Sir Boris Uvarov (1889-1970): The Father Of Acridology

Sir John Gurdon: father of nuclear reprogramming.

Sir John Gurdon founded the field of nuclear reprogramming. His work set the stage for the ever burgeoning area of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Here I provide personal reflections on times I shared with John Gurdon and professional reflections of the impact of his ground-breaking research on my own development as a scientist and on the field in general. His paradigm-shifting exp...

Sir Charles Tupper: fighting doctor to father of confederation

misogyny, Gilman exaggerates his anti-Semitism, arguing that Freud's theories on creativity were universalizations of traits Weininger had considered to be quintessentially Jewish. (Gilman does not deign to tell us why, if Weininger's anti-Semitism was indeed so significant, it was wholly ignored by such openly anti-Semitic readers as Karl Kraus, who celebrated Weininger merely as a misogynist....

Nature's good for you: sir Truby King, Seacliff Asylum, and the greening of health care in New Zealand, 1889-1922.

Sir Frederic Truby King's work at Seacliff Asylum in New Zealand, between 1889 and 1922, illustrates a prominent role of agriculture in relationship to human health and the environment. King utilized farming practices, a rural setting, occupational therapy, dietary changes and moves towards self-sufficiency as examples of asylum management practices, but these also ensured patient health and we...

A Look Back in Time: Sir Robert Jones, 'Father of Modern Orthopaedics'.

This paper describes the life of Sir Robert Jones, from his humble beginnings as an apprentice of Thomas Smith, to his many contributions to the orthopaedic specialty. Robert Jones' passion and interest in the subject led to its advancement from a specialty that dealt mainly with crippling diseases in children, to that of treating and rehabilitating disabled adults. He revolutionized the practi...

Boris Dubin