Lucy Catherine Lloyd 7 November 1834 – 31 August 1914 was the creator, along with Wilhelm Bleek, of the 19th-century archive of ǀXam and !Kung texts. Contents 1Early life 2Collaboration with Wilhelm Bleek 3Return to Europe 4Contributions and awards 5Death 6References 7Further reading 8External links Early life Lucy Catherine Lloyd was born in Norbury
James David Lewis-Williams born 1934 is a South African archaeologist. He is best known for his research on southern African San (Bushmen) rock art, of which it can be said that he found a ‘Rosetta Stone’. He is the founder and previous director of the Rock Art Research Institute and is currently professor emeritus of cognitive archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). Lewis-Williams is recognised by
Salim Safurdeen Abdool Karim FRSSAf FRS is a South African Public Health Medicine Specialist, epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist. He was involved in the CAPRISA 004 study. He is a father and is married to Quarraisha Abdool Karim whom he has worked with in research. He is a recipient of the TWAS Prize (2008), the most prestigious scientific award in Africa, the Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award, as well as the Reebok Human Rights
Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the Associate Scientific Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University, in the United States. Recognised as one of the leading HIV scientists, Abdool Karim holds an A1 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa. She is the Pro-Vice Chancellor for African Health at the University
Jan Willem Boudewijn Gunning 3 September 1860 in Hilversum, North Holland – 26 June 1913 in Pretoria, was a Dutch physician, who served as the director of both the Staatsmuseum and what was then known as the Pretoria Zoological Gardens (now the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa). Gunning was the second son of the famous Dutch theologian Johannes Hermanus Gunning (1829-1905) and Johanna Jacoba
Wendy Foden is a conservation biologist, best known for her work on climate change impacts on biodiversity. Contents 1Education 2Career 3References 4External links Education While completing her master’s degree at the University of Cape Town (2001), she discovered a latitudinal pattern of die-off of quiver trees (Aloidendron dichotomum) suggesting that climate change could be to blame.
Dr Melville Leonard Edelstein 1919—June 16, 1976 was born to Nachum and Rose Edelstein in King William’s Town. His Litvak parents had first travelled to the UK and then Cape Town in 1896 before joining the masses of “boere-Jode” where his parents had settled and Nachum started and ran a successful business. Work Dr. Edelstein
Robert Allen Dyer 21 September 1900 Pietermaritzburg – 26 October 1987 Johannesburg was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of Bothalia and Flowering Plants of Africa and holding the office of Director of the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria from 1944 to 1963. Contents 1Education and career
Alexander Logie du Toit FRS /duːˈtɔɪ/ doo-TOY; 14 March 1878 – 25 February 1948 was a geologist from South Africa and an early supporter of Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift. Contents 1Early life and education 2Career 3Awards and honours 4Significant works 5References 6External links Early life and education Du Toit was born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1878,
Mulalo Doyoyo FRSA born 13 August 1970 is a South African engineer, inventor, and professor. Doyoyo is a researcher in applied mechanics, ultralight materials, green building, renewable energy, and other fields of engineering. He has lectured in different engineering disciplines including ocean engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering. Doyoyo invented a cementless concrete, Cenocell, and Amoriguard coatings. > Contents 1Early life and education 2Academic career 3Entrepreneurship