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#13601

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin

#139255

Overall Influence

1957 - 2007 (50 years)

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin studied aesthetics, philosophy of art, and sociology in Ankara and Paris. Part of the first generation of Turkish artists considered to be globally active and nationally influential, Alptekin is considered one of the most significant figures in the established contemporary art scene of Istanbul.

#13602

Erwin Heerich

#47229

Overall Influence

1922 - 2004 (82 years)

Erwin Heerich was a German artist. Life and work From 1945 to 1950 Heerich studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Ewald Mataré. From 1950 to 1954, he belonged, together with Joseph Beuys, to the master class of his professor. At that time, he chiefly produced sculptures representing animals and drawings of plants. In 1954, he left the Düsseldorf academy and worked as an artist and art teacher. Since 1959, he used cardboard as his artistic material. He presented 10 of these "Kartonplastiken" at the documenta IV in Kassel.

#13603

David Olds

#192110

Overall Influence

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Elisabeth Subrin

#86884

Overall Influence

1964 - Present (62 years)

Elisabeth Subrin is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, screenwriter, and visual artist. She is known for her interdisciplinary practice in the contemporary art and independent film worlds. She is a professor in Temple University's Department of Film and Media Arts. Her feature length narrative film A Woman, a Part; starring Maggie Siff, Cara Seymour, John Ortiz, and Khandi Alexander; premiered at The Rotterdam Film Festival in 2016. She is also the creator of the blog, Who Cares About Actresses, dedicated to actress Maria Schneider.

#13605

Clinton Adams

#75098

Overall Influence

1918 - 2002 (84 years)

Clinton Adams was an American artist and art historian. He was known for his contributions to the field of lithography. Biography Adams was born in Glendale, California. He worked in the art department of the University of California, Los Angeles, but eventually left to serve in the military. He returned to UCLA in 1946. From 1961 to 1976, he was the Dean of the University of New Mexico.

#13606

Alejandro Quevedo Sánchez

#192113

Overall Influence

Alejandro Quevedo is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Murcia Department of Archaeology. Quevedo specializes in Roman pottery and its role in the economy of ancient Rome. He uses ceramic evidence of commercial exchange between Spain, Italy, and North Africa in his research.

#13607

Brigitte Meijns

#173652

Overall Influence

Brigitte Leonie Isabelle Meijns is a Belgian medievalist, professor of Medieval History at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Meijns studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the University of Poitiers, obtaining her doctorate from Leuven in 1999 with a thesis on the reform of chapters of canons regular in the 11th and 12th centuries. This was published as Aken of Jeruzalem? Het ontstaan en de hervorming van de kanonikale instellingen in Vlaanderen tot circa 1155 .

#13608

John Wesley

#44298

Overall Influence

1928 - 2022 (94 years)

John Wesley was an American painter, known for idiosyncratic figurative works of eros and humor, rendered in a precise, hard-edged, deadpan style. Wesley's art largely remained true to artistic premises that he established in the 1960s: a comic-strip style of flat shapes, delicate black outline, a limited matte palette of saturated colors, and elegant, pared-down compositions. His characteristic subjects included cavorting nymphs, nudes, infants and animals, pastoral and historical scenes, and 1950s comic strip characters in humorously blasphemous, ambiguous scenarios of forbidden desire, rag...

#13609

Andrew G. Shead

#126226

Overall Influence

Andrew G. Shead is head of the Old Testament department at Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia, where he lectures in Hebrew, Old Testament and music. Life Shead earned a BSc , a BTh, a MTh and a PhD . From 1998 Shead holds a PhD at the University of Cambridge with his doctoral dissertation Jeremiah 32 in its Hebrew and Greek Recensions under supervision of Robert P. Gordon.

#13610

Maria Lähteenmäki

#103724

Overall Influence

1957 - Present (69 years)

Maria Lähteenmäki is a researcher of history, Jutikkala Professor at the University of Eastern Finland and Docent of Finnish and Scandinavian history at the University of Helsinki. She has produced many scientific monographs and textbooks and written a great number of articles.

#13611

Wai-Hong Tham

#153848

Overall Influence

Wai-Hong Tham is a Malaysian professor at the University of Melbourne and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research , and joint head of the division of Infectious Disease and Immune Defense. She researches the molecular biology of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.

#13612

Ali Shariatmadari

Ali Shariatmadari

#20099

Overall Influence

1924 - 2017 (93 years)

Ali Shariatmadari was an Iranian academic and educationist who was minister of culture in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979. He was president of the Iranian Academy of Sciences from 1990 until 1998. He was also a professor of education at the Teacher Training University in Tehran and a member of High Council of the Cultural Revolution from 1982 until his death.

