Broom 1913 (Fossil Reptilia) www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=383 Samson Gombe, Kenyan veterinarian (Seme, Kisumu District 05 November 1938 – 04 February 1989) Published over 60 scientific papers Demonstrated that many factors such as malnutrition, mineral deficiencies, adverse environmental and parasitic infections impair reproduction by damaging certain areas of brain Turner Timinipre Isoun, Nigerian veterinary pathologist (Odi, Rivers State 02 September 1938 – SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY In vitro cultivation of Trypanosoma vivax isolated from cattle. Nature 251:513-4, 1974 The histopathology of experimental disease produced in mice infected with Trypanosoma vivax. Acta tropica 32(3):267-72, 1975 Pathologic and biochemical influences of a viral enteric infection in protein-calorie malnutrition in pigs. Thesis. Michigan State University (1970) Kamoya Kimeu, Kenyan fossil hunter (Machakos 1938 – Worked with the Leakey family Discovered the first skeleton of a Homo erectus (1984) Found the fossil remains of Turkanapithecus kalakoensis (1985) and Australopithecus anamensis (1994) HONORS Kamoyapithecus Leakey, Ungar & Walker 1995 (Fossil Mammalia) René Labusquiere, French physician in Africa (Saint Laurent des Combes, Gironde 26 September 1919 – Paris 22 September 1977) He was grandson of surgeon Jean Louis Faure and a relative of surgeon Paul Reclus Developed techniques for diagnostics and treatment adapted to mass actions Authored Santé Rurale et Médecine Preventive en Afrique Noire (1970) Sulaiman Botsende Lagundoye, Nigerian radiologist (Owo 13 October 1935 – Defined the radiological features of the abnormal hemoglobin disease Radiological features of sickle-cell anaemia and related heamoglobinopathies. Afr. J. Med. Sciences 1:315, 1970 With A.M. Agunloye & A.O. Adeyinka. Assessment of diaphragmatic levels on plain chest radiograph – a new approach. West Afr. J. Med. 25(4):258-61, 2006 Louis Gottlieb Meyer, German-born South African missionary and collector (near Kleine Marpe, Dettmold 16 October 1867 – Stellenbosch September 1958) Collected new species of plants and insects Honored in genus Meyerophytum Schwantes 1927 (Aizoaceae) His son, Helmut Ernst Meyer, horticulturalist (Komaggas, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province 08 November 1908 – 1995) First to successfully cultivate and grow Disa uniflora orchid species Produced numerous selections and hybrids Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat, writer and physician (Freetown 14 September 1924 – Cambridge, United Kingdom 20 September 1994) First to analyse the break down of insulin in the human body With L.F. Smith. Amino-acid sequence of human insulin. Nature 187:483-5, 1960 The biological activity of pure peptides obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of insulin. Biochem. J. 7:395-401, 1960 The biological activity of insulin derivatives. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 34:257-8, 1959 First African to be named fellow at either Cambridge or Oxford Universities (1957) John Henry Whaits, English-born South African clergyman and fossil collector (Bristol 13 April 1870 – Mossel Bay, Western Cape 13 January 1947) Collected new fossil species from South Africa Collected most of the well-preserved skulls of the herbivorous family Endothiodontidae known t the time With R. Broom authored On some new genera and species of dicynodont reptiles, with notes on a few others. Bull. AMNH 32 (1913) HONORS Moschowhaitsia Tatarinov 1963 (Fossil Reptilia)
Afranio do Amaral
Afranio Pompilio Bastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (Belém 12 January 1894 – São Paulo 29 November 1982) Gained world renown in herpetology and zoological nomenclature Created the term solenotodont for a kind of maxillary dentition in snakes Reported the first case of necrophilism among snakes in scientific literature Sobre um caso de necrofilia heteróloga na jararaca. Bol. Biol. 1(1):1-2, 1933 DESCRIBED VALID REPTILIA TAXA Genera Leptodrymus 1927 Drymoluber 1929 Uromacerina 1929 Anotosaura 1932 Colobodactylus 1932 Lioheterophis 1934 Mastigodryas 1934 Calamodontophis 1936 Species 46 Subspecies Bothrops neuwiedi bolivianus 1927 Crotalus durissus collilineatus 1926 Epicrates cenchria polylepis 1935 Erythrolamprus reginae macrosoma 1936 Liophis poecilogyrus amazonicus 1944 Mastigodryas bifossatus striatus 1931 Mastigodryas bifossatus triseriatus 1931 Spilotes pullatus argusiformis 1929 Spillotes pullatus maculatus 1929 Telescopus fallax cyprianus 1927 with Barbour HONORS Genus Amaralia Fowler 1954 (Pisces) John Scott Award for preparation of antivenins (1927) Invited Professor, Harvard University (1925-8)
