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| • | 101. Astronomy |
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| | • | 102. Chemistry and Chemical Biochemistry |
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| | • | 103. Engineering |
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| | • | 104. Mathematics |
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| | • | 105. Physical Earth Sciences |
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| | • | 106. Physics |
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| | • | 107 |
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| | • | 200 |
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| | • | 201. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
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| | • | 202. Cellular and Developmental Biology |
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| | • | 203. Evolution & Ecology, Systematics, Population Genetics, Paleontology, and Physical Anthropology |
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| | • | 204. Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Immunology |
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| | • | 205. Microbiology |
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| | • | 206. Physiology, Biophysics, and Pharmacology |
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| | • | 207. Genetics |
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| | • | 208. Plant Sciences |
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| | • | 209. Neurobiology |
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| | • | 210. Behavioral Biology, Psychology, Ethology, and Animal Behavior |
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| | • | 301. Anthropology, Demography, Psychology, and Sociology |
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| | • | 302. Economics |
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| | • | 303. History Since 1715 |
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| | • | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science |
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| | • | 305 |
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| | • | 401. Archaeology |
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| | • | 402. Criticism: Arts and Letters |
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| | • | 402a |
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| | • | 402b |
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| | • | 403. Cultural Anthropology |
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| | • | 404. History of the Arts, Literature, Religion and Sciences |
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| | • | 404a |
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| | • | 404b |
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| | • | 404c |
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| | • | 405 [401] |
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| | • | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century |
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| | • | 406. Linguistics |
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| | • | 407. Philosophy |
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| | • | 408 |
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| | • | 501. Creative Artists |
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| | • | 502. Physicians, Theologians, Lawyers, Jurists, Architects, and Members of Other Professions |
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| | • | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors |
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| | • | 504. Scholars in the Professions |
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| | 901 | Name: | Edward Nairne | | | Year Elected: | 1770 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1726 | | | Death Date: | 9/1/1806 | | | | | | |
Edward Nairne (1726–1 September 1806) was a natural philosopher, a scientific instrument maker, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1770. His career began in 1741 with an apprenticeship to a maker of optical instruments. This training was the beginning of a lifetime creating instruments like microscopes and telescopes, but his inventions were diverse and plentiful. He designed pencil erasers, mercury thermometers, magnets, compass needles, and barometers. Some of the most prominent natural philosophers and institutions of the time, including Benjamin Franklin, APS Member Joseph Priestly, Harvard University, and the Royal Greenwich Observatory, commissioned and used Nairne’s instruments. Like many of his contemporaries, Nairne was interested in researching and experimenting with electricity. He created a cylindrical machine that could efficiently generate and emit sparks. His demonstrations with this device, which showed the potential dangers of electric shocks, helped to popularize the use of lightning rods to protect houses and buildings. He also performed electrical experiments to help determine the ideal shape for these rods; the results seemed to show that Benjamin Franklin’s designs were ideal. Because of his expertise, the Royal Society sent Nairne on several occasions to examine buildings that had been destroyed by lightning strikes and to determine what fortifications could have protected them. In 1782, Nairne patented an electrical machine for medical use, which physicians used in the treatment of a wide range of ailments, both neurological and physical. Nairne became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1776 and a founder proprietor of the Royal Institution in 1800. He was possibly the most well-known instrument maker of his time, finding success both in England and abroad. He died in Chelsea in 1806. (DNB) | |
| 902 | Name: | Professor Chie Nakane | | | Institution: | University of Tokyo | | | Year Elected: | 1977 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 403. Cultural Anthropology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1926 | | | Death Date: | October 12, 2021 | | | | | | |
Social anthropologist Chie Nakane is a respected scholar who has spent a lifetime studying human societies and chronicling her theories. One of the first women to graduate from the University of Tokyo, Ms. Nakane was the University's first female professor and the first female member of the Japan Academy. Now a professor emeritus, she traces her profound interest in social anthropology to her teenage years when she returned to Japan after living in China and was struck by the cultural and social differences between the two countries. After receiving her M.A. in 1950, she embarked on a career investigating Asian societies, including those of Japan, India, China and her special area of expertise, Tibet. In 1987, she won a Japan Foundation Award for this comparative research. Ms. Nakane's incisive study of Japan is presented in her seminal book, Japanese Society, which offers insight into what distinguishes Japanese society from other complex societies. Published in 1970, the book characterizes Japan as being built on a vertical organizational principle where a hierarchical order based on rank prevails. Ms. Nakane's other works include Kinship and Economic Organization in Rural Japan (1967) and Human Relationships in Japan (1972). | |
