Simon Schaffer

male, 54 years old
Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge, Varndean College, Harvard University, British Broadcasting Company, History and Philosophy of Science, Willem-Alexander…Erasmus Prize, ErasmusPrizewinner
Simon Schaffer (born 1 January 1955) was born in Brighton and was educated at Varndean Grammar School for Boys (now Varndean College). He is a...

William H. McNeill

male, 92 years old
universal historian, Plagues and Peoples, universal history, western civilization, ErasmusPrizewinner, The Human Web
William Hardy McNeill (born October 31, 1917, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a universal historian. He is among the world's most respected...
Bernard Haitink

Bernard Haitink

male, 80 years old
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, dutch, Order of the Companions of Honour, Dresden Staatskapelle, Glyndebourne Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden…ErasmusPrizewinner
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink CH KBE (b. March 4, 1929) is a Dutch conductor, born in Amsterdam, the son of Willem Haitink and Anna Haitink. He...
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

male, 80 years old
Austrian classical cellist, choral conductor, historically informed performance, cello, Vienna New Year's Concert, Musikverein, Vienna…ErasmusPrizewinner
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (born Johann Nicolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt December 6, 1929 in Berlin) is an Austrian conductor,...
Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

male, deceased (1980)
Developmental psychologist, Aspects of Radical Constructivism, University and college namesakes, natural scientist, theory of cognitive development, Erdős number 3…ErasmusPrizewinner
Jean Piaget (August 9, 1896 - September 16, 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental psychologist, well known for his...
Sigmar Polke

Sigmar Polke

male, 68 years old
painter, German, photographer, post-modern, German native of Silesia, Oleśnica…ErasmusPrizewinner
Sigmar Polke (born February 13 1941) is a German post-modern painter and photographer.
Henry Moore

Henry Moore

male, deceased (1986)
Sir Henry Spencer Moore, buried at St Paul's Cathedral, British Military, World War I, War artist, English…ErasmusPrizewinner
Sir Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA, (30 July 1898 - 31 August 1986) was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, born in the...
Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

female, 65 years old
Heads of state, fine gael, Roman Catholic, politician, United Nations official, Seanad Éireann…ErasmusPrizewinner
Mary Robinson was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from...
Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar

female, deceased (1987)
French American, Académie Française, Essayist, naturalized citizen of the United States, from Maine, novelist…Prix Femina winner, ErasmusPrizewinner
Marguerite Yourcenar was the pseudonym of French novelist Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour (June 8, 1903 - December 17, 1987). She was the...
Raymond Aron

Raymond Aron

male, deceased (1983)
Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron, Jewish person, Sociologist, Political scientist, ErasmusPrizewinner
Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron (March 14, 1905 - October 17, 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist and political scientist. He was known for...