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Louis Agassiz

  • Môtiers: May 28, 1807 celebration
  • Cambridge: December 14, 1873 celebration
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    Louis Agassiz  

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    United States, Switzerland  

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    Male  

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    Louis Agassiz

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    Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Môtiers: May 28, 1807  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Cambridge: December 14, 1873  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. biology
    2. botany
    3. geology
    4. glaciology
    5. ichthyology
     

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    1. Joel Asaph Allen
    2. Joseph LeConte
    3. James Henry Blake
     

  • school Education

    1. Heidelberg University
    2. Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich
    3. University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
    4. University of Zurich
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Wollaston Medal (1836)
    2. Pour le Mérite
    3. Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
    4. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1838)
    5. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
    6. Copley Medal (1861)
    7. Knight of the Legion of Honour (1859)
    8. Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
    9. Fellow of the Royal Society
    10. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

     
  • Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873) | Wollaston Medal (1836), Pour le Mérite, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Foreign Member of the

1. Boris Konrad

  • Bochum: May 28, 1984 celebration

German writer and physicist | Bochum: May 28, 1984 - Siversky: August 17, 1931 | Boris Konrad | Bochum: May 28, 1984 - Siversky: August 17, 1931

2. Benjamin Schlein

  • Lugano: May 28, 1975 celebration

Italo-American mathematician | Sofia Kovalevskaya Award (2006) | ETH Zurich | Lugano: May 28, 1975 - Hurworth-on-Tees: May 20, 1782 | Benjamin Schlein

3. Samir Mitragotri

  • Solapur: May 28, 1971 celebration

American biochemist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Fellow of the

4. Ivan Popov

  • Sofia: May 28, 1970 celebration
  • Sofia: August 1, 2019 deceased

Bulgarian writer | Sofia University | Sofia: May 28, 1970 - Sofia: August 1, 2019 | Ivan Popov | Sofia: May 28, 1970 - Sofia: August 1, 2019 | Sofia University

5. Francisco Santos Leal

  • Valladolid: May 28, 1968 celebration

Spanish mathematician | Fulkerson Prize (2015), Spanish National Team of Science (2018), Humboldt Prize (2013) | University of Cantabria | Valladolid: May 28

6. Beth Parks

  • Huntsville: May 28, 1966 celebration

American physicist | Huntsville: May 28, 1966 - September 10, 2020 | Beth Parks | Huntsville: May 28, 1966 - September 10, 2020

7. Rail Fäxretdinef (Rail Faxretdinef)

  • Kazan: May 28, 1962 celebration

Russian scientist | Tatar State University of Humanities and Education | Kazan: May 28, 1962 - Miami: February 10, 2005 | Rail Fäxretdinef (Rail Faxretdinef)

8. Syarhei Chyzhyk

  • Asmolava: May 28, 1959 celebration

Belarusian physicist | Order of Honor, State Prize of the Republic of Belarus (2016) | Belarusian State University | Asmolava: May 28, 1959 - Jakarta: July 12, 1994

9. C. Kenneth Waters

  • Vermont: May 28, 1956 celebration

philosopher | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014) | University of Vermont, Indiana University | Vermont: May 28, 1956

10. Károly Bezdek (Karoly Bezdek)

  • Budapest: May 28, 1955 celebration

Hungarian-Canadian mathematician | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: May 28, 1955 - January 26, 1966 | Károly Bezdek (Karoly Bezdek) | Budapest: May 28

11. Tetiana Bolshakova

  • May 28, 1951 celebration

Honored Art Worker of Ukraine (2004) | Kharkiv Conservatory | May 28, 1951 - Christiania: November 27, 1869 | Tetiana Bolshakova | May 28, 1951

12. James Rodger Fleming

  • Windber: May 28, 1949 celebration

American historian, writer, and professor of science and technology studies | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003)

13. Silvio Funtowicz

  • Buenos Aires: May 28, 1946 celebration

Philosopher of science | Buenos Aires: May 28, 1946 - January 27, 2016 | Silvio Funtowicz | Buenos Aires: May 28, 1946 - January 27, 2016

