Warren K. Lewis

male, deceased (1975)
American chemical engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Textbook writer, Chemical engineer, MIT, American
Warren K. Lewis (1882-1975) was an MIT professor who is considered by many to be the father of chemical engineering. He co-authored the first...

Albert L. Lehninger

male, deceased (1986)
Textbook writer, Science writer, University of Chicago faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni, science teacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty
Albert Lester Lehninger was an American biochemist, and is widely regarded as a pioneer in the field of bioenergetics. He made fundamental...

Fritz de Quervain

male, deceased (1940)
goitre, Medical Writer, Textbook writer, goiter, table salt, epidemiology
Fritz de Quervain was a Swiss surgeon, and a leading authority on thyroid disease. He practiced surgery in Basel, Bern and Neuchâtel during his c...

Jane Reece

female, 65 years old
Textbook writer, science teacher, Stanford University faculty, scientist, University of California, Berkeley alumni, bacteriology
Jane B. Reece (born 15 April, 1944) is an American scientist and textbook author. She is the co-author, along with Neil Campbell, of the...

Karl Seebach

male, 97 years old
Textbook writer, Mathematics Educator, University of Munich faculty, University of Munich alumni, mathematician, German
Karl Seebach was a German mathematician. Seebach earned his doctorate at the University of Munich under Heinrich Tietze and Arnold Sommerfeld, in...

John Robert Taylor

male
University of Colorado faculty, University of California, Berkeley alumni, Alumni of the University of Cambridge, Textbook writer, science teacher, physics
John Robert Taylor is a physics professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his B. A. in Mathematics at Cambridge University, and...

Gunning S. Bedford

male, deceased (1870)
Rutgers University alumni, physician, American, Mount Saint Mary's University alumni, Textbook writer, American medical writer
Gunning S. Bedford (1806 - 5 September 1870) was a Medical writer, teacher and founder of the United States' first obstetrical clinic for those too...

Louis Leithold

male
Textbook writer, California State University, Los Angeles, stand and deliver, University of Southern California, california state university, mathematician
Louis Leithold wrote The Calculus, which became a standard text and was credited with changing the way the subject is studied. The book, first...

Stuart J. Murphy

male
children's writer, American, Textbook writer, Mathematics Educator
Stuart J. Murphy and his wife, Nancy, live in Boston. Stuart states:"I am often asked which comes first: the math concept or the story? The truth...