Gobind Singh Thapar
Gobind Singh Thapar, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist (Rawalpindi, Pakistan 15 November 1893 – 1984) Established a new classification of Acanthocephala Discovered the parasites of hump sore and Nazar granuloma of cattle DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA Genera Acanthogyrus 1927 (Acanthocephala) Alaeuris 1925 (Nematoda) Caballeroia 1960 (Digenea) Cotylogonoporum 1934 with Dayal (Trematoda) Echinopharynx 1925 (Nematoda) Exorchocoelium 1956 (Trematoda) Farzandia 1930 (Acanthocephala) Gomtia 1930 (Trematoda) Olveria 1946 with Sinha (Trematoda) Paradactylogyrus 1948 (Trematoda) Psilorchis 1935 with Lal (Trematoda) Rhynchotrema 1933 (Trematoda) Tremarhynchus 1933 (Trematoda) Veversia 1925 (Nematoda) Species Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus 1927 Alaeuris alaeuris 1925 Alaeuris iguanae 1925 Aprocta cylindrica 1925 Astiotrema indica 1933 Caballeroia indica 1960 Cercaria bukrailensis 1969 Cercaria ghailae 1969 Cercaria tuticorina 1964 Diplostomum indicum 1967 Diplostomum nurius 1968 Exorchocoelium indicum 1958 Gomtia piscicola 1930 Helicometra gurnardus 1934 with Dayal Indoplanorbis exustus 1969 Kiluluma africana 1924 Kiluluma brevicauda 1925 Kiluluma brevivaginata 1925 Kiluluma cylindrica 1925 Kiluluma goodeyi 1925 Kiluluma macdonaldi 1924 Kiluluma magma 1924 Kiluluma pachyderma 1924 Kiluluma rhinocerotis 1924 Kiluluma solitaria 1924 Leuresthicola dollfusi 1977 with Krishna & Gupta Lymnaea acuminata 1969 Mehdiella stylosa 1925 Monaxine caballeroi 1977 with Krishna & Gupta Monaxine hargisi 1977 with Krishna & Gupta Monaxine hazellei 1977 with Krishna & Gupta Monaxine pseudoscianae 1977 with Krishna & Gupta Olveria indica 1945 with Sinha Ommatobrephus folium 1929 with Ali Paradactylogyrus catlaius 1948 Pallisentis ophiocephali 1931 Pharyngodon hindlei 1925 Podocnematractis ortleppi 1925 Psilorchis indicus 1935 with Lal Rhabdochona hospeti 1950 Rhabdochona kashmirensis 1950 Sphaerostoma orfeum 1934 with Dayal Tremarhynchus indicus 1933 HONORS Thaparea Johri 1953 (Cestoda) Thaparia Ortlepp 1933 (Nematoda) Thapariella Srivastava 1955 (Trematoda) Thaparotrema Dayal & Gupta 1953 (Trematoda) Thaparocleidus Jain 1952 (Trematoda)
George Thottapilly
George Thottapilly, Indian / Nigerian plant geneticist and virologist (India 22 April 1941 – Nigeria 23 April 2012) DESCRIBED NEW PLANT VIRUSES With W.P. Qiu, J.S. Batten, J.N. Hughes & K-B. G. Scholthof. A new virus of maize in Nigeria: mild maize mottle virus. Plant Disease 83:302, 1999 With J.M. W. Van Lent, H.W. Rossel & O.P. Sehgal. Rottboellia yellow mottle virus, a new sobemovirus affecting Rottboellia cochinchinensis (itch grass) in Nigeria. Ann. Appl. Biol. 120:405-15, 1992 Untersuchungen über die beziehungen zwischen dem Erbsen Blattrollvirus und seinen vektoren sowie über ein neues pilz-und blattusüber tragbaresvirus der Erbse. Giessen (1968)
George Thorncroft
George Thorncroft, English-born South African botanist and merchant (Tunbridge Wells, Kent 22 May 1857 – Barberton, Transvaal 18 July 1934) Collected seeds of wild flowers and botanical specimens Corresponded with people and institutions all over the world Founding Member of Botanical Gardens at Durban SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Gerbera jamesonii Bolus – The Barberton Daisy. South African J. Science 30:237, 1933 Tree Euphorbias. Gardener’s Chronicle (1932) HONORS Thorncroftia N.E. Brown 1912 (Lamiaceae)
Gavino Trono
Gavino Cajulao Trono Jr., Philippine phycologist (Negros Ocidental 11 November 1931 – DESCRIBED VALID ALGAE SPECIES Avrainvillea hollenbergi 1972 Boodleopsis carolinensis 1972 Ceramium koronense 1972 Chlorodesmis dotyi 1972 Derbesia padinae 1972 Gracilaria manilaensis 1994 with Yamamoto Gracilaria sullivanii 1994 with Yamamoto Microdictyon mokilensis 1972 Sargassum abbottiae 1994 Sargassum balingasayense 1994 Sargassum bataanense 1994 Sargassum currimaoense 1994 Sargassum dotyi 1994 Sargassum ohnoi 1994 Sargassum samarense 1994 Sargassum sullivanii 1994 Sargassum umezaki 1994 Sargassum velasquezii 1994 Sargassum yoshidae 1994 Sphacelaria carolinensis 1972 Spirulina vaginata 1961 Spyridia velasquezii 1972 HONORS Tronoella Santiañez & Kogame 2017 (Phaeophyceae)
Feifan Tang
Feifan Tang, Chinese microbiologist (Liling County, Hunan Province 23 July 1897 – Beijing 30 September 1958) Demonstrated the histological nature of trachoma (1955) Demonstrated clinical manifestations and the morphological pictures of trachoma in monkeys (1955) With H.L. Chang, Y.T. Huang & K.C. Wong first to isolate and cultivate Chlamydia trachomatis the etiological agent of trachoma (1956) First observation of latent infection of herpes simplex Developed a series of different pore size acetate collodion membranes for determining the size of phages and viruses HONORS (Bacteria) Tangfeifania Liu, Li, Rooney, Du & Chen 2014 Feifantangia Zheng, Chen, Jiang & Yang 2015
Fanglan Tai
Fanglan Tai, Chinese mycologist and plant pathologist (1893 – 1973) Authored over 50 scientific papers Described about 80 new fungal species SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The phalloids of Nanjing (1982) Sylloge Fungorum Sinicorum (1979) A new species of Coleopuccinia with remarks on the genus. Act. Agr. 1:97-103, 1948 Uredinales of Western China. Farlow 3:95-139, 1947 Studies in the Geoglossaceae of Yunnan. Lloydia 7(2):146-62, 1944 With C.C. Cheo. Notes on Chinese Fungi. VIII. Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 3:53-74, 1937 A list of fungi hitherto known from China. Science Rep. Nat. Tsing Hua Univ. Series B 2:137-65 & 191-639, 1936-7 Sex-reaction linkage in Neurospora. Mycologia 28:24-30, 1936 Notes on Chinese Fungi. IV. Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 2:16-28, 1936 Two new species of Neurospora. Mycologia 27:328-30, 1935 Pear rust caused by Gymnosporangium haraeanum and its control. Nanking J. 3:143-52, 1933 With C.T. Wei. Notes on Chinese Fungi. II. Sinensia 3:93-130, 1932 HONORS Taifanglania Liang, Han & Chu 2009 (Fungi)