SettingsScientists who committed suicide
Adolphe d'Archiac
Étienne Jules Adolphe Desmier de Saint-Simon, Vicomte d'Archiac (September 24, 1802 – December 24, 1868) was a French geologist and paleontologist.
Étienne Jules Adolphe Desmier de Saint-Simon, Vicomte d'Archiac (September 24, 1802 – December 24, 1868) was a French geologist and paleontologist.
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS, was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS, was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.
Alfred Métraux
Alfred Métraux was a Swiss anthropologist and human rights leader.
Alfred Métraux was a Swiss anthropologist and human rights leader.
Alfred Witte
Alfred Witte was a German surveyor, astrologer, an amateur astronomer, and the founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology.
Alfred Witte was a German surveyor, astrologer, an amateur astronomer, and the founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology.
Andreas Floer
Andreas Floer was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to the areas of geometry, topology, and mathematical physics, in particular the invention of Floer homology.
Andreas Floer was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to the areas of geometry, topology, and mathematical physics, in particular the invention of Floer homology.
Andrew E. Lange
Andrew E. Lange was an astrophysicist and Goldberger Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Andrew E. Lange was an astrophysicist and Goldberger Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Arnold Berliner
Arnold Berliner, German Physicist,, graduated in Physics at the University of Breslau in 1886.
Arnold Berliner, German Physicist,, graduated in Physics at the University of Breslau in 1886.
Augustus Matthiessen
Augustus Matthiessen, FRS (2 January 1831, London – 6 October 1870, London), the son of a merchant, was a British chemist and physicist who obtained his PhD in Germany at the University of...
Augustus Matthiessen, FRS (2 January 1831, London – 6 October 1870, London), the son of a merchant, was a British chemist and physicist who obtained his PhD in Germany at the University of...
Benedict Friedlaender
Benedict Friedlaender (July 8, 1866 - June 21, 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a German Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist.
Benedict Friedlaender (July 8, 1866 - June 21, 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a German Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist.
Bruce Edwards Ivins
Bruce Edwards Ivins (April 22, 1946 – July 29, 2008) was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Inf...
Bruce Edwards Ivins (April 22, 1946 – July 29, 2008) was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Inf...
Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer.
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer.
Buell Quain
Buell Halvor Quain was an American ethnologist who, after graduating from Columbia University, worked with native peoples in Fiji and Brazil.
Buell Halvor Quain was an American ethnologist who, after graduating from Columbia University, worked with native peoples in Fiji and Brazil.
Chris McKinstry
Kenneth Christopher McKinstry (February 12, 1967 – January 23, 2006) was a researcher in artificial intelligence.
Kenneth Christopher McKinstry (February 12, 1967 – January 23, 2006) was a researcher in artificial intelligence.
Clara Immerwahr
Clara Immerwahr (June 21, 1870 – May 2, 1915) was a Jewish-German chemist and the wife of fellow chemist Fritz Haber.
Clara Immerwahr (June 21, 1870 – May 2, 1915) was a Jewish-German chemist and the wife of fellow chemist Fritz Haber.
Clemens von Pirquet
Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet was an Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology.
Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet was an Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology.
Denice Denton
Denice Dee Denton (27 August 1959 – 24 June 2006) was an American professor of electrical engineering and academic administrator.
Denice Dee Denton (27 August 1959 – 24 June 2006) was an American professor of electrical engineering and academic administrator.
Donald Sinclair (veterinary surgeon)
Donald Vaughan Sinclair (22 April 1911 – 28 June 1995) was a British veterinary surgeon (graduated Dick Vet 1933) made famous as the eccentric character Siegfried Farnon in the semi-...
Donald Vaughan Sinclair (22 April 1911 – 28 June 1995) was a British veterinary surgeon (graduated Dick Vet 1933) made famous as the eccentric character Siegfried Farnon in the semi-...
Edgar Zilsel
Edgar Zilsel (August 11, 1891 in Vienna – March 11, 1944 in Oakland, United States) was an Austrian historian and philosopher of science.
Edgar Zilsel (August 11, 1891 in Vienna – March 11, 1944 in Oakland, United States) was an Austrian historian and philosopher of science.
Edmund Ruffin
Edmund Ruffin was a farmer and slaveholder, a Confederate soldier, and an 1850s political activist.
Edmund Ruffin was a farmer and slaveholder, a Confederate soldier, and an 1850s political activist.
Erdoğan Büyükkasap
Erdoğan Büyükkasap (February 3, 1962 – March 18, 2010) was a Turkish scientist and academic.
Erdoğan Büyükkasap (February 3, 1962 – March 18, 2010) was a Turkish scientist and academic.
Eugene Marais
Eugène Nielen Marais (pronounced ; 9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.
Eugène Nielen Marais (pronounced ; 9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.
Eugène Marais
Eugène Nielen Marais (pronounced ; 9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.
Eugène Nielen Marais (pronounced ; 9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.
Francis Graham Crookshank
Francis Graham Crookshank was a British epidemiologist, and a medical and psychological writer.
Francis Graham Crookshank was a British epidemiologist, and a medical and psychological writer.