#13613

Richard Black

#45576

Overall Influence

1921 - 2014 (93 years)

Harry Richard Black was an American commercial artist, illustrator, and portraitist. Black created the original Mr. Clean mascot for Procter & Gamble's household cleaner during the 1950s. Biography Early life and education Richard Black was born on October 10, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He enrolled at Syracuse University, but left the school to enlist in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He moved to Ohio after the war and opened an art studio in Dayton. He also taught art at both the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College on a part-time basis for years.

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Andrew Farley

#88899

Overall Influence

1972 - Present (54 years)

Andrew Farley is an American Evangelical Christian, the author of nine best-selling books, including The Naked Gospel and God Without Religion, and the Lead Pastor of The Grace Church, in Lubbock, Texas. He served as an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Texas Tech University.

#13615

Uche Azikiwe

#45904

Overall Influence

1947 - Present (79 years)

Uche Ewah Azikiwe , is a Nigerian academic, educator and author. She is the widow of former President of Nigeria Nnamdi Azikiwe. She is a professor in the Department of Educational Foundation, Faculty of Education at University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In 1999, she was appointed to the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

#13616

Jordi Romeu Robert

#192120

Overall Influence

Jordi Romeu Robert from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2012 for contributions to the development of fractal antennas.

#13617

Melinda Tan

#51092

Overall Influence

Melinda Tan is an academic who is currently rector of the University of Central Lancashire campus in the UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus. Career Melinda Tan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English language and literature in 1991 from the National University of Singapore and a post graduate diploma in education from the same institution in 1992. She was awarded a Master of Arts degree in English language teaching and applied linguistics from the University of Nottingham in 1997. Tan remained with the university to study for a doctor of philosophy degree, lecturing there during this time. She received her doctorate in applied linguistics in 2000.

#13618

Leah DeVun

#151395

Overall Influence

1973 - Present (53 years)

Leah DeVun is an American contemporary artist and historian who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BA and PhD from Columbia University and is an associate professor at Rutgers University, where she teaches women's and gender history.

#13619

Sergei Hackel

#105403

Overall Influence

1931 - 2005 (74 years)

Archpriest Sergei Alekseyevich Hackel was a British Russian Orthodox priest, theologian, academic and broadcaster, who was the senior priest in Britain of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh. Hackel was born in Berlin. His family had once owned a large house in Saint Petersburg opposite the Winter Palace, and his parents were part of a circle of intellectuals who moved to Germany following the 1917 revolution.

#13620

Angele Botros Samaan

#96591

Overall Influence

1923 - 2011 (88 years)

Angele Botros Samaan was an Egyptian academic and translator. Biography Dr Angele Botros Samaan was born the 3rd of October 1923 in Marsa Matrouh and she died the 22nd of November 2011 in Cairo. She obtained a BA and MA degree from the Faculty of Arts Department of English Literature and Language in Cairo University. She obtained her PhD from London University in 1962, with a thesis untitled The Novel of Utopianism and Prophecy From Lytton to Orwell With Special Reference to Its Reception. Her supervisor was Professor Tillotson. She then returned to Cairo and worked at Cairo University for many years in the Department of English Literature and Language.

#13621

Hubertine Rose Éholie

#119259

Overall Influence

1934 - Present (92 years)

Hubertine Rose Éholie was an Ivorian academic. Specialising in chemistry, she had a long career at the University of Abidjan. She retired by 2015 and was a critic of the gender gap of women in academia.

#13622

Sujay Rao Mandavilli

#192126

Overall Influence

Sujay Rao Mandavilli is an ex-IT professional and a born-again Anthropologist and researcher with major contributions to various fields of Anthropology and Social Sciences. He completed his Masters in Anthropology from the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi, India in 2020 with a first class. He has made major contributions to Anthropological Economics, the Sociology of Science, theories of socio-cultural change, Identity theory, Historiography, language dynamics, Indo European studies, the Aryan Problem, and the identity of the Harappans. His hypothesis is that...

#13623

K. K. Seet

#105181

Overall Influence

Seet Khiam Keong , better known as "K.K. Seet", is an academic, writer and theatre director from Singapore. He is a prominent figure in the arts scene in Singapore, where he is particularly known for being a judge at several high-profile competitions and serving on a number of arts-related committees.

