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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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| | 1141 | Name: | Dr. Dennis W. Sciama | | | Institution: | International School for Advanced Study, Italy | | | Year Elected: | 1980 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 106. Physics | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1926 | | | Death Date: | December 19, 1999 | | | | |
| 1142 | Name: | Philip L. Sclater | | | Year Elected: | 1873 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1143 | Name: | Angelo Sechhi | | | Year Elected: | 1860 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1144 | Name: | Adam Sedgewick | | | Year Elected: | 1860 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1145 | Name: | Dr. Michael Sela | | | Institution: | Weizmann Institute of Science | | | Year Elected: | 1995 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 209. Neurobiology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1924 | | | Death Date: | May 27, 2022 | | | | | | |
One of the world's leading chemical immunologists, Michael Sela is the W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. During his tenure at the Institute, which began in 1963, he has served as Dean of the Faculty of Biology (1970-73), as President (1975-85) and as Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors (1985-94). Considered a premier ambassador for Israeli science, Dr. Sela has most successfully applied his understanding of proteins and synthetic amino acid polymers to the manipulation of the immune system. He has also been responsible for the design and production of the specific immunogenic molecule "COP 1," which has positive actions in counteracting the autoimmune process in multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sela's scientific contributions have been recognized internationally by major honors and prizes, including the Warburg (1968), Landsteiner (1986) and UNESCO Albert Einstein (1995) Medals, the German Order of Merit and the French Legion d'Honeur. He is a member of the Max-Planck-Society, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academies of the U.S., France, Russia, Germany, Vatican, Romania, and Italy, and a recipient of nine honorary doctorates from the USA, Mexico, France and Israel. He received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in 1954. | |
| 1146 | Name: | Alfred R.C. Selsyn | | | Year Elected: | 1874 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1147 | Name: | Baron de Michel E. Selys-Longchamps | | | Year Elected: | 1873 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1148 | Name: | Dr. A. M. Celâl Sengör | | | Institution: | Istanbul Technical University | | | Year Elected: | 2004 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 105. Physical Earth Sciences | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Living
| | | Birth Date: | 1955 | | | | | | |
An expert on the structure and evolution of the Earth's crust, Ali Mehmet Celal Sengor is one of the foremost authorities on the plate-tectonic evolution of Eurasia and has made important, innovative contributions to the accretionary mechanisms by which continents grow. Born in Turkey in 1955, he earned his Ph.D. from the State University of New York in 1982. He then returned to Turkey as a lecturer and reader at Istanbul Technical University, where in 1992 he was named Professor of Geology and head of the Department of Solid Earth Sciences. Dr. Sengor is the author of (with A. Miyashiro and K. Aki) Orogeny (1982) and (with others) The Paleogeographic Atlas of Turkey (1998). He has been widely honored for his prodigious series of articles, books, and monographs, and he has had enormous influence on scientific and educational developments in Turkey. His many awards include the Prix Lutaud-Grand Prix de l' Academie des Sciences dans le Domaine des Sciences de la Terre (1997) and the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London (1999). In 1992 he became the youngest of the ten founding members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (appointed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey), and he is also a member of the Geological Society of London; Societé Geologique de France; Academia Europaea; Geological Society of America; and National Academy of Sciences. He is fluent in Turkish, English, German and French and gives elegant, exciting and lucid lectures in all of these languages. | |
| 1149 | Name: | Dr. Ismail Serageldin | | | Institution: | The Library of Alexandria | | | Year Elected: | 2011 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1944 | | | | | | |