14. Taha Abdurrahman

  • El Jadida: May 28, 1944 celebration

philosopher | Mohammed V University | El Jadida: May 28, 1944 - Auschwitz: August 9, 1942 | Taha Abdurrahman | El Jadida: May 28, 1944 - Auschwitz: August 9, 1942

15. Wilfried Schmid

  • Hamburg: May 28, 1943 celebration

American-German mathematician | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | University of California, Berkeley | Hamburg: May

16. Jeffrey P. Buzen

  • Brooklyn: May 28, 1943 celebration

American computer scientist | Harvard University, Brown University | Brooklyn: May 28, 1943 - Hamburg: July 31, 1980 | Jeffrey P. Buzen | Brooklyn: May 28

17. Rostislav Grechishkin

  • Harbin: May 28, 1941 celebration
  • November 14, 2020 deceased

Soviet-Russian Physicist (1941-2020) | Ural State University | Harbin: May 28, 1941 - November 14, 2020 | Rostislav Grechishkin | Harbin: May 28, 1941

18. João Antonio Zuffo (Joao Antonio Zuffo)

  • São Paulo: May 28, 1939 celebration

Brazilian scientist | Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo | São Paulo: May 28, 1939 - Kraków: November 14, 1911 | João Antonio Zuffo (Joao

19. Henzel Geghamyan

  • Azatavan: May 28, 1938 celebration

Armenian scientist | Armenian National Agrarian University | Azatavan: May 28, 1938 - Buenos Aires: July 16, 1976 | Henzel Geghamyan | Azatavan: May 28, 1938

20. Nikolay Sobolev

  • Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1935 celebration
  • Novosibirsk: March 25, 2022 deceased

Soviet and Russian geologist, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1935–2022) | Lenin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR State Prize, Order

21. Moshe Shapira

  • Petah Tikva: May 28, 1935 celebration
  • Jerusalem: January 7, 2017 deceased

Israeli Rabbi | Ponevezh Yeshiva, Hebron Yeshiva | Petah Tikva: May 28, 1935 - Jerusalem: January 7, 2017 | Moshe Shapira | Petah Tikva: May 28, 1935

22. Harold Sorgenti

  • New York City: May 28, 1934 celebration
  • Philadelphia: July 11, 2018 deceased

American engineer (1934-2018) | New York City: May 28, 1934 - Philadelphia: July 11, 2018 | Harold Sorgenti | New York City: May 28, 1934 - Philadelphia: July 11, 2018

23. Varadaraja V. Raman

  • Kolkata: May 28, 1932 celebration

American physicist | University of Calcutta | Kolkata: May 28, 1932 - Neustift bei Schlaining: July 8, 1950 | Varadaraja V. Raman | Kolkata: May 28, 1932

24. Jean-Pierre Legrand

  • May 28, 1930 celebration

College of Juilly, ESIEE Paris | May 28, 1930 - June 3, 1935 | Jean-Pierre Legrand | May 28, 1930 - June 3, 1935 | College of Juilly, ESIEE Paris

25. Leendert Ginjaar

  • Leiden: May 28, 1928 celebration
  • Goes: September 17, 2003 deceased

Dutch politician (1928-2003) | Leiden University | Leiden: May 28, 1928 - Goes: September 17, 2003 | Leendert Ginjaar | Leiden: May 28, 1928 - Goes: September 17, 2003

26. Edward Fraenkel

  • Kiel: May 28, 1927 celebration
  • April 27, 2019 deceased

mathematician | Fellow of the Royal Society, Senior Whitehead Prize (1989) | Queens' College, University of Toronto | Kiel: May 28, 1927 - April 27, 2019

27. Frank B. McDonald

  • Columbus: May 28, 1925 celebration
  • Ann Arbor: August 31, 2012 deceased

American astrophysicist (1925-2012) | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1978) | Duke University, University of Minnesota | Columbus: May 28, 1925

