Scientists from Virginia

The list Scientists from Virginia includes Spencer Christian, Seth Shostak, Mary Elliott Hill, Winston W. Royce and Catherine Coleman. The list consists of 121 members and 6 sublists.

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Virginia

State of the United States of America

Biologists from Virginia
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Chemists from Virginia
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- John Yates (chemist)
Mathematicians from Virginia
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Scientists from Alexandria, Virginia
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Scientists from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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- Jedidah Isler
- Eileen Gonzales
Scientists from Richmond, Virginia
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Mary Elliott Hill

African-American chemist

Overview: Mary Elliott Hill (January 5, 1907 – February 12, 1969) was one of the earliest African-American women to become a chemist. She was known as both an organic and analytical chemist. Hill worked on the ...

Date of birth: 5 January 1907

Date of death: 12 February 1969

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Chemist

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women scientists 967T

African-American women academics 73T

Kentucky women chemists 2T
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Spencer Christian

American game show host

Overview: Spencer Christian (born July 23, 1947) is an American television broadcaster, best known as the former weather forecaster for ABC's Good Morning America from 1986 to 1998. He currently is the weather ...

Date of birth: 23 July 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Male

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Television meteorologists in New York 13T

African-American game show hosts 30T

African-American television personalities 275T
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Kára McCullough

Winner of Miss USA 2017 (born 1991)

Overview: Kára Deidra McCullough (born September 9, 1991) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2017. As Miss USA, McCullough represented the United States at Miss Universe 2017, where ...

Date of birth: 9 September 1991

Age: 33

Nationality: American

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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African-American beauty pageant winners 37T

Miss USA 2017 delegates 2T

Miss Universe 2017 contestants 81T
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Katherine Johnson

American mathematician and physicist

Overview: Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (August 26, 1918 - February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first ...

Date of birth: 26 August 1918

Date of death: 24 February 2020

Age: 101 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Educator

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women educators 307T

African-American computer scientists 18T

Schoolteachers from West Virginia 31T
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Seth Shostak

Astronomer

Overview: Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute.

Date of birth: 20 July 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Male

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Astrobiologists 65T

Fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 145T

Search for extraterrestrial intelligence 51T
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Richard E. Byrd

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Overview: Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United ...

Date of birth: 25 October 1888

Date of death: 11 March 1957

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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North Pole 17T

South Pole 21T

Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award 278T
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Winston W. Royce

American software engineer

Overview: Winston Walker Royce (August 15, 1929 – June 7, 1995) was an American computer scientist, director at Lockheed Software Technology Center in Austin, Texas. He was a pioneer in the field of software d ...

Date of birth: 1929

Date of death: 7 June 1995

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Scientist

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People from Clifton, Virginia 16T

American software engineers 159T

Software engineers 147T
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Roger Arliner Young

American zoologist

Overview: Roger Arliner Young (1899 – November 9, 1964) was an American scientist of zoology, biology, and marine biology. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology ...

Date of birth: 1899

Date of death: 9 November 1964

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Biologist

Gender: Female

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African-American women scientists 27T

20th-century American women scientists 967T

20th-century American zoologists 180T
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William M. Bass

Forensic anthropologist

Overview: William Marvin Bass III (born August 30, 1928) is an American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and ...

Date of birth: 30 August 1928

Age: 96

Nationality: American

Occupation: Anthropologist

Gender: Male

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Scientists from Tennessee 10T

University of Tennessee faculty 140T

Anthropology educators 65T
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Catherine Coleman

Astronaut

Overview: Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a retired NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Female

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University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering alumni 13T

Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School alumni 17T

Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni 400T
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Francis Collins

American physician-scientist (born 1950)

Overview: Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of ...

Date of birth: 14 April 1950

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Male

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Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni 377T

Medical geneticists 30T

Physician-scientists 54T
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William Clark

American explorer

Overview: William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling ...

Date of birth: 1 August 1770

Date of death: 1 September 1838

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Explorer

Gender: Male

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American explorers of North America 34T

Explorers of Montana 15T

Military personnel from St. Louis 128T
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William Tinsley Keeton

American ethologist and professor (1933–1980)

Overview: William Tinsley Keeton (February 3, 1933 – August 17, 1980) was an American zoologist known internationally for his work on animal behavior, especially bird migration, and for his work on millipede ta ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1933

Date of death: 17 August 1980

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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Writers from Roanoke, Virginia 20T

20th-century American zoologists 716T

20th-century American scientists 1,393T
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Theodore K. Lawless

American dermatologist (1892–1971)

Overview: Theodore Kenneth (T.K.) Lawless (December 6, 1892 – May 1, 1971) was an American dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist. He was a skin specialist, and is known for work related to leprosy ...

Date of birth: 6 December 1892

Date of death: 1 May 1971

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Philanthropist

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20th-century philanthropists 1,966T

American leprologists 6T

People from Thibodaux, Louisiana 36T
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Arnold Kramish

American physicist

Overview: Arnold Kramish (June 6, 1923 – June 15, 2010) was an American nuclear physicist and author who was associated with the Manhattan Project. While working on the project, he was nearly killed in an ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1923

Date of death: 15 June 2010

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Scientist

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20th-century American non-fiction writers 3,627T

Writers from Denver, Colorado 96T

People with hydrocephalus 23T
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James Edward Maceo West

American inventor

Overview: James Edward Maceo West (born February 10, 1931 in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia) is an American inventor and acoustician. He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1931

Age: 94

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

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21st-century American inventors 222T

20th-century American inventors 1,114T

ASA Gold Medal recipients 23T
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Meriwether Lewis

American, Explorer

Overview: Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also ...

Date of birth: 18 August 1774

Date of death: 11 October 1809

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Explorer

Gender: Male

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19th-century American naturalists 13T

Unsolved deaths in the United States 84T

Politicians who died in office 2,943T
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Gladys West

American mathematician

Overview: Gladys Mae West (née Brown; born 1930) is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite ...

Date of birth: 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: American

Occupation: Computer Programmer

Gender: Female

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Anne Rudloe

American marine biologist

Overview: Anne Rudloe (née Eidemiller, December 24, 1947 – April 27, 2012) was an American marine biologist. She was the co-founder of the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in Panacea, Florida.

Date of birth: 24 December 1947

Date of death: 27 April 2012

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Biologist

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women scientists 967T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T

20th-century American non-fiction writers 3,627T
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Nathaniel Thomas Lupton

American chemist

Overview: Nathaniel Thomas Lupton (December 30, 1830 – June 11, 1893) was an American chemist and university professor. He served as the President of the University of Alabama from 1871 to 1874. Additionally, he ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1830

Date of death: 11 June 1893

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Chemist

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Birmingham–Southern College faculty 8T

Auburn University faculty 85T

University of Alabama faculty 128T