Ismail Serageldin’s list of chairmanships, professional associations, publications, and honors is as impressive as it is long, and it is not without reason that he was selected to head the modern incarnation of the ancient Library of Alexandria. His push for an Arab liberalism and a new focus on knowledge, education, and a cultural shift away from the condemnations of modernity he feels holds back both the Arab and Islamic worlds is certainly work to be commended. Outside of his powerful ideas, however, Serageldin’s prominent leadership abilities stand out. His work at the World Bank and at the Library of Alexandria is that of a person of passion and compassion and a builder of much needed bridges, both interculturally and interpersonally. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1972 and has gone on to author numerous books, including: Nurturing Development, 1995; Architecture of Empowerment 1997; (with W. Collins) Biotechnology and Biosafety, 1999; (with G. Persley) Promethean Science, 2000; (with G. Persley) Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North, 2003; (with E. Masood) Changing Lives, 2006; Reflections on our Digital Future, 2006; Inventing our Future: Essays on Freedom, Democracy and Reform in the Arab World, second edition 2007; Freedom of Expression, 2007; Islam and Democracy, 2008. Among his honors are being named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2003) and Knight of the French Legion of Honor (2008); The Jamnalal Bajaj Award for promoting Ghandian values outside India (2006); named to the Order of the Rising Sun - Gold and Silver Star by the Emperor of Japan (2008); the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal (2011); and election to both the Academy of Sciences of the Developing World and the Egyptian Academy of Science. He recently followed in Napoleon Bonaparte's footsteps by becoming Vice President of the Institut d'Egypte, the second oldest scientific institute outside of Europe. | |
| 1150 | Name: | Giuseppe Sergi | | | Year Elected: | 1885 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1151 | Name: | Jose F. Correa da Serra | | | Year Elected: | 1812 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1152 | Name: | Dr. Jean-Pierre Serre | | | Institution: | Collège de France | | | Year Elected: | 1998 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 104. Mathematics | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Living
| | | Birth Date: | 1926 | | | | | | |
Jean-Pierre Serre is one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century, active in algebraic geometry, number theory and topology. He has received numerous awards and honors for his mathematical research and exposition, including the Fields Medal in 1954. Born in Bages, France, Dr. Serre was educated at the Lycée de Nîmes and then from 1945-48 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. He was awarded his doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1951. From 1948-54 he held positions at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. He is now a professor at the Collège de France (1956) and a leading member of "Bourbaki," the well-known group of French mathematicians. | |
| 1153 | Name: | Dr. Salvatore Settis | | | Institution: | Scuola Normale Superiore | | | Year Elected: | 2012 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 401. Archaeology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1941 | | | | | | |
Salvatore Settis has been Director of the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (1994-1999) and of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (1999-2010), where he also taught Classical Archaeology and Art History. He has been Visiting Professor in several universities; moreover, he delivered the Isaia Berlin Lectures at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Lectures of the Catedra del Museo del Prado in Madrid. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, of the Institut de France, of the Istituto Veneto, and of the Academies of Sciences in Berlin, Munich, Brussells, and Turin.
His research interests include ancient and Renaissance art history. Among his books: Saggio sull'Afrodite Urania di Fidia , Pisa 1966; La «Tempesta» interpretata. Giorgione, i committenti, il soggetto , Turin 1978 [English: Giorgione's Tempest. Interpreting the Hidden Subject , Cambridge 1990] ; La Colonna Traiana , Turin 1988; Laocoonte. Fama e stile , Rome 1999; Italia S.p.A. L’assalto al patrimonio culturale , Turin 2002; Futuro del Classico, Turin 2004 [English: The Future of the Classical, Oxford 2006]; Battaglie senza eroi. I beni culturali fra istituzioni e profitto, Milan 2005; Artisti e committenti fra Quattro e Cinquecento, Turin 2010; Paesaggio Costituzione cemento. La battaglia per l’ambiente contro il degrado civile, Turin 2011. He was editor of Memoria dell'Antico nell'arte italiana, vols. 1-3, Turin 1984-86, of I Greci. Storia, arte, cultura, società, vols. 1-6, Turin 1995-2002, and of The Classical Tradition , Harvard University Press 2010 (with A. Grafton and G. W. Most), and is the general editor of the series Mirabilia Italiae.
For his interest in the preservation of landscape and cultural heritage, he has been Chair of Italy’s High Council for Cultural Heritage and Landscape (“Consiglio Superiore dei Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici”) and was awarded two honorary degrees in Law, by the universities of Padua (2007) and Rome-Tor Vergata (2008). | |
| 1154 | Name: | Jonathan Sewell | | | Year Elected: | 1830 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1155 | Name: | Dr. Adi Shamir | | | Institution: | Weizmann Institute of Science | | | Year Elected: | 2019 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 107 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1952 | | | | | | |
Adi Shamir is currently Paul and Marlene Borman Professorial Chair of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the The Weizmann Institute of Science. He earned his Ph.D., The Weizmann Institute of Science, 1977.
