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Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

  • Sydney: January 8, 1936 celebration
  • Oxford: April 28, 2020 celebration
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Sydney: January 8, 1936  

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    Oxford: April 28, 2020  

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    1. ecology
     

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    1. University of Sydney
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Pawsey Medal (1967)
    2. Member of the Order of Merit (2002)
    3. Robert H. MacArthur Award (1984)
    4. Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
    5. Lord Lewis Prize
    6. Marsh Award for Conservation Biology (1991)
    7. Edgeworth David Medal (1968)
    8. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1991)
    9. Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics (2011)
    10. Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales
    11. Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics
    12. honorary doctor of Harvard University (2013)
    13. Companion of the Order of Australia (1998)
    14. Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1994)
    15. Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science (1991)
    16. Knight Bachelor
    17. Frink Medal (1995)
    18. Croonian Medal and Lecture (1985)
    19. Linnean Medal (1991)
    20. Fellow of the Royal Society (1979)
    21. Crafoord Prize in Biosciences (1996)
    22. Blue Planet Prize (2001)
    23. Copley Medal (2007)
    24. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
    25. Balzan Prize (1998)
     

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  • Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government (1936-2020) | Pawsey Medal (1967), Member of the Order of Merit (2002), Robert

1. Jack Andraka

  • Crownsville: January 8, 1997 celebration

American scientist, inventor and cancer researcher | North County High School, Stanford University | Crownsville: January 8, 1997 - August 10, 2016 | Jack

2. Rainer Kraft

  • Gräfelfing: January 8, 1974 celebration

German politician | University of Münster, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | Gräfelfing: January 8, 1974 - Moscow: December 4, 2014 | Rainer Kraft

3. Marianne Michel

  • Uccle: January 8, 1967 celebration

Belgian mathematician, Egyptologist and historian of mathematics | Université catholique de Louvain | Uccle: January 8, 1967 - Dubrovnik: March 1, 1647

4. Stephan Hoppe

  • Hanover: January 8, 1966 celebration

German art historian | University of Bonn, Free University Berlin, University of Cologne | Hanover: January 8, 1966 - Dresden: February 24, 2023 | Stephan

5. Romana Jordan Cizelj

  • Celje: January 8, 1966 celebration

Slovenian politician | University of Ljubljana, First Grammar School, Celje | Celje: January 8, 1966 - January 1, 1928 | Romana Jordan Cizelj | Celje: January

6. Lourdes Vega

  • Villanueva del Fresno: January 8, 1965 celebration

Spanish physicist and chemist | University of Southern California, University of Seville, Cornell University | Villanueva del Fresno: January 8, 1965 - Berlin

7. Oleg Bisikalo

  • Vinnytsia: January 8, 1964 celebration

researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-7607-1943 | Excellence in Education of Ukraine Badge, Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Honored

8. Roland Moed

  • Frankfurt: January 8, 1961 celebration

German author and painter | Frankfurt: January 8, 1961 - Barcelona: June 8, 2001 | Roland Moed | Frankfurt: January 8, 1961 - Barcelona: June 8, 2001

9. Takao Egawa

  • Tokyo: January 8, 1958 celebration

Japanese philosopher | Open University of Japan | Tokyo: January 8, 1958 - Basel: August 1, 1996 | Takao Egawa | Tokyo: January 8, 1958 - Basel: August 1, 1996

10. Ted Leonsis

  • Brooklyn: January 8, 1957 celebration

American businessman | Georgetown University, Brooklyn Technical High School, Lowell High School | Brooklyn: January 8, 1957 - Warsaw: May 27, 2000 | Ted

11. Sylvie Germain

  • Châteauroux: January 8, 1954 celebration

French writer | Prix Femina (1989), Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (2005), Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (2016), Louis Guilloux Prize (1994), Knight of the National

12. Jean-Marie Vaysse

  • Rodez: January 8, 1950 celebration
  • Toulouse: May 14, 2011 deceased

French philosopher and university professor (1950-2011) | Rodez: January 8, 1950 - Toulouse: May 14, 2011 | Jean-Marie Vaysse - Jean-Marie Pierre Vaysse