28. Anatoly Isachenko

  • Gomel: May 28, 1922 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: March 2, 2018 deceased

geographer and cartographer (1922–2018) | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | The Faculty of Geography and Geoecology | Gomel: May 28, 1922 - Saint

29. Walker Percy

  • Birmingham: May 28, 1916 celebration
  • Covington: May 10, 1990 deceased

American philosophical novelist | National Book Award (1962), St. Louis Literary Award (1985), Laetare Medal (1989), Jefferson Lecture (1989) | The Moviegoer

30. Hans Zassenhaus

  • Koblenz: May 28, 1912 celebration
  • Columbus: November 21, 1991 deceased

German mathematician (1912–1991) | Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1968), Jeffery–Williams Prize (1974) | Zassenhaus algorithm, Schur–Zassenhaus

31. Ruby Payne-Scott

  • Grafton: May 28, 1912 celebration
  • Mortdale: May 25, 1981 deceased

Australian radio astronomer (1912-1981) | Sydney Girls High School, University of Sydney | Grafton: May 28, 1912 - Mortdale: May 25, 1981 | Ruby Payne-Scott

32. Egbert van Kampen

  • Berchem: May 28, 1908 celebration
  • Baltimore: February 11, 1942 deceased

mathematician (1908–1942) | Seifert–van Kampen theorem, Van Kampen diagram | University of Hamburg, University of Göttingen, Leiden University | Berchem

33. Rudolf Koreska

  • May 28, 1907 celebration

May 28, 1907 - April 12, 1645 | Rudolf Koreska | May 28, 1907 - April 12, 1645

34. Wang Ganchang

  • Changshu: May 28, 1907 celebration
  • Beijing: December 10, 1998 deceased

physicist (1907-1998) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955), HLHL Science and Technology Achievement Award (1994) | Tsinghua University

35. Stephan Cohn-Vossen

  • Wrocław: May 28, 1902 celebration
  • Moscow: June 25, 1936 deceased

Russian mathematician (1902–1936) | Cohn-Vossen's inequality, Geometry and the Imagination | University of Wrocław, University of Göttingen | Wrocław: May

36. D. C. Williams

  • Crows Landing: May 28, 1899 celebration
  • Fallbrook: January 16, 1983 deceased

American philosopher (1899-1983) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1937) | Occidental College, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University | Crows Landing

37. Włodzimierz Mozołowski (Wlodzimierz Mozolowski)

  • Sanok: May 28, 1895 celebration
  • Gdańsk: June 6, 1975 deceased

Polish officer and chemist (1895-1975) | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Independence (1931), Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's

38. Friedrich Drenckhahn

  • Friedrichsruhe: May 28, 1894 celebration
  • Hamburg: December 20, 1977 deceased

German mathematician (1894–1977) | University of Rostock | Friedrichsruhe: May 28, 1894 - Hamburg: December 20, 1977 | Friedrich Drenckhahn | Friedrichsruhe

39. Johannes Droste

  • Grave: May 28, 1886 celebration
  • Leiden: September 16, 1963 deceased

Dutch mathematician | Leiden University | Grave: May 28, 1886 - Leiden: September 16, 1963 | Johannes Droste | Grave: May 28, 1886 - Leiden: September 16, 1963

40. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  • Bhagur: May 28, 1883 celebration
  • Mumbai: February 26, 1966 deceased

Indian politician (1883-1966) | Hindutva | University of Mumbai, Fergusson College | Bhagur: May 28, 1883 - Mumbai: February 26, 1966 | Vinayak Damodar

41. Lajos Dávid (Lajos David)

  • Cluj-Napoca: May 28, 1881 celebration
  • Leányfalu: January 9, 1962 deceased

Hungarian mathematician (1881–1962) | University of Göttingen, Franz Joseph University | Cluj-Napoca: May 28, 1881 - Leányfalu: January 9, 1962 | Lajos

42. Milutin Milanković (Milutin Milankovic)

  • Dalj: May 28, 1879 celebration
  • Belgrade: December 12, 1958 deceased

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958) | TU Wien | Dalj: May 28, 1879 - Belgrade: December 12, 1958