#13624

Jonathan Gesell

#192129

Overall Influence

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Alice L. Miller

#49811

Overall Influence

1944 - Present (82 years)

Dr. Alice Lyman Miller is a researcher, writer, and professor known for her analysis of Chinese history, politics, and foreign policy. She completed her gender transition in 2006. Career Born and raised in upstate New York, Miller then attended Princeton University and received a PhD from George Washington University in 1974 with a doctoral dissertation on Qing dynasty politics. She worked as an analyst at Central Intelligence Agency, from 1974 to 1990. From 1980 to 2000, she taught at Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, D.C., first as a lecturer and then as associate professor of China studies and director of the China Studies Program.

#13626

Peju Layiwola

#82857

Overall Influence

1967 - Present (59 years)

Peju Layiwola is an art Historian and visual artist from Nigeria who works in a variety of media and genre. She is listed as a "21st Century Avant-Garde" in the book Art Cities of the Future published by Phaidon Press She is currently a Professor of Art and Art history at the University of Lagos and has been described as a "multitalented artist." Her works can be found in the collection of Microsoft Lagos, Yemisi Shyllon Museum, Pan Atlantic, Lagos and homes of private collectors such as JP and Ebun Clark and the Obi of Onitsha.

#13627

Kate Just

#185258

Overall Influence

1974 - Present (52 years)

Kate Just is an American-born Australian feminist artist. Just is best known for her inventive and political use of knitting, both in sculptural and pictorial form. In addition to her solo practice, Just often works socially and collaboratively within communities to create large scale, public art projects that tackle significant social issues including sexual harassment and violence against women.

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Beth Kelly

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Overall Influence

Beth Kelly is an American political theorist and feminist. Kelly is a professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Irish Studies at DePaul University. From 1997 to 2003, Kelly served as director of the department of Women's and Gender Studies at DePaul, and was a founder of DePaul's LGBT studies program. Since March 2010, Kelly has been chairperson of the Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, one of eight advisory councils to the Commission on Human Relations for the City of Chicago. Kelly received her PhD from Rutgers University.

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Judy Radul

#173801

Overall Influence

1962 - Present (64 years)

Judy Radul is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, writer and educator. She is known for her performance art and media installations, as well as her critical writing. Biography She has exhibited her work around the world, and recently participated in the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst program in Berlin. She is currently a professor at Simon Fraser University, in the School for Contemporary Arts and is represented by the Catriona Jeffries Gallery.

#13630

Elina Kahla

#153826

Overall Influence

1960 - Present (66 years)

Elina Kahla is a Finnish philologist and academic who works at the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki. She was the former President of the St. Petersburg EUNIC in 2015-2016 and Director of the Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg in 2012–2016.

#13631

Lauren K Dobson

#192135

Overall Influence

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James Mcconalogue

#192136

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Chris Collins

#180980

Overall Influence

1971 - Present (55 years)

Christopher E. Collins is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2015, and represented the 29th district comprising the City of Winchester and parts of Frederick County and Warren County.

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Tiara Moore

#177153

Overall Influence

Tiara Moore works at the Washington state branch of The Nature Conservancy. She is known for her leadership in organizing the Black in Marine Science week and her work in social activism. Early life and education Moore is from Greenwood, South Carolina, and has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Winthrop University. After getting a master's at Hampton University in Virginia, Moore went on to earn a Ph.D. in Biology from UCLA, where she published a thesis on algal blooms in estuaries. As of 2021, she is a postdoctoral fellow at The Nature Conservancy.

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Laurel McSherry

#100556

Overall Influence

Laurel McSherry is an artist and Director of the Graduate Landscape Architecture Program at the Morgan State University School of Architecture and Planning in Baltimore. Previously, she was the graduate landscape architecture program director at Virginia Tech's Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center. Her design research work is award-winning and frequently focuses on rivers and their drainage basins.

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Peter Winterburn

#158613

Overall Influence

Peter Winterburn was a Canadian academic. He was the NSERC/AcmeLabs/Bureau Veritas Minerals Industrial Research Chair in Exploration Geochemistry at the University of British Columbia and had recently moved to Chile.

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Marsha Houston Stanback

#192139

Overall Influence

Marsha Houston Stanback Dr. Marsha Huston is Associate Professor and Chair of Communication at Georgia State University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emory College of Emory University and taught at Clark College in Atlanta Georgia from 1972 until 1976. She earned a Masters in Dramatic Art with a concentration on theater history and literature from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then she began teaching at Western New England College in Springfield Massachusetts from 1977 until 1980. She became an Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1982.

