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John Forbes Nash Jr. John Forbes Nash, Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. [1] [2] Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard ...
Williamson was born in 1907 in Montfort, Quebec. He attended McGill University, where he initially intended to study law, but became interested in geology after accompanying a friend on a summer field expedition to Labrador. He subsequently earned bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in geology, completing his studies between 1928 and 1933.
John Fothergill FRS (8 March 1712 – 26 December 1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. His medical writings were influential, and he built up a sizeable botanic garden in what is now West Ham Park in London.
John B. Gorrie (October 3, 1803 – June 29, 1855) was a Nevisian-born American physician and scientist, credited as the inventor of mechanical refrigeration. [1] [2] His wife Born on the Island of Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies to Scottish parents on October 3, 1803, he spent his childhood in South Carolina .
John E. Niederhuber, MD. John E. Niederhuber was the 13th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), [1] from 2006 until July, 2010, succeeding Andrew von Eschenbach, who went on to become a director at biotechnology firm BioTime. [clarification needed] A nationally renowned surgeon and researcher, Dr. Niederhuber has dedicated his four ...
John M. O'Bannon III (born February 14, 1948) is an American politician of the Republican Party as well as a practicing physician. From 2001 to 2018, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He represented the 73rd district, made up of parts of the city of Richmond and Henrico County. O'Bannon was born in Richmond, Virginia.
John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet and comedian who styled himself as a " punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. Around this time, he performed on stage with several punk and post-punk bands and continues to perform regularly.
John Joseph McGuire III (born August 24, 1968) [1] is an American politician and businessman who is a member of the Virginia State Senate. He was elected to the newly redrawn 10th Senate district in 2023, coming out of a four-way primary with 63% of the vote and running unopposed in the general election. He was elected to the Virginia House of ...