Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist…scientist, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania colonial
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...
Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

male, 81 years old (Stony Brook, New York, United States)
linguist, philosopher, Left Wing, Chomsky hierarchy, philosopher of mind, theoretical linguistics…scientist, Cognitive scientist, University of Pennsylvania alumni
Avram Noam Chomsky, Ph.D (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, and a prolific author and lecturer. He...

Michael Mann

male
trend line, IPCC lead author, peer-review, IPCC Third Assessment Report, Journal of Climate, Hockey Stick graph…scientist, Pennsylvania State University
Michael Mann is a well-known American climatologist and author of more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications. He has attained public...
Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling

male, deceased (1994) (Portland, Oregon)
scientist, Biophysicist, vitamin c, atheist, Erdős number 4, Nobel Prize in Chemistry…University of Pennsylvania
Hager's speech, titled "How to Live Longer and Feel Better: Linus Pauling and the Health Revolution," will focus on Oregon State University's most...
Jeremy Rifkin

Jeremy Rifkin

male, 64 years old
Business theorist, technology, Financial writer, environmental, natural environment, Economist…scientist
Author, activist, and philosopher Jeremy Rifkin has become one of America's leading social critics. He is the author of fourteen books on the...

Paul Collins

male, 40 years old
Collins Library, American, The Believer magazine, national public radio, the believer, Autism…Pennsylvania writer, scientist
Paul Collins (born 1969, Pennsylvania) is an American writer best known for his work with McSweeney's and "The Believer", as editor of the Collins...
Gary Becker

Gary Becker

male, 79 years old
Guity Nashat, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, scientist, Graduate School of Business, Freakonomics, Jewish American…from Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an economist and a Nobel laureate. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Becker earned a B.A. at...

Hendrik Tennekes

male, 73 years old
dutch, Hendrik (Henk) Tennekes, The Simple Science of Flight, A First Course in Turbulence, Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, Scientific modeling…Pennsylvania State University, scientist
Hendrik (Henk) Tennekes (born 1936) was the former director of research at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (Koninklijk Nederlands...

Shirley M. Tilghman

female (Canada)
Shirley Marie Caldwell, molecular biology, Queen's University alumni, American university and college president, scientist, Canadian…University of Pennsylvania
Shirley M. Tilghman was elected Princeton University's 19th president on May 5, 2001, and assumed office on June 15, 2001. An exceptional teacher...
Employment: …adjunct associate professor of human genetics and biochemistry and biophysics - University of Pennsylvania
David Rittenhouse

David Rittenhouse

male, deceased (1796)
University of Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia, Astronomer, Autodidact, mathematician, German-American…scientist
David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 - June 26, 1796) was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument...
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