#13638

Rakib Ehsan

#192141

Overall Influence

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Christopher Kremmer

#140696

Overall Influence

1958 - Present (68 years)

Christopher Kremmer is an Australian journalist and author. He is known for his book-length fiction and nonfiction, short stories, and journalism. Over the past thirty years, he has written several books that explore different regions and cultures around the world, including the Bamboo Palace and Inhaling the Mahatma. As of 2023, he is a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

#13640

Betty Tompkins

#185222

Overall Influence

1945 - Present (81 years)

Betty Tompkins is an American artist and arts educator. Her paintings revolve, almost exclusively, around photorealistic, close-up imagery of both heterosexual and homosexual intimate acts. She creates large-scale, monochromatic canvases and works on paper of singular or multiple figures engaged in sexual acts, executed with successive layers of spray painting over pre-drawings formed by text.

#13641

Vytautas Juščius

#165769

Overall Influence

1952 - Present (74 years)

Vytautas Juščius is a Lithuanian professor and doctor of economic science. In 1980, he graduated from the Moscow State University. In 1975–1977 and 1980–1990, he taught at the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. Since 1990, he's the head of Economics departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Klaipėda University.

#13642

Wadad Kadi

#84506

Overall Influence

1943 - Present (83 years)

Wadad Afifi Kadi is a Lebanese scholar of Arabic and Islamic civilizations and the Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Islamic Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.

#13643

Gaston Vandendriessche

#50426

Overall Influence

1924 - 2002 (78 years)

Gaston Vandendriessche was a Belgiann psychologist, best known for his extensive study on the so-called Haizmann case, first analyzed by Sigmund Freud in 1923. Vandendriessche was born in Roeselare. He studied psychology at the University of Leuven and published his doctoral thesis, Het Haizmann-geval van Sigmund Freud: Onderzoek betreffende het grondmateriaalen de psychologische interpretaties, in 1962, and continued to research and write on the Haizmann case until the 1990s in Dutch, French, German and English language.

#13644

Kurt Schier

#75182

Overall Influence

1929 - Present (97 years)

Kurt Schier was a German philologist who specialised in Germanic studies. Biography Kurt Schier was born in the village of Ober-Maxdorf, near modern-day Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic. From 1949, Schier studied German and Nordic languages and literature, English studies, ethnology, and history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, receiving his Ph.D. in 1955 under the supervision of Friedrich von der Leyen. He habilitated in Nordic philology and Germanic Antiquity at Munich in 1971 with a thesis on Norse mythology. From 1975 until his retirement in 1995, Schier was Chair of Nordi...

#13645

Antonio Dias

#123660

Overall Influence

1944 - 2018 (74 years)

Antonio Manuel Lima Dias , commonly known as Antonio Dias, was a Brazilian artist and graphic designer. He was a prominent figure during the concretist and Tropicália movements. Biography Dias and his family moved from Campina Grande to Rio Janeiro in 1957. Here he began working as a graphic designer, experimenting with art in his free time. During the 1960s, Dias became a frequent visitor of the artist Oswaldo Goeldi's studio at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. He first worked with abstract geometrical sculptures, but later moved to paper and canvas. After having won the 1965 Biennale des Jeunes painting award in Paris, Dias moved to Paris in 1967.

#13646

Daniel Andrés Díaz-pachón

#192151

Overall Influence

Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón (November 13, 1978) is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Miami. His main research topic is fine-tuning, and his key research tool is active information. He explores the role of information in complex systems, usually of biological interest, using tools from probability, statistics, machine learning, and information theory, with a great deal of inspiration from the philosophy of science —a final amalgamation that came after digging in different fields throughout his career. He was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and influenc...

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Aly Saad

#158513

Overall Influence

1954 - Present (72 years)

Prof. Aly Saad , is a professor of cardiology at Zagazig University and a Member of higher committee of promotion of professors and Assistant professors of cardiovascular diseases and Critical care Subspecialty in Egypt .

#13648

Gijs Bakker

#187744

Overall Influence

1942 - Present (84 years)

Gijs Bakker is a Dutch jewellery and industrial-designer, educated at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Konstfackskolan in Stockholm, Sweden. Bakker's designs cover jewellery, home accessories and household appliances, furniture, interiors, public spaces and exhibitions. He worked and works for numerous companies amongst which are Polaroid, Artifort, HEMA, Royal VKB, and ENO Studio. Bakker is widower of the jewellery designer Emmy van Leersum.

#13649

Isa Milman

#182147

Overall Influence

1949 - Present (77 years)

Isa Milman is a German-born Canadian writer and visual artist living in British Columbia. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany. Milman came to Boston with her parents and studied at Tufts University. She came to Canada in 1975. She received a master's degree in rehabilitation science from McGill University and taught occupational therapy there. She later moved to Victoria, where she worked at the Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre.

#13650

Adam Boehlke

#192154

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