Adi Shamir is beyond doubt one of the most recognized cryptographers worldwide. He has a number of claims to fame including being a co-inventor of the RSA public-key cryptography algorithm, the father of the idea and first realization of secret sharing, the co-inventor of identity based and visual cryptography, and a major actor in what has become known as differential cryptanalysis. For over thirty years Shamir continues his visionary leadership obtaining breakthrough results in essentially all fields within cryptography, opening new research avenues towards a better understanding of both new and well established cryptographic tools.
His many honors and awards include: the Baker Prize in 1986, the PIUS XI Gold Medal of the The Vatican's Pontifical Academy in 1992, the Kanellakis Prize in 1997, the Kobayashi Prize of the IEEE in 2000, the Turing award, together with Rivest and Adleman, in 2002, the Israel Prize and the Okawa Prize in 2008, the NEC Prize in 2009, the Grand Medaille of the French Académie des Sciences in 2012, and the Japan Prize in 2017. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Science (1998), the National Academy of Sciences (2005), Academia Europaea (2007), French Académie des Sciences (2015), and the Royal Society (2018). Adi Shamir was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019. | |
| 1156 | Name: | Dr. Moshe Sharon | | | Institution: | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | | | Year Elected: | 2014 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 404b | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Living
| | | Birth Date: | 1937 | | | | | | |
Moshe Sharon, M.A., PhD was born in Haifa Israel on December 18, 1937 and received his higher education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the SOAS University of London. He is a professor (Emeritus) of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, and Chair in Bahá’í Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in which he initiated the scholarly independent study of the Bahá’í Faith (in a non Bahá’í context, and within the wider study of modern religions and religious movements). Asked in 1984 to develop Jewish Studies at the University of the Witwaterstrand Johannesburg, South Africa, he established the Chair and Centre of Jewish Studies there and headed and directed it until 1993.
Since 1968 Professor Sharon has been documenting and studying in depth the Arabic Inscriptions of the Holy Land and publishing them in multi-volume opus: Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP, six books) concurrent with his many scholarly publications on Islamic history and civilization. Among these are Black Banners from the East in 2 volumes, by now classic on the earliest revolutionary movement in Islam; Judaism Christianity and Islam, Interaction and Conflict; Judaism in the Context of Diverse Civilizations; Studies in Modern Religions and Religious Movements (ed.); The Bahá’í Religion and its Most Holy Book and many more. Professor Sharon is one of foremost authorities on early ‘Abbasid history, History of the Holy Land under Islam, and a world expert on Arabic Epigraphy.
In the field of public activity he served as Prime Minister Begin Advisor on Arab Affairs (1978-1980) and participated in the initial stages of the Israeli-Egyptian peace process. Later he was the Head of the Department of Arab Affairs in the IDF Central Command, advisor to the Minister of Defense, and special envoy to the Shi‘ites in Lebanon. More than a year ago he was appointed by a unanimous decision of the Government of Israel as Chairman of the Place-Name Committee responsible for the official fixing of all place names on the map of the country. | |
| 1157 | Name: | Dr. Eytan Sheshinski | | | Institution: | The Hebrew University | | | Year Elected: | 2001 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 302. Economics | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| | | Birth Date: | 1937 | | | | | | |
Eytan Sheshinski is the Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Public Finance at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Born in Israel and educated at the Hebrew University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has made major contributions to the theory of economic growth and technical progress, optimal price adjustment policies under inflation and, more notably, to the theory of Public Economics, i.e. optimal income taxation, public goods, social insurance and the market for annuities. Dr. Sheshinski's recent work focuses on the implications of individuals' bounded rationality on public policy and welfare. Putting theory into practice, he chaired, from 1990-1995, the Board of Directors of Koor Industries, a multinational corporation based in Israel. He also has served as consultant to Transition Economies and Latin-American countries on privatization and design of pension programs. Dr. Sheshinski is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, an honorary foreign member of the AAAS in Boston, and a doctor Honoris-Causa from the Stockholm School of Economics. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2001. | |
| 1158 | Name: | Hu Shih | | | Year Elected: | 1936 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1892 | | | Death Date: | 2/24/62 | | | | |
| 1159 | Name: | Carl T.E. von Siebold | | | Year Elected: | 1869 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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| 1160 | Name: | Charles W. Siemens | | | Year Elected: | 1877 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
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