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás was a Hungarian-born aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, and paleontologist.
Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás was a Hungarian-born aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, and paleontologist.
Garrett Hardin
Garrett James Hardin was an American ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation and whose concept of the tragedy of the commons brought attention to "the damage that innocent act...
Garrett James Hardin was an American ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation and whose concept of the tragedy of the commons brought attention to "the damage that innocent act...
Geoffrey Pyke
Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke was an English journalist, educationalist, and later an inventor whose clever, but unorthodox, ideas could be difficult to implement.
Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke was an English journalist, educationalist, and later an inventor whose clever, but unorthodox, ideas could be difficult to implement.
George de Mohrenschildt
George de Mohrenschildt (April 17, 1911 – March 29, 1977) was a petroleum geologist and professor who befriended Lee Harvey Oswald in the summer of 1962 and maintained that friendship until Oswa...
George de Mohrenschildt (April 17, 1911 – March 29, 1977) was a petroleum geologist and professor who befriended Lee Harvey Oswald in the summer of 1962 and maintained that friendship until Oswa...
George R. Price
George Robert Price (October 6, 1922 – January 6, 1975) was an American population geneticist.
George Robert Price (October 6, 1922 – January 6, 1975) was an American population geneticist.
George Washington Vanderbilt III
George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914 – June 24, 1961) was a yachtsman and a scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.
George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914 – June 24, 1961) was a yachtsman and a scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.
Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer, Emil Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Hermann Emil Fischer, Emil Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Hermann Leuchs
Friedrich Hermann Leuchs (8 August 1879 – 2 May 1945) was a German chemist.
Friedrich Hermann Leuchs (8 August 1879 – 2 May 1945) was a German chemist.
Hessel de Vries
Hessel de Vries (November 15, 1916, Annen - December 23, 1959, Groningen), was a Dutch physicist at the University of Groningen who furthered the detection methods and applications of radiocarbo...
Hessel de Vries (November 15, 1916, Annen - December 23, 1959, Groningen), was a Dutch physicist at the University of Groningen who furthered the detection methods and applications of radiocarbo...
Heydar Huseynov
Dr. Heydar Najaf oglu Huseynov (Azeri: Heydər Hüseynov) (3 April 1908, Erivan – 15 August 1950, Baku) was an Azerbaijani philosopher and academician.
Dr. Heydar Najaf oglu Huseynov (Azeri: Heydər Hüseynov) (3 April 1908, Erivan – 15 August 1950, Baku) was an Azerbaijani philosopher and academician.
J.L.B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith, known as J.L.B. Smith was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist and university professor.
James Leonard Brierley Smith, known as J.L.B. Smith was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist and university professor.
James Smith (ichthyologist)
James Leonard Brierley Smith was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist and university professor.
James Leonard Brierley Smith was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist and university professor.
John Howard Northrop
John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who won, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who won, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Josef Ladislav Píč
Josef Ladislav Píč (January 19, 1847 in Mšeno near Mělník – December 19, 1911 in Prague) was Czech archaeologist and paleontologist, one of founders of modern Czech archaeology.
Josef Ladislav Píč (January 19, 1847 in Mšeno near Mělník – December 19, 1911 in Prague) was Czech archaeologist and paleontologist, one of founders of modern Czech archaeology.
Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff
Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Verhoeff (1867–1945) was a German zoologist, specialising in millipedes and centipedes (Myriapoda), as well as woodlice (Isopoda) and to a lesser extent insects.
Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Verhoeff (1867–1945) was a German zoologist, specialising in millipedes and centipedes (Myriapoda), as well as woodlice (Isopoda) and to a lesser extent insects.
Klara Dan von Neumann
Klára Dán Von Neumann was a scientist, and a pioneer computer programmer.
Klára Dán Von Neumann was a scientist, and a pioneer computer programmer.
Kunihiko Hashida
Dr.Kunihiko Hashida was a Japanese physician and physiologist.
Dr.Kunihiko Hashida was a Japanese physician and physiologist.
Larry Ford
Larry Creed Ford, Sr. was a biomedical researcher and gynecologist from Irvine, California, United States who was suspected of conspiring to murder his business partner, James Patrick Riley and ...
Larry Creed Ford, Sr. was a biomedical researcher and gynecologist from Irvine, California, United States who was suspected of conspiring to murder his business partner, James Patrick Riley and ...
Lawrence Kohlberg
Lawrence Kohlberg was a Jewish American psychologist born in Bronxville, New York, he was the son of Alfred Kohlberg, a Jewish man, and of his second wife, Charlotte Albrecht, a Protestant woman.
Lawrence Kohlberg was a Jewish American psychologist born in Bronxville, New York, he was the son of Alfred Kohlberg, a Jewish man, and of his second wife, Charlotte Albrecht, a Protestant woman.
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics.
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics.
Ludwig Haberlandt
Ludwig Haberlandt is known as a father of hormonal contraception.
Ludwig Haberlandt is known as a father of hormonal contraception.
Nathan Pritikin
Nathan Pritikin (1915 – 1985) was an American nutritionist and longevity research pioneer.