13. Bernard Helffer

  • Paris: January 8, 1949 celebration

French mathematician | Langevin prize (1991), Prix de l'Etat (2011) | University of Paris, École polytechnique | Paris: January 8, 1949 - Prostějov: May 6, 1957

14. Nodar Djin

  • Tbilisi: January 8, 1947 celebration
  • Washington, D.C.: April 4, 2002 deceased

Soviet writer (1947-2002) | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Tbilisi State University | Tbilisi: January 8, 1947 - Washington, D.C.: April 4, 2002

15. Frank C. Hawthorne

  • Bristol: January 8, 1946 celebration

Canadian mineralogist | W. W. Hutchison Medal (1991), Companion of the Order of Canada, Willet G. Miller Medal (1993), Logan Medal (1996), Roebling Medal

16. Hans J. Mueh

  • Celle: January 8, 1944 celebration

American athletics administrator | Legionnaire of Legion of Merit | United States Air Force Academy, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Celle: January 8, 1944

17. Stepan Grigor'evich Mulyarchik

  • Aziarco: January 8, 1943 celebration

Belarusian physicist | Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, VDNKh silver medal (1990), Certificate of Honor of the

18. Grínor Rojo (Grinor Rojo)

  • Santiago: January 8, 1941 celebration

Chilean literary critic | University of Iowa, University of Chile | Santiago: January 8, 1941 - Munich: January 23, 1810 | Grínor Rojo - Grínor Rojo de la

19. Valentyna Zabolotna

  • Kyiv: January 8, 1940 celebration
  • Kyiv: October 13, 2016 deceased

Ukrainian scientist | Honored Art Worker of Ukraine | National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv | Kyiv: January 8, 1940 - Kyiv: October 13, 2016

20. Rudolf zur Lippe

  • Berlin: January 8, 1937 celebration
  • Berlin: September 6, 2019 deceased

German philosopher (1937-2019) | Berlin: January 8, 1937 - Berlin: September 6, 2019 | Rudolf zur Lippe | Berlin: January 8, 1937 - Berlin: September 6, 2019

21. Genady P. Cherepanov

  • Melenkovsky District: January 8, 1937 celebration
  • July 10, 2021 deceased

Russian and American physicist (1937–2021) | Lenin Komsomol Prize | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | Melenkovsky District: January 8, 1937 - July 10, 2021

22. Mart Elango

  • Tartu: January 8, 1936 celebration
  • Tartu: February 12, 1996 deceased

Estonian physicist | Scientific Prize of The Republic of Estonia | University of Tartu, Hugo Treffner Gymnasium | Tartu: January 8, 1936 - Tartu: February 12, 1996

23. Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

  • Sydney: January 8, 1936 celebration
  • Oxford: April 28, 2020 deceased

Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government (1936-2020) | Pawsey Medal (1967), Member of the Order of Merit (2002), Robert

24. Gonzalo Arango

  • Andes: January 8, 1931 celebration
  • Gachancipá: September 25, 1976 deceased

Colombian poet, journalist and philosopher (1931–1976) | University of Antioquia | Andes: January 8, 1931 - Gachancipá: September 25, 1976 | Gonzalo Arango

25. Jim Drake

  • Los Angeles: January 8, 1929 celebration
  • Pfafftown: June 19, 2012 deceased

American aerospace engineer (1929–2012) | Los Angeles: January 8, 1929 - Pfafftown: June 19, 2012 | Jim Drake | Los Angeles: January 8, 1929 - Pfafftown: June 19, 2012

26. Virginia Norwood

  • New York City: January 8, 1927 celebration
  • Topanga: March 26, 2023 deceased

American aerospace engineer, inventor, and physicist | John Wesley Powell Award (2021), Osborn Maitland Miller Medal (2022), Member of the National Academy of

27. Viljo Korpela

  • January 8, 1925 celebration

January 8, 1925 - Gdynia: April 29, 2003 | Viljo Korpela | January 8, 1925 - Gdynia: April 29, 2003

28. Paul Cohn

  • Hamburg: January 8, 1924 celebration
  • London: April 20, 2006 deceased

German mathematician (1924-2006) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1980), Senior Berwick Prize (1974), Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1972) | Schule

