The history of physics

Henry Moseley (23.09.1887-10.08.1915) was an English physicist and one of the founders of X-ray spectroscopy.

Philip McCord Morse (born 6.08.1903) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1955).

Pieter van Musschenbroek (14.03.1692 — 19.09.1761) was a Dutch physicist.

Hantaro Nagaoka (18.08.1865-11.12.1950) was a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy, of which he was president in 1939 — 48.

Georgi Stefanov Nadjakov (8.01.1897 -24.02.1981) was a Bulgarian physicist, a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1945) and its vice-president in 1945 — 58.

Władysław Natanson (18.06.1864-26.02.1937) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1900).

Susumu Okubo (born 22.02.1930) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.

Lev Borisovich Okun (born 7.07.1929) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).

Karol Olszewski (29.01.1846-24.03.1915) was a Polish physicist and chemist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1888).

Georg Simon Ohm (16.03.1787-6.07.1854) was a German physicist, a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1839).

Robert Oppenheimer (22.04.1904-20.02.1967) was an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1941).

Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald (2.09.1853 —4.04.1932) was a German physical chemist and idealist philosopher, a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1905).

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky (24.09.1801-1.01.1862) was a Russian mathematician and mechanician, a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1830).

Abraham Pais (born 19.05.1918) is an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1962).

Julio Martínez Palacios (12.04.1891—21.02.1970) was a Spanish physicist, a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and from 1966 its president.

Friedrich Adolf Paneth (31.08.1887—17.09.1958) was an Austrian radiochemist and chemist, one of the pioneers of radiochemistry.

Giulio Racah (9.02.1909 - 28.08.1965) was an Italian theoretical physicist.

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7.02.1888 — 21.11.1970) was an Indian physicist, a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, its founder and president (from 1934).

Félix Savart (30.06.1791-16.03.1841) — a French physicist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1827).

Joseph Sauveur (24.03.1653-9.07.1716) —a French scientist, the founder of musical acoustics, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1696).