Surname T Collection

Alan Turing, British mathematician
Alan Turing. Caricature of the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-54). In 1937 Turing described a theoretical computer (a Turing machine) in rigorous mathematical terms

Hugh Owen Thomas, Welsh surgeon C016 / 6299
Hugh Owen Thomas (1834-1891), Welsh surgeon. Thomas is known as the father of orthopaedic surgery. He came from a family of renowned bone-setters

Thales, Ancient Greek philosopher
Thales of Miletus (c.624-c.546 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and the first identifiable scientist

Theophrastus, Ancient Greek philosopher
Theophrastus of Lesbos (c.371-c.287 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Known as the " father of botany", Theophrastus studied with Plato in Athens

Alan Turing, British mathematician
Alan Turing (1912-54), British mathematician. Turing was educated at Cambridge and Princeton. In 1937 he described a theoretical computer (a Turing machine) in rigorous mathematical terms

Edward Thorndike, American psychologist
Edward Lee Thorndike (1874-1949), American psychologist. In 1899 Thorndike was employed as instructor in genetics psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA

Joseph de Tournefort, French botanist
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist. In 1683 de Tournefort became Professor of Botany at the Jardin de Roi, Paris

Tereshkova and Korolyov C014 / 0749
Tereshkova and Korolyov. Soviet cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Vladimironva Tereshkova (b.1937) talking to the Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov

Alexei Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer
Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev (1925-2001), Soviet aircraft designer, holding a model of a Soviet supersonic aircraft. Tupolev, the son of the famous aircraft pioneer Andrei Tupolev

Louis-Jacques Thenard, French chemist
Louis-Jacques Thenard (1777-1857), French chemist. Thenard, the son of a peasant, made his fortune by discovering Thenards blue

Gaspare Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon
Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1546-1599), Italian surgeon. Tagliacozzi studied medicine at the University of Bologna. He was a pioneer of plastic surgery

Fridrikh Tsander, rocket pioneer
Fridrikh Tsander (1887-1933), Baltic German rocket pioneer and engineer. Also called Friedrich Zander, he was born in Latvia, and did most of his work in Moscow

Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), American engineer
Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), American electrical engineer. He moved from England to the USA when young. After graduating, he taught chemistry and physics

Richard Trevithick, British engineer
Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), British engineer and father of locomotive power. As a child, Trevithick showed little academic ability

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian physicist, born Izhevsk, Ryazan, September 17 1857, died Moscow, September 19, 1935. Handicapped by deafness & the inadequacies of education in Tsarist Russia

Mikhail Tsvet, Russian botanist
Michel Tsvet (1872-1919), Russian botanist and developer of the technique of chromatography. Tsvets work involved the study of plant pigments, such as chlorophylls and carotenoids

Aleksei Treshnikov, Arctic explorer
Aleksei Treshnikov (right, 1914-1991), Soviet Arctic explorer, with a companion in the Arctic. In his youth, Treshnikov participated in a Soviet expedition to the North Pole (1948)

Igor Tamm, Soviet nuclear physicist
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (1895-1971), Soviet nuclear physicist and mathematician. Tamm shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Cherenkov and Frank

Kliment Timiryazev, Russian botanist
Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev (1843-1920), Russian botanist. Timiryazev founded a botanical laboratory in Moscow in 1865, which was later named the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in his honour

Andrey Tychonoff, Soviet mathematician
Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff (1906-1993), Soviet mathematician. Tychonoff (also written as Tikhonov) worked on topology and mathematical physics

Termen and his Termenvox, USSR, 1932
Termen and his Termenvox. Russian and Soviet engineer Lev Termen (1896-1993) in 1932, playing his termenvox, an electric musical instrument that he had invented in 1919

Dennis Tito, first space tourist
Dennis Tito (b.1940), space tourist, (middle) being photographed eating after returning from the Soyuz TM-32 spaceflight, April 2001

Bogolyubov (right), Soviet physicist
Soviet nuclear physicists. At right, Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909-1992), the Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

Arkhangelsky, Tupolev, Soviet engineers
Alexander Alexandrovich Arkhangelsky (left, 1892-1978), and Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (1888-1972), Soviet aviation engineers, talking at an airfield

The Seven Sages of Greece, 7th century BC
The Seven Sages of Greece. The traditions of Ancient Greece named seven philosophers and statesmen from the 7th and 6th centuries BC as the wisest of men

Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician
Niccolo Tartaglia (1499-1557). 1546 woodcut portrait of the Italian mathematician Niccolo Tartaglia. Tartaglias greatest mathematical achievement was the solution to cubic equations

Torricelli invents the barometer, 1643
Torricelli invents the barometer. In 1643 the Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) constructed a tube that was sealed at the top, around a metre long, and filled with mercury

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, rocket pioneer
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Statue of the Russian rocket pioneer Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935). Although he never built a working rocket

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky on a Soviet stamp
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), Soviet rocket pioneer, commemorated on a Soviet stamp for his 100th birthday (1957)

Sketch from Tsiolkovskys notebook. Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) was a Soviet rocket pioneer. Although he never built a rocket

Count Rumford, US-British physicist
Count Rumford (1753-1814), US-British physicist, coloured artwork. Born Benjamin Thompson, in Massachusetts, USA, he joined the army at 18, acting as a secret agent for the British

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"Surname T: A Legacy of Brilliance and Innovation" From the pioneering mind of Alan Turing, the British mathematician who laid the foundation for modern computing, to the groundbreaking surgical techniques developed by Hugh Owen Thomas, a Welsh surgeon known for his contributions in orthopedics. Edward Thorndike, an American psychologist renowned for his work on animal behavior and learning theories, joins this illustrious group alongside Theophrastus, an Ancient Greek philosopher whose botanical studies revolutionized our understanding of plants. Joseph de Tournefort, a French botanist who explored uncharted territories to discover new plant species. Tereshkova and Korolyov make their mark as pioneers in space exploration with their remarkable achievements as part of the Soviet Union's space program. Thales, another Ancient Greek philosopher known for his profound insights into natural phenomena and mathematics. Alexei Tupolev takes us to new heights with his innovations as a Soviet aircraft designer. Louis-Jacques Thenard leaves an indelible mark in chemistry through his discoveries that advanced our understanding of chemical reactions. Lastly, Gaspare Tagliacozzi stands tall among Italian surgeons with his revolutionary techniques in reconstructive surgery. The surname T represents a lineage of exceptional individuals who have left an enduring legacy across various fields - from mathematics and philosophy to science and medicine. Their contributions continue to shape our world today and inspire future generations towards greatness.