Biographical Memoirs

Published since 1877, Biographical Memoirs feature the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased members. All of the memoirs published since 1877 are available online as PDFs:

Herbert Tabor (1918-2020)

Herbert Tabor (1918-2020) »
by Reed B. Wickner (biochemistry)

John E. Casida (1929-2018)

John E. Casida (1929-2018) »
by Qing X. Li and Bruce D. Hammock (animal, nutritional, and applied microbial sciences)

Toichiro Kinoshita (1925-2023)

Toichiro Kinoshita (1925-2023) »
by Robert P. Crease and Makiko Nio (physics)

Keith Brueckner (1924-2014)

Keith Brueckner (1924-2014) »
by William Bialek (physics)

Kenneth J. Arrow (1921-2017)

Kenneth J. Arrow (1921-2017) »
by Simon A. Levin and Avinash Dixit (economic sciences)

Willy Haeberli (1925-2021)

Willy Haeberli (1925-2021) »
by Richard Milner and Erhard Steffens (physics)

David J. Thouless (1934-2019)

David J. Thouless (1934-2019) »
by Michael Thouless (applied physical sciences)

John Peter Huchra (1948-2010)

John Peter Huchra (1948-2010) »
by Robert Kirshner (astronomy)

Robert Heinz Abeles (1926-2000)

Robert Heinz Abeles (1926-2000) »
by Dagmar Ringe and Lizbeth Hedstrom (biochemistry)

James L. Dye (1927-2021)

James L. Dye (1927-2021) »
by Michael James Wagner (chemistry)

Arthur Coble (1878-1966)

Arthur Coble (1878-1966) »
by János Kollár (mathematics)

Yuan-Cheng Fung (1919-2019)

Yuan-Cheng Fung (1919-2019) »
by Shu Chien (engineering sciences)

Winslow R. Briggs (1928-2019)

Winslow R. Briggs (1928-2019) »
by Gary Gardner, Elaine Tobin, and Zhi-Yong Wang (plant biology)

Gilbert Stork (1921-2017)

Gilbert Stork (1921-2017) »
by Jeffrey D. Winkler, Paul A. Wender, and Daniel Kahne (chemistry)

Edwin Colbert (1905-2001)

Edwin Colbert (1905-2001) »
by Stephen L. Brusatte (evolutionary biology)

I. M. Gelfand (1913-2009)

I. M. Gelfand (1913-2009) »
by A.A. Kirillov (mathematics)

Hugo F. Sonnenschein (1940-2021)

Hugo F. Sonnenschein (1940-2021) »
by Salvador Barberà and Matthew O. Jackson (economic sciences)

Günter Blobel (1936-2018)

Günter Blobel (1936-2018) »
by Karl S. Matlin, Larry Gerace, and Qais Al-Awqati (cellular and developmental biology)

Nathan Jacobson (1910-1999)

Nathan Jacobson (1910-1999) »
by Georgia Benkart (mathematics)

Paul Martin (1931-2016)

Paul Martin (1931-2016) »
by Tom Lubensky (physics)

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