| 903 | Name: | Fridtjof Nansen | | | Year Elected: | 1897 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1861 | | | | |
| 904 | Name: | John T. Napier | | | Year Elected: | 1886 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 905 | Name: | Karl F. Naumann | | | Year Elected: | 1869 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 906 | Name: | Martin F. Navarette | | | Year Elected: | 1831 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 907 | Name: | Manuel Naxera | | | Year Elected: | 1836 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 908 | Name: | Pierre S. du Pont de Nemours | | | Year Elected: | 1800 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 909 | Name: | Baron Jean G. Hyde de Neuville | | | Year Elected: | 1829 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 910 | Name: | Sir Edward Newenham | | | Year Elected: | 1787 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 911 | Name: | Mr. Yannick Nézet-Séguin | | | Institution: | Orchestre Métropolitain, Montreal; Philadelphia Orchestra; New York Metropolitan Opera; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | | | Year Elected: | 2022 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 501. Creative Artists | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1975 | | | | | | |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a Conductor and Pianist. He is currently Music Director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also Honorary Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra after serving as Principal Conductor from 2008 to 2018. He studied piano, conducting, composition, and chamber music at the Quebec Conservatory in Montreal and choral conducting at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. Other experience includes serving as Musical Director of Chœur Polyphonique de Montréal (1994), Musical Director of Choeur de Laval (1995), Founder of La Chapelle de Montréal (1995-2002), and Chorus Master, Assistant Conductor, and Music Adviser for the Opéra de Montréal (1998-2002).
Widely recognized for his musicianship, dedication, and charisma, he has established himself as a musical leader of the highest caliber and one of the most thrilling talents of his generation. His intensely collaborative style, deeply rooted musical curiosity, and boundless enthusiasm, paired with a fresh approach to orchestral programming, have been heralded by critics and audiences alike. The New York Times has called him "phenomenal," adding that under his baton, "the ensemble, famous for its glowing strings and homogenous richness, has never sounded better."
At a time when few conductors had personal recording contracts, Nézet-Séguin enjoyed an open-ended agreement with Deutsch Grammophon. His extensive discography includes numerous recordings for the German label, including the 2015 Rachmaninov Variations with Daniil Trifonov and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also a notable opera conductor. His operas on video include: Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Grammophon, 2010; Rusalka, Metropolitan Opera, Decca Classics, 2014; Faust, Metropolitan Opera, Decca Classics, 2014. He was the 2000 recipient of the Virginia Parker Prize and the 2010 recipient of the National Arts Centre Award. He was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2012. Nézet-Séguin was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2022. | |
| 912 | Name: | Ms. Ida Nicolaisen | | | Institution: | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies & Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project | | | Year Elected: | 1999 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 301. Anthropology, Demography, Psychology, and Sociology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1940 | | | | | | |
Ida Nicolaisen is one of the most distinguished social anthropologists in Denmark today. In addition to her scientific studies, she is active in promoting environmental research in developing countries. The work for which she is best known relates to Malaysia. She has conducted fieldwork among the Punan Bah, in Sarawak, heads the Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project, and took the initiative in the building of a traditional sewn longboat by a Punan Bah man at the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark, as well as the erection of two remarkable totem poles at the National Museum. In addition to Malaysia, she has done fieldwork in the Philippines, Greenland, Niger, Chad, and Norway, and speaks many foreign languages, including Punan Bah. She is the editor of the multivolumed Danish Nomad Research publications. Her contributions are classical and have earned her an international reputation. Dr. Nicolaisen was the first woman to give the Annual Celebration at the University of Copenhagen (after 510 years). She is a Knight of the Order of Danneburg (Denmark), a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Senior Research Fellow at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. | |
| 913 | Name: | Julian U. Niemcewicz | | | Year Elected: | 1798 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 914 | Name: | Serge Nikitin | | | Year Elected: | 1886 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 915 | Name: | Sven Nilsson | | | Year Elected: | 1869 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 916 | Name: | Martin P. Nilsson | | | Year Elected: | 1939 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1875 | | | Death Date: | 4/7/67 | | | | |
| 917 | Name: | Nicolas Noel | | | Year Elected: | 1786 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 918 | Name: | Theodor Noldeke | | | Year Elected: | 1906 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 919 | Name: | Dr. Carl Nordenfalk | | | Year Elected: | 1970 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 402. Criticism: Arts and Letters | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1907 | | | Death Date: | 6/13/92 | | | | |
| 920 | Name: | Nils A.E. Nordenskjold | | | Year Elected: | 1876 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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