Nathan Pritikin (1915 – 1985) was an American nutritionist and longevity research pioneer.
Nicholas Hughes
Nicholas Farrar Hughes was a fisheries biologist known as an expert in stream salmonid ecology.
Nicholas Farrar Hughes was a fisheries biologist known as an expert in stream salmonid ecology.
Nicolas Leblanc
Nicolas Leblanc (6 December 1742 – 16 January 1806) was a French chemist and surgeon who discovered how to manufacture soda from common salt.
Nicolas Leblanc (6 December 1742 – 16 January 1806) was a French chemist and surgeon who discovered how to manufacture soda from common salt.
Oldfield Thomas
(Michael Rogers) Oldfield Thomas FRS (February 21, 1858 – June 16, 1929) was a British zoologist.
(Michael Rogers) Oldfield Thomas FRS (February 21, 1858 – June 16, 1929) was a British zoologist.
Orville Adalbert Derby
Orville Adalbert Derby (Kellogsville, New York, July 23, 1851, — Rio de Janeiro, November 27, 1915) was an American geologist who worked in Brazil.
Orville Adalbert Derby (Kellogsville, New York, July 23, 1851, — Rio de Janeiro, November 27, 1915) was an American geologist who worked in Brazil.
Otto Hönigschmid
Otto Hönigschmid (March 13, 1878, Hořovice - October 14, 1945, Munich) was a Czech/Austrian chemist.
Otto Hönigschmid (March 13, 1878, Hořovice - October 14, 1945, Munich) was a Czech/Austrian chemist.
Paul Drude
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (July 12, 1863 – July 5, 1906) was a German physicist specializing in optics.
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (July 12, 1863 – July 5, 1906) was a German physicist specializing in optics.
Paul Ehrenfest
Paul Ehrenfest (January 18, 1880 – September 25, 1933) was an Austrian and Dutch physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mech...
Paul Ehrenfest (January 18, 1880 – September 25, 1933) was an Austrian and Dutch physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mech...
Paul Kammerer
Paul Kammerer (17 August 1880, in Vienna – 23 September 1926, in Puchberg am Schneeberg) was an Austrian biologist who studied and advocated the now abandoned Lamarckian theory of inheritance – ...
Paul Kammerer (17 August 1880, in Vienna – 23 September 1926, in Puchberg am Schneeberg) was an Austrian biologist who studied and advocated the now abandoned Lamarckian theory of inheritance – ...
Percy Williams Bridgman
Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
Robert FitzRoy
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who m...
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who m...
Robert Schommer
Robert A. Schommer (December 9, 1946 – December 12, 2001) was an American observational astronomer.
Robert A. Schommer (December 9, 1946 – December 12, 2001) was an American observational astronomer.
Rudolph Schoenheimer
Rudolph Schoenheimer was a German/ U.S. biochemist who developed the technique of isotope tagging of biomolecules, enabling detailed study of metabolism.
Rudolph Schoenheimer was a German/ U.S. biochemist who developed the technique of isotope tagging of biomolecules, enabling detailed study of metabolism.
Stefan Marinov
Stefan Marinov was a Bulgarian physicist, researcher, writer and lecturer who promoted anti-relativistic theoretical viewpoints, and later in his life defended the ideas of perpetual motion and ...
Stefan Marinov was a Bulgarian physicist, researcher, writer and lecturer who promoted anti-relativistic theoretical viewpoints, and later in his life defended the ideas of perpetual motion and ...
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (physician)
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায় Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (January 16, 1931 - June 19, 1981) was a physician from Kolkata, India, who created the world's second and India's first child...
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায় Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (January 16, 1931 - June 19, 1981) was a physician from Kolkata, India, who created the world's second and India's first child...
Thomas Addison
Thomas Addison (2 April 179329 June 1860) was a renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist.
Thomas Addison (2 April 179329 June 1860) was a renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist.
Valery Legasov
Valery Alexeyevich Legasov was a prominent Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is most famous for his work as the chief of the committee investigatin...
Valery Alexeyevich Legasov was a prominent Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is most famous for his work as the chief of the committee investigatin...
Victor C. Twitty
Victor Chandler Twitty was an American biologist and embryologist.
Victor Chandler Twitty was an American biologist and embryologist.
Viktor Meyer
Viktor Meyer was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry.
Viktor Meyer was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry.
Viktor Tausk
Viktor Tausk (March 12, 1879, Žilina - July 3, 1919) was a pioneer psychoanalyst and neurologist.
Viktor Tausk (March 12, 1879, Žilina - July 3, 1919) was a pioneer psychoanalyst and neurologist.
Wallace Carothers
Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon.
Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon.
William Liley
Sir William Liley KCMG, FRSNZ, was a New Zealand surgeon, renowned for developing techniques to improve the health of fetuses in utero.
Sir William Liley KCMG, FRSNZ, was a New Zealand surgeon, renowned for developing techniques to improve the health of fetuses in utero.
William Wallace Campbell
William Wallace Campbell (11 April 1862 – 14 June 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930.
William Wallace Campbell (11 April 1862 – 14 June 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930.