Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat
(1788/1832)
Sinologist, reviver of this science in France. Doctor of Medicine, member of the council for the improvement of the deaf and mute (1824). He died of cholera in 1832.
Roman Abt
(1850/1933)
A Swiss railway engineer, he revolutionized the rack railway system and supervised the construction of 72 lines across the globe.
Clément Ader
(1841/1925)
French engineer, aviation pioneer. He was the first to take off and fly a motorized, heavier-than-air machine in 1890. He coined the word airplane.
Alexander Agassiz
(1835/1910)
An American zoologist and curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, he made important expeditions to Lake Titicaca.
Louis Agassiz
(1807/1873)
American-Swiss botanist, zoologist, ichthyologist and geologist.
Ernst Alban
(1791/1856)
German surgeon and ophthalmologist, pioneer in the construction of steam engines.
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
(1717/1783)
Mathematician, philosopher, encyclopedist and academician (Academy of Sciences, 1741 – French Academy, 1754).
Jean-Louis Alibert (baron)
(1768/1837)
A French physician and creator of modern dermatology, he brought worldwide renown to the Saint-Louis hospital.
Adolphe Alphand
(1817/1891)
Ingénieur des ponts et chaussées français. Connu pour son travail d’embellissement de Paris, avec le baron Haussmann et ensuite comme directeur des Travaux de la ville de Paris.
Louis Cantel Ancteville (chevalier d’)
(1738/1785)
Ingénieur militaire à Saint-Domingue, commandant au Môle Saint-Nicolas (1784), il participe au siège de Yorktown.