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Bertel Bruun Facts

Bertel Bruun (November 13, 1937 – September 21, 2011) was a naturalist, international conservationist and neurologist. Bruun wrote many books and was the co-author of The Golden Field Guide to Birds of North America first published in 1966. He late

Rita Levi Montalcini Facts

Rita Levi-Montalcini, OMRI, OMCA (22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian Nobel Laureate honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the dis

Mike Leahy Facts

Michael Brian “Mike” Leahy (born 1966) is a British scientist and TV presenter, known for his series Bite Me on the National Geographic Channel.

Hirohito Facts

Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa-tennō, April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989. He was succeeded b

Darko Gojanovic Facts

George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont Facts

George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (18 December 1751 – 11 November 1837) of Petworth House in Sussex and Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, was a British peer, a major landowner and a great art collector. He was interested in the latest scienti

Akiva Vroman Facts

Akiva Jaap Vroman (Hebrew: עקיבא פרומן‎; 21 May 1912 in Gouda – 1989 in Herzliya) was an Israeli geologist.

Thomas Starzl Facts

Thomas Earl Starzl (born March 11, 1926) is an American physician, researcher, and is an expert on organ transplants. He performed the first human liver transplants, and has often been referred to as “the father of modern transplantation.”

Philippe Cousteau Facts

Philippe-Pierre Cousteau, Sr. (December 30, 1940 – June 28, 1979) was a documentary filmmaker specializing in environmental issues, with a background in oceanography. He was the second son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Simone Cousteau.

Carlos de Paula Couto Facts

Carlos de Paula Couto, (Porto Alegre, August 30, 1910 – November 15, 1982) was a Brazilian paleontologists.

David King Facts

Sir David Anthony King, FRS HonFREng (born 12 August 1939) is an Emeritus Professor in Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, Director of the Collegio Carlo Alberto, Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and a senior scientific advise

Yoji Ito Facts

Yoji Ito (伊藤 庸二, Ito Yoji, 1901–1955) was an engineer and scientist that had a major role in the Japanese development of magnetrons and the Radio Range Finder (RRF – the code name for a radar).