29. Bryce DeWitt

  • Dinuba: January 8, 1923 celebration
  • Austin: September 23, 2004 deceased

American physicist (1923–2004) | ICTP Dirac Medal (1987), Pomeranchuk Prize (2002), Marcel Grossmann Award (2000), Einstein Prize (2005), Guggenheim

30. Joseph Weizenbaum

  • Berlin: January 8, 1923 celebration
  • Gröben: March 5, 2008 deceased

German-American computer scientist noted for his opposition to excessive dependence on computers and to delegating genuinely human choices to them (1923-2008)

31. Aleksander Tarnawski

  • Słocina: January 8, 1921 celebration
  • Gliwice: March 4, 2022 deceased

World War II veteran | Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence (2022), Silver Cross of Merit, Pro Patria Medal, Honorary Badge for Merits for the

32. Osamu Hayaishi

  • Stockton: January 8, 1920 celebration
  • Kyoto: December 17, 2015 deceased

Japanese biochemist (1920–2015) | Wolf Prize in Medicine (1986), Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class (1993), Asahi Prize (1964), Order of Culture (1972)

33. William E. Gordon

  • Paterson: January 8, 1918 celebration
  • New York: February 16, 2010 deceased

American astronomer (1918–2010) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Arctowski Medal (1984) | Cornell University, Cornell University College of Engineering | Paterson

34. George Forsythe

  • State College: January 8, 1917 celebration
  • Stanford: April 9, 1972 deceased

Stanford University computer scientist (1917-1972) | ACM Distinguished Service Award (1972) | Brown University, Swarthmore College | State College: January 8

35. Józef Rabiej (Jozef Rabiej)

  • January 8, 1911 celebration

Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland | Gdańsk University of Technology | January 8, 1911 - Yerevan

36. Jacob Rabinow

  • Kharkiv: January 8, 1910 celebration
  • September 11, 1999 deceased

American inventor (1910-1999) | Lemelson–MIT Prize (1998), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2005) | City College of New York | Kharkiv: January 8, 1910

37. Jean Hyppolite

  • Jonzac: January 8, 1907 celebration
  • Paris: October 26, 1968 deceased

French philosopher (1907–1968) | School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure | Jonzac: January 8, 1907

38. Anton Trstenjak

  • Rodmošci: January 8, 1906 celebration
  • Ljubljana: September 29, 1996 deceased

Slovenian psychologist | Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia (1996), Boris Kidrič Fund award (1983), Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia

39. Åker Erland Jonsson (Aker Erland Jonsson)

  • January 8, 1902 celebration

January 8, 1902 - Berlin: June 29, 1931 | Åker Erland Jonsson (Aker Erland Jonsson) | January 8, 1902 - Berlin: June 29, 1931

40. Werner Braunbeck

  • Bautzen: January 8, 1901 celebration
  • Tübingen: February 9, 1977 deceased

German physicist (1901–1977) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, University of Stuttgart | Bautzen: January 8, 1901

41. J. Hunter Guthrie

  • New York City: January 8, 1901 celebration
  • Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues: November 11, 1974 deceased

American Jesuit philosopher | Order of Civil Merit (1948), National Order of Honour and Merit (1954), Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1952)

42. Shixian Yang

  • Zhejiang: January 8, 1897 celebration
  • February 19, 1985 deceased

Chinese chemist (1896–1985) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Yale University, Nankai University, Cornell University | Zhejiang

43. Tudor Vianu

  • Giurgiu: January 8, 1897 celebration
  • Bucharest: May 21, 1964 deceased

Romanian writer | State Prize of the Romanian People's Republic (1962) | University of Tübingen, University of Bucharest, Gheorghe Lazăr National College

44. Adolf Łojkiewicz (Adolf Lojkiewicz)

  • Bucily: January 8, 1895 celebration
  • Katowice: May 17, 1952 deceased

Major of the Polish Army, chemist | Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valour | Bucily: January 8, 1895 - Katowice: May 17, 1952 | Adolf

45. Aleksandr Mints

  • Rostov-on-Don: January 8, 1895 celebration
  • Moscow: December 29, 1974 deceased

Soviet physicist (1894–1974) | Alexander Popov Gold Medal, Lenin Prize, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin

46. Karl Miescher

  • Naples: January 8, 1892 celebration
  • Riehen: April 14, 1974 deceased

Swiss biochemist and chemist (1892-1974) | Naples: January 8, 1892 - Riehen: April 14, 1974 | Karl Miescher | Naples: January 8, 1892 - Riehen: April 14, 1974

47. Walther Bothe

  • Oranienburg: January 8, 1891 celebration
  • Heidelberg: February 8, 1957 deceased

German physicist (*1891 – †1957) | Max Planck Medal (1953), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the

48. Richard Courant

  • Lubliniec: January 8, 1888 celebration
  • New Rochelle: January 27, 1972 deceased

German American mathematician (1888-1972) | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

49. Arthur Stoll

  • Schinznach-Dorf: January 8, 1887 celebration
  • Dornach: January 13, 1971 deceased

Swiss biochemist, director of Sandoz, art collector (1887-1971) | honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier (1968), honorary doctor of the University

50. Adriano Tilgher

  • Ercolano: January 8, 1887 celebration
  • Rome: November 3, 1941 deceased

Italian philosopher (1887-1941) | Ercolano: January 8, 1887 - Rome: November 3, 1941 | Adriano Tilgher (Crisodonte) | Ercolano: January 8, 1887 - Rome: November 3, 1941

51. David Prato

  • January 8, 1882 celebration

January 8, 1882 - Saint Petersburg: October 4, 1906 | David Prato | January 8, 1882 - Saint Petersburg: October 4, 1906

52. Anthony Ludovici

  • London: January 8, 1882 celebration
  • April 3, 1971 deceased

British academic (1882-1971) | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | London: January 8, 1882 - April 3, 1971 | Anthony Ludovici | London: January 8

53. Jaume Serra i Húnter (Jaume Serra i Hunter)

  • Manresa: January 8, 1878 celebration
  • Cuernavaca: December 7, 1943 deceased

Spanish politician, university teacher and philosopher (1878-1943) | University of Barcelona | Manresa: January 8, 1878 - Cuernavaca: December 7, 1943 | Jaume

54. Vladimir Karapetoff

  • Saint Petersburg: January 8, 1876 celebration
  • January 11, 1948 deceased

Russian-American electrical engineer, inventor, professor, and author (1876-1948) | Elliott Cresson Medal (1928), IEEE Fellow | Saint Petersburg: January 8

55. Seth Hart

  • January 8, 1874 celebration

January 8, 1874 - June 13, 2024 | Seth Hart | January 8, 1874 - June 13, 2024

56. George Bertram Cockburn

  • Birkenhead: January 8, 1872 celebration
  • Whitchurch: February 25, 1931 deceased

British scientist, aviator (1872-1931) | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | New College, Loretto School | Birkenhead: January 8, 1872 - Whitchurch

57. Archie Frederick Collins

  • South Bend: January 8, 1869 celebration
  • Nyack: January 3, 1952 deceased

American radio pioneer and writer (1869-1952) | South Bend: January 8, 1869 - Nyack: January 3, 1952 | Archie Frederick Collins | South Bend: January 8, 1869

58. Hugo Grauers

  • Norrköping: January 8, 1869 celebration
  • Annedals parish: December 26, 1942 deceased

Swedish engineer (1869-1942) | Norrköping: January 8, 1869 - Annedals parish: December 26, 1942 | Hugo Grauers | Norrköping: January 8, 1869 - Annedals

59. Shimose Masachika

  • Hiroshima: January 8, 1860 celebration
  • September 6, 1911 deceased

Japanese chemist | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class | Hiroshima: January 8, 1860 - September 6, 1911 | Shimose Masachika | Hiroshima: January 8, 1860

60. Timothy Brosnahan

  • Alexandria: January 8, 1856 celebration
  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital: June 4, 1915 deceased

American Jesuit educator | Woodstock College, Gonzaga College High School, St. Stanislaus Novitiate | Alexandria: January 8, 1856 - MedStar Georgetown

61. Nikolay Charykov

  • Alexandrovsky Uyezd: January 8, 1855 celebration
  • Istanbul: September 12, 1930 deceased

diplomat, senator (1855–1930) | Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class | Imperial Alexander Lyceum