43. Katharine Blunt

  • Philadelphia: May 28, 1876 celebration
  • July 29, 1954 deceased

American Chemist | Vassar College, University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Philadelphia: May 28, 1876 - July 29, 1954 | Katharine Blunt

44. Ondřej Pukl (Ondrej Pukl)

  • Křeničná: May 28, 1876 celebration
  • Dejvice: February 9, 1936 deceased

Czech runner and chemist (1876–1936) | Křeničná: May 28, 1876 - Dejvice: February 9, 1936 | Ondřej Pukl (Ondrej Pukl) | Křeničná: May 28, 1876

45. Ernst Cassirer

  • Wrocław: May 28, 1874 celebration
  • New York City: April 13, 1945 deceased

German philosopher (1874–1945) | honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg, Kuno Fischer Award (1914) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Marburg

46. Marian Smoluchowski

  • Vienna: May 28, 1872 celebration
  • Kraków: September 5, 1917 deceased

Polish physicist (1872–1917) | Haitinger Prize (1908), Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Smoluchowski coagulation equation, Smoluchowski factor

47. Louis Antoine Kriéger (Louis Antoine Krieger)

  • Paris: May 28, 1868 celebration
  • Paris: May 10, 1951 deceased

French inventor and automaker | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1904) | electric car, Krieger Company of Electric Vehicles | Collège Sainte-Barbe, École

48. Witold Rubczyński (Witold Rubczynski)

  • Lviv: May 28, 1864 celebration
  • Inowrocław: May 18, 1938 deceased

philosopher, university teacher (1864-1938) | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Lviv: May 28, 1864 - Inowrocław: May 18, 1938 | Witold Rubczyński

49. Siegfried Czapski

  • Koźmin Wielkopolski: May 28, 1861 celebration
  • Jena: June 19, 1907 deceased

German physicist (1861-1907) | Koźmin Wielkopolski: May 28, 1861 - Jena: June 19, 1907 | Siegfried Czapski | Koźmin Wielkopolski: May 28, 1861 - Jena: June 19, 1907

50. Carl Richard Nyberg

  • Arboga city parish: May 28, 1858 celebration
  • Lidingö Parish: March 25, 1939 deceased

Swedish aviation pioneer (1858–1939) | Arboga city parish: May 28, 1858 - Lidingö Parish: March 25, 1939 | Carl Richard Nyberg | Arboga city parish: May 28

51. Julien Dulait

  • Ghent: May 28, 1855 celebration
  • June 5, 1926 deceased

Belgian engineer (1855–1926) | Ghent: May 28, 1855 - June 5, 1926 | Julien Dulait | Ghent: May 28, 1855 - June 5, 1926

52. Innokenty Kanonnikov

  • May 28, 1854 celebration

Qazan Second Male Gymnasium | May 28, 1854 - Urbana: February 10, 1951 | Innokenty Kanonnikov | May 28, 1854 - Urbana: February 10, 1951

53. Severin Jolin

  • Jakob and Johannes parish: May 28, 1852 celebration
  • Adolf Fredriks parish: November 11, 1919 deceased

1852 - 1919 | Jakob and Johannes parish: May 28, 1852 - Adolf Fredriks parish: November 11, 1919 | Severin Jolin | Jakob and Johannes parish: May 28, 1852

54. Bennett Franklin Davenport

  • May 28, 1845 celebration

May 28, 1845 - Paris: April 19, 1895 | Bennett Franklin Davenport | May 28, 1845 - Paris: April 19, 1895

55. P.C.V. Hansen

  • Copenhagen: May 28, 1844 celebration
  • Copenhagen: March 24, 1917 deceased

Danish mathematician | University of Copenhagen | Copenhagen: May 28, 1844 - Copenhagen: March 24, 1917 | P.C.V. Hansen | Copenhagen: May 28, 1844