Adeodato family
José Adeodato de Souza, Brazilian gynecologist and obstetrician (Cachoeira, Bahia State 12 December 1873 – Salvador 16 October 1930) Authored over 50 works Described Adeodato occult menstruation (1913) known as Pozzi obstructive amenorrhea or apparent amenorrhea too Modified ligamentous hysteropexy of Gilliam (Gilliam-Adeodato hysteropexy) José Adeodato de Souza Filho His son, José Adeodato de Souza Filho, gynecologist and obstetrician (Salvador 25 February 1907 – 07 August 1984) Authored over 100 papers plus 2 books and 4 theses Authored a classical work about trichomoniasis With A. Dourado. Trichomoniasis in female. Rev. Gynec. Et d’obst. 1:680-91, 1938 Developed the first vaccine for protozoan (trichomoniasis) Contribuição à terapêutica da tricomonose genital feminina. Vacinoterapia autógena na tricomonose. Rev. Gin. D’Obst. (1938) DEVELOPED NEW TECHNIQUES Open air pelvimetry Um novo método de pelvimetria (pelvimetria a céu aberto). Rev. Gyn. Obst. 31(5):351-7, 1937 A new technique for tubal sterilization Nova técnica de esterilização tubária (secção, sepultamento e cruzamento dos cotos). Rev. Ginec. Obst. 35(5):350-5, 1941 Adapted roentgenphotography to obstetric clinics Cadastro pelvigráfico pela roentgenfotografia. Rev. Gynec. et d’Obst. 46(7):502, 1952 An innovative technique for diagnosing placenta previa using a special kind of X rays Diagnóstico e tratamento da placenta prévia. Rev. de Gin. e d’Obst. (1954) LINKS http://www.fameb.ufba.br/filebrowser/download/91
Adem brothers
José Adem Chahin, Mexican mathematician (Tuxpan, Veracruz State 27 October 1921 – Ciudad de Mexico 14 February 1991) Son of Lebanese immigrants Developed formulae about Steenrod algebras worldwide known With S. Gitler & Y.K. Lam defined secondary operations Performed important contributions to immersion problem EPONYMY Adem relations Adem extension theorem (1952) Adem formula Adem phenomenon Adem-Cartan operads Adem-Cartan algebra His brother, Julián Adem Chahín, mathematician and geophysicist (Tuxpan, Veracruz State 08 Janeiro 1924 – Authored over 136 works Presented the first correct explanation of cyclones motion towards Northwest in North Hemisphere Series solution for the barotropic vorticity equation and its application in the study of atmospheric vortices. Tellus 8:364-72, 1956 Developed a thermodynamic climate model for climate prediction known as Adem model On the normal state of the troposphere-ocean continent system in the Northern Hemisphere. Geofis. Intern. 4:3-32, 1964 Developed Adem model for energy balance On the theory of the general circulation of the atmosphere. Tellus 14:102-115, 1962 A parametric method for computing the mean water budget of the atmosphere. Tellus 20:621-32, 1968 With E.E. Villanueva & V.M. Mendoza. A new method to estimate the seasonal cycle of the heat balance at the ocean surface, with special application to the Gulf of Mexico. Geofis. Internat. 32:21-4, 1993
Abreu Fialho family
José Antonio de Abreu Fialho, Brazilian ophthalmologist (Aracaju 20 January 1874 – Rio de Janeiro 17 March 1940) Authored over 200 works (many of them in German) Described an unique case in ophthalmology Ueber eine ausgedehnte luetische Erkrankung des Auges mit Mitbetheligung der Conjunctiva (1901) Proposed a trial frame Tratado de Ophtalmologia. Anomalias da refração ou defeitos ópticos do olho (1926) Developed Abreu Fialho method for treatment of detached retina Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Netzhautablösung. Klin. Mlbd. Augenheilk. 104:525-33, 1940 Modified the Prokhorow method for treating of ocular syphilis Tratamento da syphilis (ocular) pelo método de Prokhorow modificado. Gaz. Clin. (1906) His son, Sylvio Abreu Fialho, ophthalmologist (Rio de Janeiro 18 November 1904 – Rio de Janeiro 25 June 1977) Proposed spontaneous desiccation of cornea (popularized by Urrets Zavalia) Conservation de la cornée de cadavre par immersion du globe oculaire dans l’huille de paraffine maintenue a 4 ou 6°C. Ann. Ocul. 183:563-9, 1950 Authored works about ocular toxoplasmosis with good repercussion abroad Toxoplasmose ocular: contribuição ao estudo clínico e experimental. Thesis (1953) With Lydia Campos Paraguassu. Toxoplasmose ocular: humana e experimental (1964) Developed a lid retractor Lid retractor. 7th Pan-american Medical Congress (1945)