Scaglia family
Lorenzo Scaglia, Italian-born Argentine collector (Alfianello, Lombardia, Brescia Province 1877 – Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province 14 July 1954) Collected a relevant amount of fossil objects as well as archaeological pieces that comprise the foundation of Mar del Plata Museum of Natural History His son, Galileo Juan Scaglia, Argentine paleontologist (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province 1915 – Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province 06 June 1989) Discovered new fossil species of reptiles, mammalian and birds such as genera Pisanosaurus 1957 and Saurosuchus 1962 Authored Resultado de las excursiones efectuadas ultimadas por el Museo de Mar del Plata. Rev. Mus. Munic. Nat. Trab. 1(1):6-7, 1952 HONORS (Fossil Mammalia) Galileomys Vucetich & Kramarz 2003 Cholomys Reig 1980 Scaglia Simpson 1957
Sawai Jai Singh
Sawai Jai Singh II, Indian monarch and astronomer (1686 – 1743) Ruler of Rajput State of Amber (1669-1743) Designed and made some astronomical instruments Samrat Yantra, a gnomon for charting motion of the Sun’s shadow Ram Yantra, for obtaining the altitude and azimuth of planets Raj Yantra, a kind of astrolabe Jai Prakash Yantra, for mapping the position of heavenly bodies Digamsa Yantra, for azimuth measurement Nari Valaya Yantra, a cylindrical dial to measure day time and for the equinoxes Dakshinovvitti Yantra, a mural quadrant Shasthiamsa Yantra, a form of meridian circle Misra Yantra, aided to give the comparative time at different places
Satya Sadhan Sarkar
Satya Sadhan Sarkar, Indian geologist and paleontologist (Howrah, West Bengal State 01 November 1920- DESCRIBED AMMONITE GENERA Balearites 1954 Binelliceras 1977 Dissimilites 1954 Emericiceras 1954 Escragnolleites 1954 Jaubertites 1954 Paraspinoceras 1955 Moutoniceras 1954 Protacrioceras 1955 Spathicriceras 1954 Described at least 34 new species HONORS Sarkariceras Vermelen 2006 (Ammonita)
Satya Narayan Singh
Satya Narayan Singh, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist (Hyderabad 31 August 1911- Hyderabad 08 April 1982) DESCRIBED NEMATODA GENERA Buckleynema 1954 with Ali Leipernema 1976 Shorttia 1977 Velanocephalus 1958 HONORS Satyanarayanotrema Simha & Chattopadhyaya 1980 (Trematoda) Satyanarayana Khan 1984 (Cestoda) Singhiatrema Simha 1954 (Trematoda)
Santos Soriano
J. Santos Soriano, Italian-born Argentine microbiologist (Potenza, Basilicata 10 October 1899 – Buenos Aires 17 July 1983) NEW BACTERIA With N. Walker. Isolation of ammonia-oxidizing autotrophic bacteria. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 31(4):493-7, 1968 With A. Soriano. Nueva bacteria anaeróbia productora de una alteración en sardinas envasadas. Rev. Asoc. Argent. Dietol. 6:36-41, 1948 Described the genus Flexibacter and the order Flexibacteriales in Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales. Cien. Invest. 1:92-3, 1945 A new anaerobic bacillus which ret flax. Rev. Invest. Bact. Dept. Nac. Hig. 5:741, 1930 DEVELOPED METHODS Simplified methods for soil microbiological analysis. Rev. Biol du Sol (1968) Metodo para la determinación cuantitativa de microorganismos del suelo (1965) Metodo para el aislamiento de las bacterias del aroma de la manteca. Rev. Arg. Agron. (1943) Metodo para obtención y observación de filamentos en las levuras no esporuladas. Folia Biol. Nob. 83-4:354-8, 1938 Estudio microbiologico del proceso de fermentación de la chicha (1938) Dispositivo sencillo para micromanipulación. Folia Biologica 46-9:205-10, 1935 Metodo de observación direta de la microflora y microfauna del suelo en camera humeda. Rev. Arg. Agron. 1:39-48, 1934 With M.J. Amor Asunción & E. Dellepiane. A microbiological method for the study of nutrient defficiencies in the soil With M.J. Amor Asunción & E. Dellepiane. Metodo de analisis microbiologico cuantitativo del suelo em relación com su fertilidad Metodo de aislamiento y posición sistematica de las bacterias flexibles de la celulosa Procedimiento simple de manipulación OTHERS On the presence of Azotobacter agilis in America. Science 89 (2320):563-4, 1939
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani organic chemist (Subeha, Barabanki District 19 October 1897 – Karachi 14 April 1994) Authored over 400 scientific papers Isolated alkaloids as ajmaline, ajmalinine, ajmalicine, isoajmaline, neoajmaline, serpentine and serpentinine from Rauwolfia serpentina many of these used worldwide in the treatment of mental disorder and cardiovascular ailments Discovered and isolated a number of antibacterial compounds from various parts of the neem (Azadirachta indica) and other plants Extracted nimbin, nimbinin and nimbidin from neem oil displaying medicinal properties (1942) Isolated 6 new crystalline bases from Holarrhena anti-dysenterica Reported harmine, harmidine, harmol, harmidol, tetrahydroharmine and amino-tetrahydroharmin from Peganum harmala Isolated the catechol derivative bhilawanol (1931) from bhilawan (Semecarpus anacardium) Isolated and reported the structure of triterpenoids nimolicine, nimoline and 17-hydroxyazadiradione (1972) Isolated chaksine and isochaksine from Cassia absus L., the first alkaloids carrying a monoterpenic nucleus Held 50 patents (chemical compounds) HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Frankfurt University (1958)