56. Robert Hasenclever

  • Aachen: May 28, 1841 celebration
  • Aachen: June 28, 1902 deceased

German chemist | Aachen: May 28, 1841 - Aachen: June 28, 1902 | Robert Hasenclever | Aachen: May 28, 1841 - Aachen: June 28, 1902

57. Alexander Mitscherlich

  • Berlin: May 28, 1836 celebration
  • Oberstdorf: May 31, 1918 deceased

German chemist (1836–1918) | Berlin: May 28, 1836 - Oberstdorf: May 31, 1918 | Alexander Mitscherlich | Berlin: May 28, 1836 - Oberstdorf: May 31, 1918

58. Gabriel Sibbern

  • Copenhagen: May 28, 1824 celebration
  • Copenhagen: May 2, 1903 deceased

Danish philosopher | Østre Borgerdyd school | Copenhagen: May 28, 1824 - Copenhagen: May 2, 1903 | Gabriel Sibbern (Arild Homo | Harmonikos) | Copenhagen: May

59. Gustav Wittiber

  • Jawor: May 28, 1821 celebration
  • March 1, 1886 deceased

German teacher and mathematician | Jawor: May 28, 1821 - March 1, 1886 | Gustav Wittiber | Jawor: May 28, 1821 - March 1, 1886

60. Wilhelm Erler

  • Hamburg: May 28, 1820 celebration
  • Sulechów: April 15, 1896 deceased

German teacher in Berlin and Züllichau, Germany | Hamburg: May 28, 1820 - Sulechów: April 15, 1896 | Wilhelm Erler | Hamburg: May 28, 1820 - Sulechów: April 15, 1896

61. P. G. T. Beauregard

  • St. Bernard Parish: May 28, 1818 celebration
  • New Orleans: February 20, 1893 deceased

Confederate Army general (1818-1893) | United States Military Academy | St. Bernard Parish: May 28, 1818 - New Orleans: February 20, 1893 | P. G. T. Beauregard

62. Louis Agassiz

  • Môtiers: May 28, 1807 celebration
  • Cambridge: December 14, 1873 deceased

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873) | Wollaston Medal (1836), Pour le Mérite, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Foreign Member of the

63. Jakob Pierling

  • Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1784 celebration
  • Rome: April 10, 1870 deceased

1784-1870) | Jesuit College in Polotsk | Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1784 - Rome: April 10, 1870 | Jakob Pierling | Saint Petersburg: May 28, 1784 - Rome: April 10, 1870

64. Edward Charles Howard

  • Sheffield: May 28, 1774 celebration
  • September 27, 1816 deceased

British chemist (1774-1816) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal (1800) | Sheffield: May 28, 1774 - September 27, 1816 | Edward Charles Howard

65. Maria Angela Ardinghelli

  • Naples: May 28, 1728 celebration
  • Naples: February 17, 1825 deceased

Italian mathematician, physicist, and translator | Naples: May 28, 1728 - Naples: February 17, 1825 | Maria Angela Ardinghelli | Naples: May 28, 1728 - Naples

66. Johann II Bernoulli

  • Basel: May 28, 1710 celebration
  • Basel: July 17, 1790 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1710-1790) | University of Basel | Basel: May 28, 1710 - Basel: July 17, 1790 | Johann II Bernoulli | Basel: May 28, 1710 - Basel: July 17, 1790

67. Joseph Butler

  • Wantage: May 28, 1692 celebration
  • Bath: June 27, 1752 deceased

English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752) | Whole Works of Joseph Butler | Oriel College | Wantage: May 28, 1692 - Bath: June 27, 1752 | Joseph Butler

68. Jacopo Riccati

  • Venice: May 28, 1676 celebration
  • Treviso: April 15, 1754 deceased

Italian mathematician (1676-1754) | Riccati equation, algebraic Riccati equation | Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, University of Padua | Venice: May 28

69. Antonio de Monforte

  • Laurito: May 28, 1644 celebration
  • Naples: April 5, 1717 deceased

astronomer | Laurito: May 28, 1644 - Naples: April 5, 1717 | Antonio de Monforte | Laurito: May 28, 1644 - Naples: April 5, 1717

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