Swissborn Agassiz immigrated to the United States in 1846 and became professor of natural history at the Lawrence Scientific School of...
Category : Scientists
Linus Pauling
Pioneer Researcher in Nuclear and Molecular Structure Pauling was born on February 28, 1901, in Portland, Oregon. He developed an...
Robert Oppenheimer
Head Scientist on First Atomic Bomb Project Born in New York City to a wealthy German immigrant family on April 22, 1904, Oppenheimer...
Barbara McClintock
Pioneer in Genetic Analysis Born on June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut, McClintock was an independent child who loved reading,...
James Clerk Maxwell
Founder of Modern Electrical Theory Clerk (pronounced “Clark”) was his family’s original name, but his father added...
Marcello Malpighi
Early Pioneer in Medical Research Malpighi was born on March 10, 1628, in Crevalcore, Italy. Little is known about his youth. He attended...
Antoni Van Pioneer Leeuwenhoek
Microscopist and Microbiologist Leeuwenhoek was born Antoni Thoniszoon on October 24, 1632, in Delft, Holland. He later took the surname...
Henri-Louis Le Châtelier
Originator of Le Châtelier’s Principle of Equilibrium Le Châtelier was born in Paris on October 8, 1850, into a family of...
Mary Leakey
Paleoanthropologist; Researcher of Early Human Ancestors Mary Leakey was born Mary Douglas Nicol in London on February 6, 1913. She...