Clement Martyn Doke 16 May 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – 24 February 1980 in East London, South Africa was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages. Realizing that the grammatical structures of Bantu languages are quite different from those of European languages, he was one of the first African linguists of his
Zodwa Dlamini is a South African biochemist and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research at the Mangosuthu University of Technology. She researches molecular oncology. She is a former Vice President of the South African Medical Research Council and is a member of the Council for Scientific Advisers for the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Early life and education Dlamini was born in
Allan MacLeod Cormack February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998 was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT). Contents 1Early life and education 2Career 3Death 4References 4.1Notes 5External links Early life and education Cormack
Phillip Alexander Clancey 26 September 1917 – 18 July 2001 was a leading authority on the ornithology of South Africa. Contents 1Background and education 2Military service 3Expeditions 4Museum posts 5Books 6Awards and honours 7Collections 8Later life 9References Background and education Phillip Clancey was born, brought up and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied at the Glasgow School
Sydney Brenner CH FRS FMedSci MAE 13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019 was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He established the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model
Robert Broom FRS FRSE 30 November 1866 – 6 April 1951 was a South African doctor and palaeontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow. From 1903 to 1910, he was professor of zoology and geology at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and subsequently he became keeper of vertebrate palaeontology at the South
Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek 8 March 1827 – 17 August 1875 was a German linguist. His work included A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages and his great project jointly executed with Lucy Lloyd: The Bleek and Lloyd Archive of ǀxam and !kun texts. A short form of this eventually reached press with Specimens of Bushman Folklore, which Laurens van der Post drew on heavily.
Peter H Beighton FRSSAf born 1934 is a medical geneticist. Born in Lancashire in England in 1934 and qualified in medicine in 1957 at St Mary’s Hospital, University of London. After several internships, Beighton served as a Medical Officer in the Parachute Regiment and with the United Nations forces during the Congo Crisis. In 1966 Beighton began training in internal medicine at St Thomas’
Andrew Geddes Bain baptised 11 June 1797 – 20 October 1864, was a South African geologist, road engineer, palaeontologist and explorer. Contents 1Life history 2Construction projects 3Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky 4See also 5References 6External links Life history Andrew Geddes Bain The only child of Alexander Bain and Jean Geddes, both of whom died when
Lindiwe Sidali born 1983 is a South African doctor. She is the first woman to become a cardio-thoracic surgeon in South Africa. Early years Sidali was born and brought up in the Eastern Cape. She had her high school education at Rakgatla High School in Wonderkop, North West. Upon completion of her high school education, she received