Professorship
71Maxwell, James Clerk — born June 13, 1831, Edinburgh, Scot. died Nov. 5, 1879, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. Scottish physicist. He published his first scientific paper at age 14, entered the University of Edinburgh at 16, and graduated from Cambridge University. He… …
72Mommsen, Theodor — ▪ German historian, philologist, and legal scholar Introduction in full Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen born Nov. 30, 1817, Garding, Schleswig [now in Germany] died Nov. 1, 1903, Charlottenburg, near Berlin, Ger. German historian and… …
73Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering — Sir Edwin Chadwick, who the professorship is named after The Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering is a professorship at University College London. It is named after Sir Edwin Chadwick, a Victorian social reformer who worked to improve… …
74Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford — The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, England, was established in 1903. European languages (other than Latin and Greek, taught as part of classical studies) were first taught at Oxford in the 19th century. The… …
75Sather Professor — Wheeler Hall, wo der Sather Professor traditionell vorträgt Sather Professor ist der Titel einer festen Gastprofessur für Altertumswissenschaft an der University of California at Berkeley. Sie wurde 1912 auf das Betreiben des… …
76EMPEREUR, CONSTANTIJN L'° — (1591–1648), Dutch Calvinist theologian and Christian Hebraist. L Empereur pursued an academic career as a theologian. Only following his appointment to the professorship of Hebrew at the University of Leiden (1627) did he start to study… …
77Adam Smith — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Economists era = Classical economics (Modern economics) color = #B0C4DE name = Adam Smith birth = Baptised 16 June 1723 smaller| [OS: 5 June 1723] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland death = death date and… …
78Fred Singer — S. Fred Singer Born September 27, 1924 (1924 09 27) (age 87) Vienna, Austria Nationality Austrian, American Education B.E.E electrical engineering (1943) A.M. physics (1944) Ph.D. physics (1948) …
79J. R. R. Tolkien — Infobox Writer name = J. R. R. Tolkien birthname = John Ronald Reuel Tolkien imagesize =225px caption = Tolkien in 1972 birthdate = birth date|1892|1|3|df=y birthplace = Bloemfontein, Orange Free State deathdate = 2 September 1973 (aged 81)… …
80John Ruskin — This article is about the art critic, John Ruskin. For the painting of John Ruskin by Millais, see John Ruskin (painting). John Ruskin Coloured engraving of Ruskin Born 8 February 1819( …
