Brodetsky, Selig (1888–1954), mathematician and Zionist leader
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Mathematics; Politics and Law; Judaism and Jewish Studies; Ethnic Politics. 959 words.
Brodetsky, Selig (1888–1954), mathematician and Zionist leader, was born on 5 July 1888 at Olviopol, a small town in Ukraine 100 miles north of Odessa, the second son among the thirteen...
Hartmann, George Wilfred
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Politics and Law; Psychology. 1182 words.
Hartmann, George Wilfred (29 March 1904–11 June 1955), psychologist and pacifist, was born in Union Hill, New Jersey, the son of Herman Carl Hartmann, a roofer and tinsmith, and Veronica...
Lonsdale [née Yardley], Dame Kathleen (1903–1971), crystallographer and pacifist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Medicinal Chemistry; Politics and Law; Crystallography. 1671 words.
Lonsdale [née Yardley], Dame Kathleen (1903–1971), crystallographer and pacifist, was born Kathleen Yardley in Newbridge, Ireland, on 28 January 1903, the youngest child of Harry Frederick...
Richardson, Lewis Fry (1881–1953), mathematician and pacifist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Mathematics; Politics and Law. 1264 words.
Richardson, Lewis Fry (1881–1953), mathematician and pacifist, was born on 11 October 1881 at The Gables, Elswick Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, the youngest of the seven children of David...
Rotblat, Sir Joseph (1908–2005), scientist and peace activist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
March 2013; p ublished online January 2009 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Medicine and Health; Nuclear Physics; Science and Mathematics; Politics and Law; Physics. 3724 words.
Rotblat, Sir Joseph (1908–2005), scientist and peace activist, was born Jósef Rotblat on 4 November 1908 in Warsaw, the eldest of five surviving children (two others died in infancy) of...
Salaman, Redcliffe Nathan (1874–1955), geneticist and Jewish activist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Politics and Law; Genetics and Genomics; Judaism and Jewish Studies; Ethnic Politics; Ethical Issues and Debates; Social Justice and Human Rights; Plant Sciences and Forestry. 1021 words.
Salaman, Redcliffe Nathan (1874–1955), geneticist and Jewish activist, was born Nathan Redcliffe Salaman, at 100 Redcliffe Gardens, Kensington, London, on 12 September 1874, the ninth of...
Wald, George
in American National Biography Online
P ublished online October 2001 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biological Sciences; Politics and Law. 1739 words.
Wald, George (18 November 1906–12 April 1997), biologist, was born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Isaac Wald, a Polish immigrant who worked as a tailor in a garment factory, and...
Wood, Carolena
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Agriculture and Farming; Social and Cultural History; Society and Culture; Politics and Law. 1271 words.
Wood, Carolena (21 May 1871–12 March 1936), farmer, relief worker, and reformer, was born at “Braewold,” a farm in Mount Kisco, New York, the daughter of James Wood, a farmer, and Emily...
