Historical Archives & Public Figures

China

c. 1918 – 2013 (95 years old)

Li Minhua, also known as Minghua Lee Wu, was a Chinese aerospace engineer and physicist who was an expert in solid mechanics. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Beijing, China

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Michel Las Vergnas

France

c. 1941 – 2013 (72 years old)

Michel Las Vergnas was a French mathematician associated with Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University in Paris, and a research director emeritus at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Paris, France

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André Cassagnes

France

c. 1927 – 2013 (86 years old)

André Cassagnes was a French inventor, electrical technician, toymaker, and kite designer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Paris, France

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Yehudith Birk

Switzerland

c. 1927 – 2013 (86 years old)

Yehudith Birk was a Polish-born Israeli biochemist, awarded the 1998 Israel Prize for agricultural research.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Tom Parry Jones

Great Britain

c. 1936 – 2013 (77 years old)

Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Ted Cooke-Yarborough

Great Britain

c. 1919 – 2013 (94 years old)

Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough was the lead designer of the Harwell Dekatron, one of the world's early electronic computers and also a pioneer of radar.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Geoffrey Coates

Great Britain

c. 1918 – 2013 (95 years old)

Geoffrey Edward Coates was a British organometallic chemist and academic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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James M. Buchanan

United States

c. 1920 – 2013 (93 years old)

James McGill Buchanan Jr. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Samuel E. Blum

United States

c. 1921 – 2013 (92 years old)

Samuel E. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Percy White

Great Britain

c. 1917 – 2013 (96 years old)

Percival Albert Frederick White OBE was a British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist who was involved in the creation and testing of Britain's first nuclear weapon during Operation Hurricane in 1952. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Marie-Hélène Schwartz

France

c. 1914 – 2013 (99 years old)

Marie-Hélène Schwartz was a French mathematician, known for her work on characteristic numbers of spaces with singularities. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Paris, France

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Robert Phelps

United States

c. 1927 – 2013 (86 years old)

Robert Ralph Phelps was an American mathematician who was known for his contributions to analysis, particularly to functional analysis and measure theory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Wally Feurzeig

United States

c. 1928 – 2013 (85 years old)

Wallace "Wally" Feurzeig was an American computer scientist who was co-inventor, with Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon, of the programming language Logo, and a well-known researcher in artificial intelligence (AI).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Marianne Grunberg-Manago

France

c. 1922 – 2013 (91 years old)

Marianne Vladimirovna Grunberg Manago was a Russian-born French biochemist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Paris, France

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Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italy

1909 – 2012 (103 years old)

Italian neurobiologist who discovered Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and served as an active Senator for life in Italy until age 103.

Turin, Italy

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Albert O. Hirschman

Otto Albert Hirschmann

Germany

1915 – 2012 (97 years old)

German-born American political economist who wrote Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, and during World War II served as Varian Fry's right-hand man in Marseille, saving thousands of refugees from the Nazis.

Princeton, United States

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Patrick Moore

Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore

Great Britain

1923 – 2012 (89 years old)

Eccentric British amateur astronomer, author, and television personality who presented the BBC's The Sky at Night for 55 consecutive years, inspiring generations of stargazers with his trademark monocle and rapid-fire speech.

Selsey, United Kingdom

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Joseph Murray

Joseph Edward Murray

United States

1919 – 2012 (93 years old)

Pioneering American surgeon who performed the world's first successful human organ transplant (a kidney between identical twins in 1954), winning the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Boston, United States

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