List of scientists from North America
This is a list of scientists from North America
Belize
- Janet Gibson - Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990;[1] zoologist (and therefore also a biologist)
- Andrea Gill,[2] former president of the Senate of Belize; biologist
Bermuda
- Louis L. Mowbray - he successfully bred the first Galapagos tortoises and Galapagos penguins in captivity; he was a naturalist and an ornithologist; death in 1952
- David B. Wingate (He got the awards, the Queen’s Honours (UK); and (UN's) Global 500 Award)[3]
Canada
- Pages appear in Category:Canadian scientists
- Mika McKinnon, she is a geophysicist
- William Vickrey, he was a Nobel Prize winner in economics
Costa Rica
- Clodomiro Picado, was a pioneer in research on snake venom and the development of various antivenins; treated patients with compounds that he made at least one year before the re-discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.[4]
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, former president of Costa Rica; economist
Cuba
Dominican Republic
- Luis Abinader, president; economist
Guatemala
- Fernando Mazariegos, was the creator of the drinking water filter called "Ecofilter"
- Haroldo Rodas, was minister of foreign affairs; economist
- Ricardo Bressani, one of the 42 founding members of the Third World Academy of Sciences, later known as The World Academy of Sciences;[5] Biochemistry, Nutrition; died in 2015[6]
Haiti
- Jean-Baptiste Chavannes - he got the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work on forest protection; he is an agronomist.[7]
Honduras
- Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, was president of Honduras; economist
- Julieta Castellanos - the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department.[8]
Jamaica
- Norman Girvan, was Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States; economist
Mexico
- Pages appear in Category:Mexican scientists
- Guillermo Soberón Acevedo, was a Secretary of Health (Mexico); chemist, physician
- Claudia Sheinbaum
Trinidad and Tobago
- Reema Harrysingh-Carmona, former First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago; economist
United States
- Thomas Edison[9] - he and his workers made "the first practical incandescent light bulb"; [10] died in 1931
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American,[11][12][13] best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system; electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, d. 1943
Related pages
References
- ↑ "WCS Scientist Honored by Queen Elizabeth II > Newsroom". newsroom.wcs.org.
- ↑ "Senator Andrea Gill". Bemopan, Belize: National Assembly of Belize. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Dr David Wingate Bio Bermuda".
- ↑ La Nación Digital. "El legado de Clorito". Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "TWAS's 42 Founding Members". The World Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "El país pierde a dos genios" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ "Islands & Island Nations 2005 – Chavannes Jean-Baptiste – Haiti – Sustainable Development". The Goldman Environmental Prize. 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ↑ Demers, Peter (7 March 2013). "Security and Human Rights in Honduras: A Conversation with Julieta Castellanos". Inter-American Dialogue. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ "Thomas Edison". HISTORY.
- ↑ Palermo, Elizabeth. "Who Invented the Light Bulb?". Live Science.
- ↑ Burgan 2009, p. 9.
- ↑ "Electrical pioneer Tesla honoured". BBC News. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ "No, Nikola Tesla's Remains Aren't Sparking Devil Worship In Belgrade". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 9 June 2015.