Dictionary of Scientists


Here are authoritative and up-to-date biographies of the world's scientists, from ancient times to the cutting edge. All areas of science are represented, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology, plus key figures in the fields of mathematics and technology.
On this page: Sabatier, Paul to Skou, Jens Christian.

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Sabatier, Paul (French chemist)
Sabine, Edward, Sir (British geophysicist)
Saha, Meghnad N. (Indian astrophysicist)
Sakmann, Bert (German biophysicist)
Salam, Abdus (Pakistani physicist)
Salk, Jonas Edward (American microbiologist)
Samuelsson, Bengt Ingemar (Swedish biochemist)
Sandage, Allan Rex (American astronomer)
Sanger, Frederick (British biochemist)
Sarich, Vincent (American biochemist)
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de (Swiss physicist and geologist)
Schaefer, Vincent Joseph (American physicist)
Schally, Andrew Victor (Polish–American physiologist)
Schawlow, Arthur Leonard (American physicist)
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio (Italian astronomer)
Schiff, Moritz (German physiologist)
Schimper, Andreas Franz Wilhelm (German plant ecologist)
Schmidt, Bernhard Voldemar (Estonian telescope maker)
Schmidt, Ernst Johannes (Danish biologist)
Schmidt, Maarten (Dutch–American astronomer)
Schrieffer, John Robert (American physicist)
Schuster, Arthur, Sir (British physicist and spectroscopist)
Schwartz, Melvin (American physicist)
Schwarz, John Henry (American mathematical physicist)
Schwarzschild, Karl (German astronomer)
Schwinger, Julian Seymour (American physicist)
Secchi, Pietro Angelo (Italian astronomer)
Sedgwick, Adam (British geologist and mathematician)
Seebeck, Thomas Johann (Estonian–German physicist)
Sefström, Nils Gabriel (Swedish chemist)
Segrè, Emilio Gino (Italian–American physicist)
Seyfert, Carl Keenan (American astronomer)
Shannon, Claude Elwood (American mathematician)
Shapley, Harlow (American astronomer)
Sharp, Phillip Allen (American molecular biologist)
Sherrington, Charles Scott, Sir (British physiologist)
Shockley, William Bradford (British–American physicist)
Shull, Clifford Glenwood (American physicist)
Sidgwick, Nevil Vincent (British chemist)
Siegbahn, Kai Manne Börje (Swedish physicist)
Siegbahn, Karl Manne Georg (Swedish physicist)
Siemens, Ernst Werner von (German engineer)
Siemens, William, Sir (British engineer)
Simpson, Thomas (British mathematician)
Skolem, Thoralf Albert (Norwegian mathematician)
Skou, Jens Christian (Danish biologist)