He has measured the skinfolds ( the fleshy areas under the shoulder blades ) of Neapolitan firemen, studied the metabolism of Finnish woodcutters, analyzed the `` mealie-meal '' eaten by Capetown coloreds, and experimented on Minneapolis businessmen.

As a young man, Nobel studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin ; then, in 1850, went to Paris to further the work ; and, at 18, he went to the United States for four years to study chemistry, collaborating for a short period under inventor John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

Schweitzer also studied piano under Isidor Philipp, head of the piano department at the Paris Conservatory.

He likely would have studied under masters such as Peter Abelard, Gilbert of Poitiers and Thierry of Chartres.

Arthur Aikin studied chemistry under Joseph Priestley in the New College at Hackney, and gave attention to the practical applications of the science.

When they reached adulthood, Aedesia accompanied her sons to Athens where they studied under Proclus.

The most famous pupil of Ammonius Saccas was Plotinus who studied under Ammonius for eleven years.

Anaxarchus is said to have studied under Diogenes of Smyrna, who in turn studied under Metrodorus of Chios, who used to declare that he knew nothing, not even the fact that he knew nothing.

From 1763 to 1767, he studied geology under Jean-Étienne Guettard.

After several applications, his enrollment in the École des Beaux-Arts was accepted in 1885, and he studied there under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel.

Adalbert was a well-educated man, having studied for about ten years ( 970-80 ) in Magdeburg under Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg.

There he studied under some of the finest Jewish educators of the time: Chanoch Albeck, Ismar Elbogen, Julius Guttmann, and Leo Baeck.

He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino ( assisting on the Library of St. Mark's, the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice ) and closely imitated the style of Michelangelo.

He studied under a number of teachers, developing his insight into the problem of suffering.

From 1899 to 1903, Bartók studied piano under István Thomán, a former student of Franz Liszt, and composition under János Koessler at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest.

Hummel studied under Haydn as well ; he was a friend to Beethoven and Schubert.

Several phenomena studied in the context of nanotechnology come under the purview of condensed matter physics.

John Dewey studied under Peirce at Johns Hopkins and, from 1916 onwards, Dewey's writings repeatedly mention Peirce with deference.

An Augustinian, he had studied theology in Paris under St. Thomas of Aquinas to become one of the most authoritative thinkers of his time, and tutor to French king Philip IV the Fair, ( 1268-29 November 1314 ).

Twelve students who studied under St. Finnian became known as the Twelve Apostles of Ireland ; Columba was one of them.

She then studied for two years with the painter Francis Adolf Van der Wielen, who offered lessons in perspective and drawing from casts during the time that the new Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was under construction.

Abbahu sent Ḥanina to the academy at Tiberias, where he himself had studied, but the lad occupied himself with the burial of the dead, and on hearing of this, the father sent him a reproachful message in this laconic style: " Is it because there are no graves in Cæsarea ( compare Exodus 14: 11 ) that I have sent thee off to Tiberias?

Anders Celsius studied at Uppsala University, where his father was a teacher, and in 1730 he too, became a professor of astronomy there.

His highly influenced style which incorporated Italianate lighting from Jan Both, broken brush technique and atonality from Jan van Goyen, and his ever-developing style from his father Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp was studied acutely by his most prominent follower, Abraham van Calraet.

She studied book illustration from a young age and developed her own tastes, but the work of the picture book triumvirate Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott, the last an illustrator whose work was later collected by her father, was a great influence.

Lucien Pissarro was taught painting by his father, and described him as a “ splendid teacher, never imposing his personality on his pupil .” Gauguin, who also studied under him, referred to Pissarro “ as a force with which future artists would have to reckon ”.

He is of English ( maternal ), Swiss and possibly Native American Modoc Tribe multi-ethnic ( paternal ) ancestry His father, Howard " Pete " Brubeck, was a cattle rancher, and his mother, Elizabeth ( née Ivey ), who had studied piano in England under Myra Hess and intended to become a concert pianist, taught piano for extra money.

" Deng's father, Deng Wenming, was a middle-level landowner and had studied at the University of Law and Political Science in Chengdu.

His parents, Neocles and Chaerestrate, both Athenian-born, and his father a citizen, had emigrated to the Athenian settlement on the Aegean island of Samos about ten years before Epicurus's birth in February 341 BC As a boy, he studied philosophy for four years under the Platonist teacher Pamphilus.

As a child she and her brother George studied singing, piano, guitar and violin with their father.

Soranus said that Hippocrates learned medicine from his father and grandfather, and studied other subjects with Democritus and Gorgias.

In 1802 he proceeded to the University of Marburg, where he studied law, a profession for which he had been destined by his father.

Hubbard studied civil engineering during his two years at George Washington University at the behest of his father, who " decreed that I should study engineering and mathematics.

Andriessen originally studied with his father and Kees van Baaren at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, before embarking upon two years of study with Italian composer Luciano Berio in Milan and Berlin.

Maimonides studied Torah under his father Maimon, who had in turn studied under Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash – a student of Isaac Alfasi.

Her father, Edward Sherwood Mead, was a professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and her mother, Emily ( Fogg ) Mead, was a sociologist who studied Italian immigrants.

He was sent to Shattuck Military Academy, where his father had studied before him.

His father, Rabbi Charles Kahane, studied in Polish and Czech yeshiva religious schools and was involved in the Revisionist Zionism movement, he was a close friend of Zev ( Vladimir ) Jabotinsky.

His fascination for language was nurtured by his parents: his mother, Winifred, had studied French, and his father, Wilfred, was a dialectologist, a dialect poet, and an English teacher with a love for grammar and Elizabethan drama.

He studied rhetoric, philosophy and mathematics in Alexandria, with the intent of pursuing a judicial position like his father.

His father ( a lawyer ) later discouraged him from continuing as a doctor and René then had a period of time where he took long walks in the country, danced, studied Greek and wrote poetry.

A native of Villa Carpena, Forlì ( Emilia-Romagna ), Romano Mussolini studied music as a child playing classical pieces with his father on the violin.

At the Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering, Sergei studied architecture and engineering, the profession of his father.

Their father, who had studied in the United States, arranged to have them to continue their education in the USA in 1907.

He left Besançon at the age of 14 years, relocating with his father to Paris, where he studied at the Lycée Condorcet, which was noted for its numerous literary alumni.