62. Edmund Noble

  • Glasgow: January 8, 1853 celebration
  • Malden: January 8, 1937 deceased

Anglo-American writer | Glasgow: January 8, 1853 - Malden: January 8, 1937 | Edmund Noble | Glasgow: January 8, 1853 - Malden: January 8, 1937

63. Giovanni Frattini

  • Rome: January 8, 1852 celebration
  • Rome: July 21, 1925 deceased

Italian mathematician (1852-1925) | Frattini subgroup, Frattini's argument | Sapienza University of Rome | Rome: January 8, 1852 - Rome: July 21, 1925

64. Bernhard Proskauer

  • Racibórz: January 8, 1851 celebration
  • Berlin: July 27, 1915 deceased

German chemist (1851-1915) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Racibórz: January 8, 1851 - Berlin: July 27, 1915 | Bernhard Proskauer | Racibórz: January 8

65. Frank Fanning Jewett

  • Newton Corner: January 8, 1844 celebration
  • January 1, 1926 deceased

American chemist (1844–1926) | Newton Corner: January 8, 1844 - January 1, 1926 | Frank Fanning Jewett | Newton Corner: January 8, 1844 - January 1, 1926

66. Hermann Wichelhaus

  • Elberfeld: January 8, 1842 celebration
  • Heidelberg: February 28, 1927 deceased

German chemist | Ghent University, University of Göttingen, University of Bonn, Heidelberg University | Elberfeld: January 8, 1842 - Heidelberg: February 28, 1927

67. Heinrich Schröter (Heinrich Schroter)

  • Kaliningrad: January 8, 1829 celebration
  • Wrocław: January 3, 1892 deceased

mathematician (1829-1892) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Königsberg | Kaliningrad: January 8, 1829 - Wrocław: January 3, 1892 | Heinrich

68. Wilhelm Scheibner

  • Gotha: January 8, 1826 celebration
  • Leipzig: April 8, 1908 deceased

German mathematician | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Leipzig University | Gotha: January 8, 1826 - Leipzig: April 8, 1908 | Wilhelm Scheibner

69. Alfred Russel Wallace

  • Usk: January 8, 1823 celebration
  • Broadstone: November 7, 1913 deceased

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913) | Linnean Medal (1892), Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Darwin

70. Friedrich Julius Otto

  • January 8, 1809 celebration

January 8, 1809 - Dolgoprudny: October 10, 2022 | Friedrich Julius Otto | January 8, 1809 - Dolgoprudny: October 10, 2022

71. Georg von Wedekind

  • Göttingen: January 8, 1761 celebration
  • Darmstadt: October 28, 1831 deceased

German physician and physicist (1761-1831) | Cothenius Medal (1792) | University of Göttingen | Göttingen: January 8, 1761 - Darmstadt: October 28, 1831

72. Joseph Walcher

  • Linz: January 8, 1719 celebration
  • Vienna: November 29, 1803 deceased

Austrian Jesuit, matheatician and physicist (1719-1803) | Linz: January 8, 1719 - Vienna: November 29, 1803 | Joseph Walcher | Linz: January 8, 1719 - Vienna

73. Tiberius Hemsterhuis

  • Groningen: January 8, 1685 celebration
  • Leiden: April 7, 1766 deceased

Dutch linguist (1685-1766) | Leiden University | Groningen: January 8, 1685 - Leiden: April 7, 1766 | Tiberius Hemsterhuis | Groningen: January 8, 1685

74. Georg Christoph Gebhardi

  • Brunswick: January 8, 1667 celebration
  • Greifswald: December 19, 1693 deceased

German mathematician and historian (1667-1693) | Brunswick: January 8, 1667 - Greifswald: December 19, 1693 | Georg Christoph Gebhardi | Brunswick: January 8

75. Samuel von Pufendorf

  • Dorfchemnitz: January 8, 1632 celebration
  • Berlin: October 26, 1694 deceased

German philosopher | On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to Natural Law | University of Jena, Gymnasium St. Augustin, Leipzig University | Dorfchemnitz

76. Baltasar Gracián (Baltasar Gracian)

  • Belmonte de Gracián: January 8, 1604 celebration
  • Tarazona: December 6, 1658 deceased

Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658) | Belmonte de Gracián: January 8, 1604 - Tarazona: December 6, 1658

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